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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.




The New Zealand Herald Mac Planet blog by Mark Webster

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.

Monday, 06 February 2012
News from the future every New Zealand Monday morning: New jaw printed — First sound recordings based on reading people’s minds — Video of the moon's far side — Fuel-saving cooking bags — Russian scientists prepare to explore most alien lake on Earth — Arctic comes to Europe — Mona Lisa's underdrawings reveal twin painting... read more
Saturday, 04 February 2012
Snow Leopard Security Update killing PowerPC Apps using Rosetta — How to set up Time Machine — Apple's Town Hall meeting emphasised corporate responsibility — Apple seeds new Safari build to developers — Sign up for a Dropbox Beta and get 5GB more space... read more
Friday, 03 February 2012
Mac OS X updates — Aspyr releases Rage Campaign Edition for Mac — Strange Apple event? Security update for Snow Leopard; update to Apple Remote Desktop SubRosaSoft.com... read more
Thursday, 02 February 2012
Final Cut Pro X comes right — NZ FileMaker deals — Neil Young says Apple was considering a new music format ... read more
Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Airport Utility update — Final Cut Pro X gets big update — Apple pulls ahead of HP — Tim Cook's first major hire — and Hands on with the Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter... read more
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
China outrage grows — HP shamelessly copying Apple — First-time attendees weigh in on iWorld conference — Australian microphone for Mac — Mac superbundle... read more
Monday, 30 January 2012
Hi tech soldier undies — Stem cells prevent blindness — You may be wired to disagree with [insert political ideology here] — One million spiders weave a cape — Mitochondrial Eve — Battery-free wireless mouse — A computer made some 'art'... read more
Friday, 27 January 2012
Tim Cook offers generous staff discounts — Former Apple exec says secrecy stifling Chinese labour moves — Macworld becoming iWorld — Next Adobe Lightroom offers goodness — Spotlight plugin allows InDesign searches... read more
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Apple breaks financial records — That little problem of US98 billion in cash — Apple having a 'Town Hall Meeting' — Upgrading your Mac's memory — Developers get another new OS X — The Macworld/iWorld conference — Bill Gates' last conversation with Jobs... read more
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
First Dutch Apple Store — Virgin Airlines' tribute to Steve Jobs — Lion internet recovery for MacBook Air — Wine lets you run Windows apps on Macs for free... read more