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About this site — mac.nz is owned by Mark Webster, I am Mark Webster, an experienced writer and IT commentator with articles published over the years in Monitor, Stamp, Loose, Macguide, Tone, Maximum Rock ’n’ Roll, D-photo, NZ Classic Car, The Dominion Post, NetGuide, NZ Herald online and for PC World, and the author of the NZ history book Assembly: NZ Car Production 1921-1998 (Reed Books, 2002).


I
am also a director of the CreativeTech conference.

I was the editor of NZ Macguide magazine for five years and I have worked exclusively with Macs for 22+ years. I have my own Apple-centric blog (mac-nz.com) and I write an Apple blog for the New Zealand Herald (
Mac Planet). 

I am a speaker on Information Technology and automotive, historical and Apple subjects, and I work as a Mac trainer with wide experience. I have presented and trained at Natcoll, to MAINZ, for ImageText, to 3Media, MacMillan Publishing, Performing Arts School of the University of Auckland, to the Creative Technologies Faculty at AUT and for Microsoft, and to dozens of individuals and groups including SeniorNet.




The New Zealand Herald Mac Planet blog by Mark Webster

Mac News

Monday, 06 February 2012
News from the future every New Zealand Monday morning: New jaw printed — First sound recordings based on reading people’s minds — Video of the moon's far side — Fuel-saving cooking bags — Russian scientists prepare to explore most alien lake on Earth — Arctic comes to Europe — Mona Lisa's underdrawings reveal twin painting... read more

iOS/iDevice

Saturday, 04 February 2012
Fringe film festival via NZ app — Apple releases update for iBooks 2 — Nooka’s mystery dial watches get iPhone app — New iPad case with keys gets the nod — Take the new macnz poll and be in to win iPad 2 cases... read more

Reviews

Friday, 03 February 2012
Corel has entered the professional and prosumer photo wrangling market with some new software... read more

Tips

Friday, 23 April 2010
Just ask for the MagBytes monthly free mac-nz PDF newsletter – all the tips are compiled in there, so if you miss the Five Tip Friday tips or you want a refresher, everything is OK; they're all available in a form you can refer back to.... read more