I've been doing a bit of research into other Apple based forums, and thought I'd share it with everyone:

MacFixIt: http://www.macfixitforums.com/ (1,226,388 members - holy crap)
iPodLounge: http://forums.ipodlounge.com/ (113,912 members)
MacRumours: http://forums.macrumors.com/ (110,611 members)
Insanely Mac: http://forum.insanelymac.com (98,103 members)
MacNN: http://forums.macnn.com/ (70,366 members)
MacWorld: http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbth...ubbthreads.php (60,575 members)
Mac OS X Hints: http://forums.macosxhints.com/ (58,445 members)
AppleInsider Forums: http://forums.appleinsider.com/ (37,943 members)
RipDifferent: http://www.ripdifferent.com/phpbb2/index.php (36,587 members)
MacLife: http://www.maclife.com/forums/ (27,738 members)
iPod Hacks: http://forums.ipodhacks.com/ (25,183 members)
AppleNova: http://forums.applenova.com/ (10,718 members)
Hackintosh: http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/ (10,610 members)
Singapore Mac Users Group: http://www.macusersg.org/forums/ (10,192 members)
MacTalk Australia: http://forums.mactalk.com.au (10,080 members)
The Mac Observer: http://www.macobserver.com/forums/ (9,709 members)
MacScripter: http://bbs.applescript.net/ (8,905 members)
OS X FAQ: http://forums.osxfaq.com/index.php (7,742 members)
123 Mac Mini:http://www.123macmini.com/forums/ (7,185 members)
MacGurus: http://www.macgurus.com/forums/index.php (7,080 members)
MacCast: http://forum.maccast.com/ (5,370 members)
Mac Users Forum: http://www.macusersforum.com/ (5,216 members)
AppleMatters: http://www.applematters.com/index.php/forums/ (4,800 members)
Architosh Forums - Mac CAD and 3D Discussion: http://architoshforums.forest.net/ (4,124 members)
MacFormat - http://forum.macformat.co.uk/ (3,959 members)
Apple Defects: http://www.appledefects.com/forums/ (3,628 members)
Loop Rumours: http://www.looprumors.com/forums/ (3,351 members)
MacTeens: http://macteens.com/forums/ (3,185 members)
Mactalk: http://www.macusers.org/ (2,905 members) (looks like they were around before us)
everythingiPhone: http://www.everythingiphone.com/forum/ (2,286 members)
iOnMac: http://forums.ionmac.com/ (2,130 members)
Mac Help Forums: http://www.mac-help.com/forums (1,973 members)
Mac-Headz: http://forum.mac-headz.com/ (1,918 members)
Mac OS X Internals: The Book Forum: http://www.osxbook.com/forums/ (1,828 members)
iPhone Forum: http://www.iphoneforum.info/iphone-forum/index.php (1,690 members)
NZMac: http://www.nzmac.com/component/optio...mf/Itemid,204/ (925 members)
ModMyiPhone: http://www.modmyiphone.com/forums/ (892 members)
iDevApps: http://www.idevapps.com/forum/ (870 members)
Mac 360: http://mac360.com/index.php/forums/ (820 members)
The Apple Blog: http://theappleblog.com/community/ (798 members)
123MacBook: http://www.123macbook.com/forums/ (682 members)
iCreate Magazine: http://www.icreatemagazine.com/forum/ (586 members)
ifoAppleStore: http://www.ifoapplestore.com/forum/index.php (420 members)
AwkwardTV: http://forum.awkwardtv.org/ (392 members)
Maclectic: http://www.maclectic.com/Forums/index.php (369 members)
MacApper: http://macapper.com/forums/ (132 members)
68k Macintosh Liberation Army: http://68kmla.net/forums/ (212 members)
myoldmac.net: http://myoldmac.net/cgi-data/forum/phpBB2/index.php (103 members)
Apple-Q: http://www.apple-q.org.au (43 members, but it's Australian!)

Mac-Forums: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/ (no public member data)
Macfora: http://www.macfora.com/forum/ (no public member data)
Roughly Drafted: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/forum/ (no public member data)
AppleFritter: http://www.applefritter.com/forum (no public member data)
MacMinute: http://www.macminute.com/cgi-bin/www.../wwwthreads.pl (no public member data)
Apple-X: http://www.apple-x.net/forum (no public member data)
CubeOwner: http://www.cubeowner.com/forums/ (no public member data)

Large forums with decent Mac sections
Overclockers Australia: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/forumdisplay.php?f=63
Whirlpool: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-threads.cfm?f=38
Arstechnica: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/...m/f/8300945231
Neowin: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showforum=60

Anyone else know of a Mac forum I've missed - or bigger non-specific Mac forums that have good Apple sections?

..Surely these are the competition Anthony?

(Also, did you edit the title of this thread a minute ago?)

- Jeremy

The "Sponsored Forum's" on Macfixit could be an interesting way to get some extra members you know..

Host the troubleshooting helpdesk of a small software company for a fee... it's a thought at least...

Big list, but I like this one the best :P

Oh, and I just cant not say this for much longer, Decryption's avatar is fantastic! (Not that I support whatever the guy in it is doing...) I just think it looks, shall we say, "cool."

Domenic

They are the competition, but they're also colleagues and potential users

As Michael Corleone said in Godfather 2: There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

It is a thought

There's no reason why our users can't check out the other forums, there's bound to be some cool stuff there that we don't have. It's a big Internet out there

http://www.neowin.net is Windows-centric but is getting more and more Apple stories - plus it's fun to trade insults with the MS fanboys!

I found this one a while ago:
www.osxaudio.com

It has some good stuff on it. Got me out of a major problem with Pro Tools a while ago.

There are other specialist ones around that are good too.

Cheers,
Glen

missed one...

http://http://www.hackint0sh.org/forum/index.php

there's apple's official forums. discussions.apple.com

Although apple's presence there is v small.

There's also macosxhints.com

I updated the list

But when you boil it all down, the only two good Mac Forums in Oz are here and Whirlpool's Apple forum.

Unless someone thinks I am wrong.

My new, easy to see, Safari 3 Beta "find" feature (love it!) tells me that xlr8yourmac.com is missing

Their forum doesn't exist anymore

forum.maccast.com

5,370 registered members

We have a nice friendly forum over at NZMac.com which has 924 registered members but probably about a dozen to 20 regulars