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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, 17 April 2012
Apple's anti-Flashback
Flashback — Microsoft Office opens back door to another Trojan — Apple concerns itself with Chinese pollution — Thursby tool for secret organisations — Cult of Mac's five reasons Ashton Kutcher should not play Steve Jobs — Apple pulls iWork, Aperture free trials — Some thoughts on Final Cut Pro X... read more
Monday, 16 April 2012
Futurology 233: Why Apple won't turn you into a Cyborg
Futurology 233: Why Apple won't turn you into a Cyborg — Tweaked human brains could lead to better societies — Niceness in the DNA — Brain injury data leads to the physical architecture of intelligence — Einstein's advice to women still resonates 60 years later — Paint your roof white and save the world... read more
Friday, 13 April 2012
Apple Ave
Another Flashback checker also deletes it — Woz selling Mac prototype? Brazilian street named after Jobs — Giant anti-trust suit launched against Apple... read more
Thursday, 12 April 2012
Apple fighting Flashback
Apple fighting Flashback — Apple lets DragonDrop in to the Mac App Store — Apple also updates Compressor — Rage, an old fashioned shoot ’em up... read more
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
That damned Trojan
That damned Trojan — Apple updates Final Cut Pro, Motion — Low reseller inventory suggests Ivy Bridge 15" MacBook Pro imminent... read more
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
FileMaker 12 event, Java update fights Trojan
Free FileMaker 12 event online to learn new features — Java update release by Apple combats Trojan — New Intels lead to more new Mac rumours — LaCie's new Thunderbolt device... read more
Monday, 09 April 2012
Futurology 232: satellite eyes more than just spies
To the moon on a few drops — Penguin pooh from space — and 8000 years of human history — LG mass produces flexible e-ink displays — Indian man plants huge forest alone — Human bar graph shows growth — Self-assembling smart sand — Goodbye soap, hello plasma jet... read more
Friday, 06 April 2012
Your Mac infected with a Trojan?
Is your Mac infected with a Trojan? iAd Producer gets Twitter integration — iBooks adds up to great marketing — Apple Store to simplify online — New Panasonic camera gets fancy sensor ... read more
Thursday, 05 April 2012
FileMaker 12
FileMaker 12 — Apple iPhoto update — Java updated — Security experts want you to buy anti-virus software — New iMacs — How to set up iCloud on your Mac (or PC)... read more
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
Apple money call
Apple money call — New rumour of a quad-core, slimline MacBook Pro — Cheap, rough and ready external MacBook battery — iMacs for hotels and cruise ships — Flashback Trojan for Mac develops a new trick... read more