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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).


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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.




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Apple Hardware & Software reviews

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Friday, 24 June 2011
Some have a dream – that they can sit there and chat to their Mac and the words appear as text on a screen. This dream is not a dream – not with Dragon Dictate.... read more
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Ever wanted to plug your Mac – most likely a laptop – into an HD TV? Sometimes when I am presenting, I find TVs installed instead of projectors. Or you might just want to use that lovely HD LCD TV you have to show a movie or a slideshow. Now you can. ... read more
Monday, 04 April 2011
JVC’s first consumer 3D camcorder is an interesting looking beast – it has two lenses in its wide (but still handy) body. So from the front it looks rather like Wal-E. It shoots 3D video in full HD.... read more
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
The new PowerShot SX30 IS is the world’s first digital compact camera to house a huge super telephoto 35x zoom. In the old-fashioned nomenclature of analogue photography, this is equivalent to a 24mm ‘wide-angle’ lens that zooms in to 300mm (and further, with digital zoom, but who uses that?). ... read more
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Flat, black, tangle free cord, stylish speakers and an easy to handle remote control for iPhone... read more
Monday, 28 February 2011
Have you ever lost files? Usually this is inadvertent – you put them in the trash. Then you emptied it. Can you raise these files from the ashes? Fortunately, yes – and here's a new option... read more
Friday, 07 January 2011
The v-JAYS Heavy Duty Bass Speakers are actually Swedish-designed headphones. They have Mylar speakers in the headpieces. With a light, sturdy frame and square, rounded-corner speakers, they are elegant and unobtrusive... read more
Friday, 07 January 2011
Looking like a large well-padded wallet when closed, this new-to-NZ hand-made leather NVS case opens up to allow setting the screen in any of four angles in wide-screen orientation, or you can stand it on one side for an upright, portrait view.... read more
Sunday, 19 December 2010
A premium earbud under the microscope – how do the more expensive earbuds from Sweden stack up? They have better bass and more accessories, including a travel case, the same range of earbud sleeves for a perfect fit and they're loud.... read more
Friday, 17 December 2010
New Swedish-origin JAYS earbuds and headphones are now available in New Zealand. They are black, well-made and sound pretty good. Here's the first of three reviews of these slinky black devices.... read more