If you want to make a clean install of the new OS X Mavericks or even the older versions of Mac OS X, than I strongly suggest you to create a bootable OS X key or a drive.
If you are the kind of person you want to read what has been changed before updating an app you can disable the auto app update setting. Or enable if you want updates fully automated.
Sometimes you don't want your Mac OS X Mountain Lion powered computer to go to sleep, here's a nice little trick how to temporary prevent a Mac from going into a sleep mode.
Mountain Lion enables you to set notification alerts to remind you of upcoming birthdays, tasks, meetings and other important events you might have in your calendar.
VirtualBox is a great free cross-platform virtualization program that enables you to run Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other operating systems on you Windows, OS X or Linux computer.
You can add multiple desktops to the Mac OS X Mountain Lion by using Mission Control, formerly known as Spaces. Can be really useful if you are a busy multi-tasker.
If you are more of a visual person and would like to organize your folders and files using different colors, than check it out how to use color labels in Mac OS X.
