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He was the editor of NZ Macguide magazine for five years and has worked exclusively with Macs for 20.

Mark is the author of the NZ history book Assembly: NZ Car Production 1921-1998 (Reed Books, 2002).

He is a speaker on Information Technology and automotive, historical and Apple subjects, and works as a Mac trainer with wide experience. Mark has dispensed Apple knowledge at Natcoll, to MAINZ, for ImageText, to 3Media, MacMillan Publishing and for Microsoft, and to dozens of individuals.

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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.

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Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Cheap games & freebies
Amazing' Steam game sale for Mac includes a wide variety of games till July 4th; Jumsoft in Ukraine releases more top-class goodies for Mac; Safari extensions... read more
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
30 years of Macs
Gary Katz' video of Mac development over 30 years runs in just two minutes; mSpot has launched its cloud-based music service in the US; Jobs gets his own song-a-day treatment... read more
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Futurology 148: Blind mice & sun music
Ice cube ’scope; flexible hi-def aerial video on the cheap; red wine can fight blindness; new high-power nano battery may lead to bigger hybrid vehicles; music of the Sun's magnetic fields; much more energy efficient air conditioning, and learning from mistakes crucial to human development... read more
Friday, 25 June 2010
Crazy iMac touch
Does this touchscreen iMac rumour sound crazy to you? It should ... Microsoft sells 150 million Windows 7 licenses and Intel sneaks out faster i5, i7 chips that may soon be in Macs. Which would be nice, but maybe not at the top price!... read more
Thursday, 24 June 2010
For the rest of us
Macintosh is now really 'for the rest of us', writes Michael Gartner on Macworld – Apple's Mac base has expanded dramatically; They Stole Max’s Brain is a game now available for Mac; Apple details MobileMe changes... read more
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
OS 10.6.4 & mini
Mac news is s till a bit thin on the ground with all the iPhone iOS4 news, but ... new mini; Jimmy Kimmel's MacBook saves the day; OS 10.6.4 and Steam for Mac; GrowlMail for OS X fix for 10.6.4... read more
Sunday, 20 June 2010
Futurology 147: 750 new Earths
750 new Earths to speculate on; fungi could revolutionise rice farming; self replicating creature in Game of Life; aeroplanes punch holes in clouds to make rain; ocean once covered part of Mars; 'wow' from space; beautiful 'Xray pinups; how fireflies turn their lights on and off... read more
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Mini's slot, Time Machine, MobileMe
New Mac mini speed-tested, and proves to have SDXC card slot; how to back up and restore with Time Machine and Apple has revamped MobileMe online mail for everyone... read more
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Inside the new mini
Inside the new mini – Macworld gets hands-on; new iTunes ready for iPhone 4; Apple stepped back a Flash in latest OS X update; 100 in-depth WWDC articles have been posted by Apple; and ten tiny and amazing Mac aps you've never heard of... read more
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Mac mini and Mac advice
Commentary on the new Apple Mac mini & pix; new Mac OS update; PC shipments set to grow; setting your Mac up for kids, and the perfect Mac home office; and moving files from PCs to Macs.... read more