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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, 25 November 2011
Enjoy the season's lowest prices on Apple products — Discounts in the Mac App Store, too — Your Mac like your iPad — Original Mac OS icons... read more
Thursday, 24 November 2011
What Apple items will be discounted tomorrow? Mac users like more expensive hotel rooms — iCal alternative — and another Apple Television rumour — Intego security software sale... read more
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Annual online Apple sale — VMWare backtracks on Mac OS virtualisation — What DSLR camera? Macworld's buying guide ... read more
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Thunderbolt update — Apple TV update — New VMWare Fusion adds support for older OS versions — Microsoft entertains in new Store with a MacBook ... read more
Monday, 21 November 2011
Apple's coming mothership compared to others — New Canary Island — Paper wine bottles — Computer chip that emulates the human brain — Ethical meat — Body scanner cancer — Giant ice chunks to cool Mongolian capitol... read more
Friday, 18 November 2011
Final Cut Pro X 10.0.2 brings several bug and compatibility fixes — Nisus Writer Pro 2.0.2 — Parallels Desktop 7 makes Windows-on-Mac fast, stable — AIM redesigned... read more
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Apple TV price drop — Apple and the environment — Apple names Levinson chairman, adds Disney chief to board — Another OS seeded to developers — How to tag, map, and label in iPhoto... read more
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Past Purchases now on in iTunes — 15-inch MacBook Air? Record Mac sales — iTunes Match overseas... read more
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
iTunes Match — iPod nano worldwide replacement program — New nature wallpapers — Gear guide for Macs — Siri-like voice capabilities on your Mac already exists... read more
Monday, 14 November 2011
Robot Bosses — Japanese supercomputer #1 broke its own record — London becomes high speed 4G hotspot — High-tech fabric delivers drugs through the skin — Get ready for ecosystem collapse in the years ahead — A Cartography of the Anthropocene — New feature on Mars — New city bee species discovered — Carbon nanotubes bad for waterways — Satellites reveal Libya’s lost 2000-year-old cities — ... read more