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Mac Planet). 

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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.

Friday, 09 December 2011
Apple Television? Perhaps it's the next iMac — TV shows via NZ iTunes at last? Apple MacBook component factory in China still shut down — Get your eWaste collected in Auckland — Macworld buying guide to Multifunction printers... read more
Thursday, 08 December 2011
Intel Ivy Bridge in new Macs — Apple revises, re-renders, spaceship campus — Images of the new Grand Central Apple Store — Jobs bio is Amazon's top seller — Facebook timeline now active in New Zealand... read more
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Online Steve Jobs exhibit — Affordable Mac lessons in Grey Lynn — Macworld | iWorld — Macworld explains the differences between printer types... read more
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Christmas bundles — iBus deal on data backups — Five awesome things you can do with Alfred — Mac Pro may live — Keynote update — New build of Lion seeded... read more
Monday, 05 December 2011
Technique could result in molecule-thick circuit boards — HIV breakthrough — Hybrid light uses lens for solar light — Last lunar eclipse for a couple of years is December 10th — Print some bones — Flying robots build vertical village model — Glass keyboard, mouse... read more
Friday, 02 December 2011
HP CEO says 'uncle' to Apple — New board member splashes out on Apple shares — Hungarian Steve Jobs stamp — Parallels Desktop vs Boot Camp... read more
Thursday, 01 December 2011
Apple had 64-bit Final Cut ready, but scrapped it for X (rumour) — Safari update — Alfred reaches version 1.0 — Intego security softare in new Mac App Bundle... read more
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Apple high in online sales — Wacom Inkling review — and MacBook Air dock to add connectivity features to the slender Air... read more
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
15-inch MacBook Air reportedly on track for Q1 2012, says rumour — Seagate's 4TB hard drive — Getting Apple's original papers... read more
Monday, 28 November 2011
Robots swimming long distance for science — Robots reacting to your emotional state — Destination Mars — Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt — Cheap durable battery charges the grid — Min7 Micromouse Robot solved maze in 3.921 seconds... read more