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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.

Thursday, 08 March 2012
Mac Pro & Skype update
Macworld's Roman Loyola on the Mac Pro — Skype goes Lion full screen, gets tweaked, bug-fixed... read more
Wednesday, 07 March 2012
Adobe Lightroom 4
Adobe Lightroom 4 half the price for more features Mac OS X update fixes Time Machine — Apple TVs gone — Yet another Mac software bundle — add an SSD to an iMac... read more
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
Apple's jobs success
Lots of US jobs — Apple most admired for the fifth year running — Speed your Mac up for free — Reading the tea leaves on app sandboxing in OS X — Change your Apple ID's email address ... read more
Monday, 05 March 2012
Futurology 227: Neanderthals, space +
Neanderthals discovered America first — And they were sailing the Med — Neanderthal extinction not our fault — Why did it take so long to event the wheel? UK space ball — Oxygen detected on one of Saturn's moons — Flesh eating bacterial glue — Poo-power — Revolutionary spherical micro solar cell... read more
Friday, 02 March 2012
Mac users more fashionable
Mac users are more fashionable — iMac Graphic FW Update 3.0 — Minimal email, anyone? Sparrow deal — Firefox add-on shows who's tracking you — Inside Amsterdam's Apple Store... read more
Thursday, 01 March 2012
Apple TV refresh?
Apple TV shortages — 14-inch MacBook Air? TinkerTool: the Swiss Army knife for your Mac — MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.8 for 2008 MacBook Pro — Picture Collage Maker Lite... read more
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Apple Stores top profit
Apple Stores top for profit — Apple may be developing high def Adaptive Streaming audio format — Microsoft preparing to take on iCloud — Dell trying to reinvent itself... read more
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Woz & WiFi update for iMacs
Woz is coming — Apple WiFi update for late 2009 or newer iMacs — Mountain Lion threatens Facebook and Microsoft —Apple must expand product lines — Apple dominates in mobile PCs — Apple gets Chomp... read more
Monday, 27 February 2012
Futurology 226: weird meteors
Weird meteors — Buckyballs in space — Forensic futurism — Russian scientists grow 32,000 year old plant — Ancient yeast yields link between Polynesians and Americans instead of booze — Japanese company to built space elevator — Polio may be about to go-go — Russians build Transparency Grenade — Ageing eyes causing sleeplessness and more — Felt uses body to charge cellphones... read more
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Apple EFI 'n' A*dam
Apple's new EFI Firmware updates for 2011 Macs — New Mac Trojan discovered — Mastering for iTunes — Apple Store Amsterdam's hours announced... read more