CreativeTech2012

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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.



Mac News

mac-nz has one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac hardware, Apple Mac software and Apple Mac and iPhone accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and Mac-related products.

Tuesday, 01 May 2012
Apple's tax practices
Apple fails in defending tax practices, as does Microsoft — Best Mac word processor on sale — 11-year-old boy ruins US$36,000 Macs — Opera Beta 12 — That mythical Apple TV set — Java directly — How to transition sites from iWeb — Bioshock 2 for Mac... read more
Monday, 30 April 2012
Futurology 235: God & thinking
Analytical thinking reduces belief in God — Why do people find atheists so untrustworthy? Enacting metaphors fosters creative thinking — Why people move their eyes when they think — Webcomic guide to the Higgs Boson — Witness a glacier’s staggering seven-year retreat... read more
Friday, 27 April 2012
Apple & Security
Kapersky says Apple 10 years behind Microsoft on security — MacMate aims to replace MobileMe — Hands on with the new Dropbox features... read more
Thursday, 26 April 2012
WWDC announced, sold out
Apple its WWDC tickets on sale, sold out in two hours — Apple nearly doubles its profits in iOS-driven quarter — Adobe Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud and InDesign in more detail — Visual representation of your Mac processes — Tonight: MagBytes 29... read more
Wednesday, 25 April 2012
20% Macs carry Windows malware
Lots of Macs infected with Windows malware — Google Drive available — New iTunes security questions — Camtasia video editor gets new features — Anzac Day... read more
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
Adobe CS6 & Creative Cloud
Adobe announces Creative Suite 6 and Creative Cloud — Dropbox adds simple file sharing — Ivy Bridge CPUs emerge today — Microsoft pulls problem-prone Office update — Apple expanding in Cork... read more
Monday, 23 April 2012
Big news: Adobe CS6
Adobe has released a whole new Creative Suite, with new tools, new apps and even a new Cloud-based payments model as an option... read more
Monday, 23 April 2012
Futurology 234: Age, meat, reproduction
Blindness treatment breakthrough — Don't look back in anger if you want to live long — Father Time genes — Polar bears more venerable than was thought — Titanic iceberg... read more
Friday, 20 April 2012
Flashback down to 30,000
Flashback spread via WordPress, drops to 30,000 infections — Free Snow Leopards to get Mac users into iCloud — New Nikon DSLR can connect wirelessly to iPads — Apple Stores have 17 times better performance than average retailers... read more
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Trojan disappearing
Mac trojan infections drop dramatically — Apple contests Greenpeace's coal-fired data centre claims — Utility cleans up your iTunes library — Undoing the damage wrought by Microsoft's Outlook update — Google Earth adds balloon, kite imagery — Configurator 1.0.1 now available in the Mac App Store — Lion Designer lets you tweak the look of Lion... read more