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Apple Macintosh, iPhone & iPad news for New Zealanders - Mac News
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news 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. - New Mac users
Hey, shiny and new Mac users – what's the desktop? Free NZ Mac newsletter; using the Dock effectively; Mainstage update; Microsoft updates Office 2004, 2008; Google Apps becomes a platform; Apple loyalty up; Google Maps gets bike directions - FileMaker 11 released
FileMaker 11 is a major update; Launchy comes to Mac from Windows; Mozilla has borrowed from Apple's WebKit for fast new JavaScript engine; Fluid Dynamics software Caedmium now available for Mac; Macs in enterprise not just cheaper to manage, but a lot cheaper; challenges that Apple faces and Grey Lynn Mac training tonight - Developer costs eased
Apple reduces price of Mac dev program; Macs look like continuing sales boom; Apple testing updates of Safari, QuickTime and ProApp; Rob Griffiths of Macworld does not use Google Docs; using Command key shortcuts for switchers - Futurology #134: shortened days
Chile 'megathrust' deformed Earth, shortened days — Core77 to the rescue with Pop-Up Shelters — stereo ant smelling — new drug could reverse Alzheimer effects — wheelchair 'tanks' for the disabled can climb stairs — new, greener, syringe — sensitive, tactile robot skin - Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv
Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv – audio-visuals ‘to the Macs’ – As the final moments of Webstock finished, a tremendous show was projected onto the end wall of the Wellington Town Hall. It not only encompassed (indeed, used) the massive Wellington Town Hall pipe organ, it was tailored to fit every alcove in the wall behind as well. I found out how it was done – using Macs, of course. (Pic – L-R Shaun, Mike and Bruce) - iTunes
iTunes may be a 'crappy, bloated mess', but Apple surveys ask for feedback while Macworld posts backup guide; Macworld Mac OS X Hints Superguide, Snow Leopard Edition; Five Tip Friday – GarageBand tips; Apple is Fortune's 'most admired' company; Aperture 3.1 reviewed - 3D Mac history
Sport; stunning 3D showcase of past and present Macs; Apple updates ProKit; five Mac apps you 'should' own; getting to grips with cloud computing; Crossover speeds up virtualisation and MacHeist's latest killer deal saves you NZ$356.27, Canon NZ gets into more recycling - Security chief
OS X nearly hits 11% in the US, Windows dropping online; more on Flash – security issues; Microsoft, Mozilla security exec goes to Apple; Al Gore 'taunted', but takes another 227K anyway at Apple meeting; Canon firmware update for its full-frame EOS 5D Mark II camera; Adobe dropping Version Cue: - Yes they're yellow
Apple admits to yellow tints on iMacs; HDMI ports coming to Macs, rumour claims; MobileMe director leaves Apple; new Wacom tablet; five digital cameras that are well connected - Futurology #133: big ice, little ice
Haiti internet lessons deployed for Chile; Luxembourg's icy proxy may change global currents; you are who you are – on Facebook, anyway; ignore the forrest, study the trees for biodiversity clues; relocate that crime hotspot using maths; internet predictor site; World Cup Soccer shirts made from recycled bottles; tiny ice device for stroke treatment - MagBytes 3 is out
MagBytes 3 released – it's going to stay free; Aperture update addresses problems; money program Quicken Essentials for Mac 2010; STM bags' new website; Johnny Cash is 10-billionth iTunes sale; Boot Camp partitioning utility CampTune 8 for Mac OS X released; changes to Gmail; Macworld how-to – save files to iDisk simultaneously - A dog ate my hat
Constrained MacBook supplies hints at refresh, a dog ate my hat, Adobe Creative Suite 5? Apple's supplier responsibility report, Aspyr says it has released a Mac port of The Force Unleashed; affordable Mac training - Bigger and big
Macs growing in enterprise; big in France; NVIDIA Optimus and other new chips may be headed for Macs; Apple third in BusinessWeek satisfaction survey; Macworld tip – one Mac, two Time Machine backups Sonnet Technologies ' Fusion™ F2 portable 2-drive RAID storage system and Sportscene: - iMacs, MacBooks, thefts & improvements
Apple improves iMac ship times; dual graphics MacBook enhancements may be coming; Apple launches MacBook Repair Extension Program for Hard Drive Issues; Apple sales up again; New Zealand 27-inch iMac thefts - Interview: futurist Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce (pronounced, I believe, ‘peshi’) worked in California as a networking coder for Apple in the 1980s and ’90s then went on to invent virtual reality patents. After moving to Australia, he has been working with media and business professionals to integrate the lessons of the first decade of the web into 21st-century business practices using social media and other tech phenomena. I saw his riveting presentation – the last one of the conference – at Webstock about tech, now and the future, and just had to interview him. - Futurology #132: nice smells supercar
Nice smells make us act more kindly; off-the-shelf parts make camera to photograph your innards; special car to get 2752 miles per gallon; new sugar-based plastic composts easily; power your house from your curtains; brains work eerily well and adapt, hooked up to computers - Search, Aperture 3 & CAD
Microsoft's union with Yahoo blessed for search, Aperture lights up the forums as a memory hog; solution offered, and SolidWorks 3D CAD coming native to Mac, Google Buzz makes changes to satisfy privacy concerns - Tips from Macworld & HTML5
Shoot tethered and control your camera from your Mac; create a moving splash screen for your iWeb site using Keynote; more 'unexpected uses' – tooltips; use iChat to chat with your friends on FaceBook; HTML5 – the good, the bad and the interesting - Connections, CS5 & Flash
Connection issues plague Time Capsule, Airport Extreme — Apple CEO Steve Jobs participates in biography for the first time — Adobe CS5 and Flash — Japan wants explanation of false iTunes billing — I'm off to Wellington till Saturday - Macworld Expo roundup
Macworld Expo great despite Apple's absence — Mac music tools on display at Macworld Music Studio — Microsoft's big presence at Macworld — Adobe blocks latest version of HTML5 — - Futurology #131: nanogel & nanobubbles
Nanogel could regrow cartilage in joints — nano-bubbles may join cancer fight — 'Miracle Machine' brings clean water from the air to Haiti — bees can remember what human faces look like — a hair proves Saqqaq from Siberia, not North America — Hubble detects space-travelling, er, X — app tracks your mousing computer movements and linger-points — Tiny robots to clean your home - Two press releases – Microsoft & Apple
Introducing Office for Mac 2011, and Apple is close to selling 10 billion songs on iTunes – if you buy the ten-billionth, you get a massive prize. - Sales, Chrome & guitar
Macworld's latest Superguide is out; Nisus Macworld sale; Apple sales rankings in the top five; Chrome for Mac gets new features on a par with the Windows version; digital guitar launched at Macworld; and CosmoPod 4.2, the utility that lets you get videos off websites, now supports HTML5 - Image updates
Apple updates for iLife, RAW, camera support; Aperture 3 looked at in more detail; enable missing Snow Leopard Services; Dell starts shipping iMac 27-inch LCD: - Aperture 3 64-bit
New Aperture is 64-bit — NVIDIA today unwrapped Optimus integrated graphics — Take Control of Screen Sharing in Snow Leopard — DisplayLink now for MacBooks and projectors - New MBP, OS & Canons
Is a new MacBook imminent with a faster i7 CPU? Mac OS 10.6 due a refresh, too — new RealPlayer beta — new Canon PowerShots and entry DSLR announced - Futurology #130: bionics & environment
Prosthetics giving modern amputees bionic advantages, robotic Big Dog to go into military production, new studies show water may be partly to blame for global warming, Third World challenges with the global environmental crisis, aerogel insulation blankets can make existing buildings more energy efficient, Portuguese company can make a touch-screen out of anything, and schizophrenia may be in the blood. - 6-core chips coming
Intel six-core chips coming for high-end desktops and servers; Apple goes all gooey on iTunes Store; Trillion Alpha chat service access comes to Mac; Twitter reset; InDesign tip – changing the tint of greyscale photos; it's Five Tip Friday again. - iMac production on track
27-inch iMac production was not halted, says Apple — Nehalem Mac Pro showing audio heat-up, performance hit — new farming simulator game has dating, and Macworld's guide to troubleshooting your DNS to speed up 'net access - Six-core processors, 27-inch iMacs
Six-core processors about to debut on Macs? Second 27-inch screen-flicker update, iTunes updated, Excel Software's two new apps for software protection, DJMixersoft introduces DJ Mixer Professional 2.0 with video support, HDR PhotoStudio High Dynamic Range software package now in Mac version and Apple's business presence in China is under scrutiny - More on Windows on Macs
Virtualisation on Macs in series, Wacom unveils first completely wireless tablet controller, Reason 4.0's virtual rack of music, Google releases Mac version of its Google Email Uploader, another 27-inch iMac screen issue – yellowing – is revealed - Futurology #129: lit soccer balls & cybertracking
Soccer ball to light the Third World, effortless space travel using the Casmir Effect, NASA commissions 'plug and play' spacesuit, the dirt on dirt, Moscow's strays evolving in intelligence, your cyber track is tracked as you surf, Google's sex and religion traces, and an 'art robot' sells itself on eBay forever - iPad revealed
All eyes on Steve Jobs at the Apple Event as he reveals the iPad, Virtualisation performance tested on Macworld, Sharon Zardetto at Macworld reveals secrets of the Open and Save dialogue boxes - Figures & events
Apple makes record profit again; tomorrow, our time 8am, the Apple Event in the US will probably be the tablet Mac; free Adobe Roadshow coming to Auckland; Webstock in Wellington; Firmware update for 2007+ tries to fix battery life problems with wireless keyboards - 27-inch fix No2
Apple is said to be preparing a second 27-inch screen flicker fix — Evom is a drag and drop video converter; currently in Beta, it's free — Acer is also going to ape Apple soon — Google boss downplays Apple rivalry — new music format should replace the current MP3 and end piracy — Native Instruments releases Abbey Road 60s Drums - Windows on Macs & Bento 3
Apple tablet rumour explosion; new eBook on running Windows on Macs, including W7; Windows 7 has sold well, and Apple finally adds W7 drivers to Boot Camp; Bento upgrade offer expires soon; QuickTime X to be improved in next OS update; Microsoft merges the Zune and Xbox teams: new Word Processor Ulysses attracts raves; 27-inch iMac shipping travails continue; YouTube goes HTML 5 over Flash and Virtual Time Clock is for business - Fururology #128: smart grid
Apple aims to build Smart Grid; Solar Power helps Haiti; dark disk obscures planet; how about a space shuttle engine? Brain scans can see how traumatised you are; new transistors may help robots 'think'. - mac-nz is on holiday
I'm away on a short break till Monday 25th January. I may be able to check email at mac.nz@me.com but where I go (a distant valley), cell phone reception is not ensured. I just released the second mac-nz MagBytes free PDF newsletter; if you would like to receive it, email newsletter@mac-nz.com. - iTunes in the cloud
iTunes everywhere as Apple engages cloud, digital music exec suggests purchased content will be available from anywhere, 2010 to be Year of the Mac? Apple and publisher HarperCollins in talks for content, Final Cut training in Auckland and Wellington, Rome Total War is coming sooner and Macworld's guide to using iPhoto's histogram to improve photos - Tablet invites out
Invitations have been sent out for a media event scheduled for 10am US Pacific Time on January 27th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, widely expected to be the announcement of the Mac tablet; Mac based new social network, MacZoom, announced; and it may be time to buy the popular and easy-to-use Mac utility Cocktail, since its revenues will be donated to Haiti - Futurology #127: hard-headedness
Cheap, pack flat, recyclable bike helmet; do you buy songs because they're listed as 'hits'? Full-colour night vision for drivers might be coming thanks to insects; alligator lungs may have helped them survive the dinosaur extinction; lesbian ant species has deleted males completely; Italians make human bones from wood; seven tech advances that could make Minority Report a reality and suprise! Our way of life is not sustainable ... - Help Haiti via iTunes
Apple, American Red Cross accept Haiti relief via iTunes, Mac developers boost sales revenue to Haiti, Apple finally has dedicated acquisitions personnel iPresentee introduces Keynote graphics clip-art in 3D, Aspyr Civilization IV: Colonization for Mac, Digital Anarchy releases free ToonIt! plug-in update, and Intel surprises all with massive sales - Apple grows, antivirus & new tech
Apple top in 'customer experience' but not so with iTunes, Apple captures 7.4% of US PC market on 31% Mac sales growth, MobileMe users are getting Phished, new Intego antivirus software also covers iPhone, Windows, adds Dynamic Code Monitoring and Phising protection and Intel begins shipping 40GB SSD drives - Apple Logic, Mainstage in 64-bit
Apple Logic, Mainstage now 64-bit, Apple shipped 7 million MacBooks in 2009, FileMaker intros contact manager for Bento 3, Apple tablet 'iPhone on steroids' rumour, new laptop graphics chip from NVIDIA, GoToMyPC now works for Mac, Adobe updates Acrobat, Microsoft has had to pull Office from US stores, How to fix a MagSafe adapter on the go, Another Macworld tip covers Live trace in Illustrator, how to fix your Time Capsule and MiniUsage monitors your Mac's activity. - Mac security, Remote
OpenGL 3 in next Mac OS update, one decade of OS X reviews on Ars Technica covers what expectations were met and which ones weren't, Apple Store customers targeted by burglars in LA, Apple Apple Remote Desktop 3.3.2, Mac surveillance software and Macgasm's preferred bulk renamer - Apple's figures soon
Apple's next financial results are imminent, Microsoft Word for Mac will soon get a compliance patch, make your trackpad a tablet with Ten One Design’s new Inklet app, optimise photos for digital scrapbooking - Futurology #126 – the Antikythera mechanism
The Antikythera mechanism reveals its secrets, street views of Pompeii, that 'junk DNA' in the human genome, 40-million-year-old virus detected in human DNA, the evolution of life in 60 seconds, distant White Dwarf could threaten Earth, Hubble reveals ancient galaxies, Moon shakes San Francisco and the Neanderthals had jewelry and painting - Greenpeace now Apple lover
Greenpeace is now an Apple lover after earlier criticism; new mac-nz poll – win prizes; new Mac mini and its debut Server companion find early success, selling much better than analysts suspected they would; New Take Control ebook helps Mac users make disaster-proof backups and Apple may be building a new prototype for its Apple Stores in Palo Alto, USA. - Microsoft's 'slate'
Microsoft's slate PC revealed at CES: During his keynote at CES Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled a new touchscreen tablet from HP running Windows 7, dubbed a slate PC; Online iTunes Preview updated: A month after Apple's purchase of music streaming service Lala, iTunes Preview has been expanded to allow 30-second song samples within a browser; Next OS X update targets crashes and Macworld finishes Design Basics - Microsoft's own tablet
Microsoft, HP to pip Apple with their own tablet; AppZapper updated for Snow Leopard; OS 10.6's anti-malware system languishing but Adobe tests security patch systems, Everplay integrates with iTunes, adds radio; unbootable Mac; stack mouse-over tip - Apple (tablet?) Event
The Apple Event; competitors try and get in ahead with their own tablets; iWork sales up; Safari concedes ground to Google Chrome; Apple misses Windows 7 deadline; Mac mini with Snow Leopard Server reviewed; next MacBook chips faster; get rid of white noise in recordings; Bento 3 reviewed on MacNN; every National Geographic on one hard drive; 10 Apple duds of the Noughties. - Futurology #125 — Earth & humans
Microsoft has its eye on Earth, seven tipping points that could transform our planet, new antibiotic causes bacterial suicide, clean the house to build your own superbugs, firefly genes in your brain, IO9's most controversial scientific discoveries of 2009, contact lenses could monitor diabetes, move your farm 8.5kms south every decade, and where did our bigger brained predecessors go? - iSlate, iGuide .... more tablet rumours
iSlate, iGuide .... more tablet rumours; Apple iWork sales lift; Magic Mouse sales are up, too; Apple hiring for Cloud version of iWork; Soundboard gives you libraries, Macgasm tells how to get a second menu on a second monitor - Office must lose XML
Microsoft loses patent appeal, must halt sale of Office by January 11th 2010; Office:Mac is to get A/V content support; Apple's iTunes U has broken the 100 million download mark; a major upgrade to Mac-based digital storytelling utility MemoryMiner 2.0 is out; and is Apple preparing a new hardware release in January? - 27-inch iMac flicker fix
Apple releases 27-inch iMac flicker fix; iMac G5 monitor suit thrown out; Übertec has the BookArc and BackPack MacBook & iMac accessories for sale – these are reviewed by iLounge; Apple Boot Camp and Windows 7; Ableton releases two free Live Packs; & WTO says China obstructs trade via iTunes - Harvard's best-performing CEO: S Jobs
Steve Jobs is Harvard's best-performing CEO, disk repair updates in Snow Leopard, using Stacks in the OS X Dock, how to buy an external hard drive, very cheap underwater shooting game and Intel's new Atom processors based on the Pine Trail platform are out, promising better graphics and battery life - Futurology #124: colonising space
Most Earth-like planet discovered, so how close are we to colonising space? India finds matter on the Moon, cruise being planned on Titan's methane sea, Apophis, a 900-foot asteroid, will come close to Earth, and the first video of a deep-sea volcanic eruption (on Earth) has been released. - Psystar calls it quits
Psystar quits, Intel's Arrandale dual-core processors for MacBooks, Macs ahead and driving PC sales upturn, Apple posts Xsan updates, notorious industry laggard Pro Tools finally ready for Snow Leopard, Adobe updates Lightroom, guide to upgrading Mac hard drives, another Christmas deal — Default Folder X - Apple looks at 'head tracking'
Apple looks at 'head tracking' — iTunes movie bundles and Compilations — App4Mac's Christmas software deal — guide to Screen Recording in QuickTime X — TypeStyler X (v.10.6) adds package mockups and 3D animations — Macworld review loves Nisus Writer Pro 1.4 — Apple Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update, v2.7 - macnz Newsletter 1 out tonight
Newsletter 1 out tonight — iFixit posts repair guides — Mac sales up again, thanks to desktops — Apple and Psystar litigation concluded — Google adds Auckland transit info — next Intel heavy-hitter chip for Mac? — NVIDIA Tegra processor — Adobe Flash vulnerability — Snagit screen-shooter for Mac released in Beta — Macworld's favourite podcast tools - More Apple accolades
Apple is AdWeek's Brand of the Decade — 50% sale on Take Control Mac & iPhone how-to eBooks — Google Maps teams up with ARTA to make transit easier — Wozniak answers five questions on Businessweek — Mac sales up again — iMac 27 delays due to demand, not faults — Core i7 980X for Mac Pro? — Using foreign-letter characters — Dragon Age game coming to Mac — Espresso in new version for web developers — introduction to 3D on the Mac, Part I: models & textures — how to clean your Mac — Apple 9th in US internet top ten - 27-inch iMac delays
Apple apologises for shipping delays for i5 and i7 27-inch iMacs, review of the 27-inch Core 2 Duo version, Intel's new notebook chips, Macworld loves mini server, Masking in Photoshop, ArtRage updates, App Store revised, Metakine DVDRemaster remastered, - Futurology #123: Paper & the Med
New ‘electronic paper’ technology allows a million colour choices; paper makes great formable, pliable battery base, electrode grids inside skulls help people type words using just brainwaves; heavy coffee drinkers cutting prostate cancer risk; world's cheapest water purifier, future Hawaiian cities could be under water; the Mediterranean may have filled in just two years; birth-order stereotypes are valid, monkeys using language with grammar; the cost of being sexy; the science behind the 2010 World Cup soccer ball - iTunes sync problem
Apple acknowledges iTunes sync problem, games for nix, Dan Frakes' Mac Gems of the Year on Macworld, Check Point Full Disk Encryption, AMD gets big payout from Intel, and the WebGL universal standard for accelerated 3D graphics inside web browsers - Christmas deal, Flash, Safari & Chrome
Apple Gift Cards on FaceBook, Safari retains speed edge over new Chrome for Mac, Adobe has published a new version of Flash Player, MacUpdate Christmas application special deal, and introducing mac-nz's monthly MagBytes newsletter ... starting next week - Latest Apple updates
Tablet going into production (rumour), latest Apple updates, Mac OS X 10.6.3 builds, Chrome for Mac and Linux 'looking good', Digital Anarchy introduces retouching tool, Heileen 2: The Hands of Fate game, and how to print font samples - Chrome for Mac
Chrome for Mac out in Beta, Apple appeals court decision, Mac Basics Superguide in Snow Leopard Edition, Macworld's top Mac hardware of 2009, quick software updates - Apple buys Lala
Apple purchases Lala music streaming service, Macs in radiology, Apple retakes reliability top spot, Apple may be going for custom versions of new chips, Animals Coloring Book, PageZephyr searches and retrieves content, App4mac Projector updated and Macworld design tutorial on the use of repetition. That's repetition. - Futurology #122
Concrete Cloth house in no time, new lenses for better eyes, Fins heat christians with data, Danish island goes energy self-sufficient, two-mother mice live longer, artificial larynx sounds more natural, battery from green algae better and thinner, future spacesuits could be easy and fast-fit, new flexible antennas will change device design and the Dutch grow meat in vats. - Upgrade to Mac Pros
Apple upgrades Mac Pros, servers — Java update —ordered to pay in patent settlement — Google opens up DNS — Jobs for person of the year — eBook Reader finds, stores books — British hotel goes iMac (pic). - Apple Tablet speculation
Tablet speculation – incredibly affordable? Mac sales to grow in 2010, CyberMonday boosts Apple online, Telephone dialer updated and Macworld's guide to multifunction printers - Futurology #121
Unidentified Crashing Object (another galaxy is colliding with ours), mothers' milk wins out, computer habits change brains, how geeks measure the world, fleets of aqua-robots, climate change documented in photographs and 3D models of early hominids. - Futurology #120
On NZ Mondays there's no Mac news so I post Futurology - a page of interesting science news, speculation and tech. The prior series ends on the old mac.nz site at http://digg.com/u1GQEo. Flooded Times Square, earthworms in space, Haydron Collider firing up, algae and light helps crippled mice walk, birth of a new species, Penguins evolve faster, Civvy supercomputer, Cyborg tech, Intel brain implants, scientists build cat brain, fish on Jupiter moon. - Futurology #119
European 'road trains' considered, robot eyes informed by fly-eye maths, hot-blooded dinosaurs, solar curtains, growing new breast tissue, chatter genes in humans and chimps, Haydrom Collider almost back online, Vancouver's green dreams - iPhone/iPad News
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of linked Apple iPhone and iPad news in New Zealand, covering hardware and software. - Developers, control, books & games
iPad SDK update released – iPad only mag appears – Street Fighter – as good as you could expect – books now outnumber games on the App Store – control computers from your iPhone for free – Alice in Wonderland gets good review – Game Developer Conference overshadowed by iPhone - Apple's iPhone IP
Apple gets tough with iPhone wannabes; Surviving High School gets Homecoming Queen megapack; the iPhone as universal key; iPhone owners in China may soon get WiFi; Tekken coming to iPhone? - iPad on sale in the US 3.04, no NZ date
iPad on sale in NZ ... some time; Apple iPad shown at Oscars; Apple execs head to UK for iPad talks; paid app upgrades coming? Apple iPhone Earth pic in super high resolution - iPad mags & books
Radio Flare REDUX for the iPhone and iPod touch; Google buzz app; Wall Street Journal has iPad to develop on; Real World Dates and development for iPhone; iPhone down as Android eats market share; Penguin demonstrates iPad books; worried about a zombie apocalypse? Don't worry, there are apps for that - iPad 26 March?
iPad 26 March? Foxconn claims it's on track for iPad release; iPad will push WiFi; Facebook scam targets iPad lust; Virgin drops Flash for lack of iPhone support; massive profits in iPhone; Omnis Studio 5 iPhone developer software to be demonstrated. - Bizarre cases, games
Tongue-in-cheek iPad 'pad' case; ultimate roadie-approved iPhone case; how to get more out of your iPod, iPhone battery life; Rayman and Assassin's Creed II; Killing Nazi zombies (review) - Meet the iPad's A4
Meet the iPad A4 cortex; iPad won't work as secondary display; low numbers of iPads to ship? Latest iPhone gems on iLounge' Instapaper Pro updated; UK iPad price rumours; Condé Nast's iPad mags revealed - Sun, tips, Flash
NASA puts the sun on iPhone; Adobe rebuffs Flash battery hog charges and launches Connect Pro; Explicit comes, Explicit goes; future iPhone finger-swipes; touch users use more; Five Tip Friday on iPhone - Explicit
New iPad SDK comes and goes, Freeverse absorbed by ngmoco, App Store may get a new Explicit section, and Apple's Tim Cook talks about iPad, TaskPaper for iPhone - iPad demand, iPhone success
Apple iPad demand exceeding pre-launch iPhone buzz? iPhone now third most popular smartphone in the world; another take on Flash and the iPhone controversy – protecting the iPhone SDK; Portable art database; ProCamera iPhone camera app; Dropbox updated for free; Alarm Clock Pro and Alarm Clock Free for iPhone - iPad and Flash
iPad and Flash; multitasking; custom Apple A4 iPad chip estimated to cost US$1 billion; iPad Safari SDK in action? Microsoft software and iPad; MobileMe and mobile Safari updates slightly; Apple's 'overtly sexual' iPhone crackdown – goodbye to 5000 apps; TomTom still successful despite price tag, cheaper competitors - iPad publishers, AutoPark 'n' SpinArt
Publishers reportedly sceptical of Apple iPad business model — iPhone hardware and OS beat Nexus One for 3D performance — AutoPark for your iPhone, car — App tracker for developers free for a limited time — SpinArt – all the fun with no mess — Google and Apple still chums - iPhone competitors gear up
Apple not there, but still the talk of the show — two Linux smartphone operating systems to merge — alliance of 27 to combat iPhone App Store — iPad native Wired magazine coming — Plants vs Zombies' game — Adobe boosts Air for Mobile — Apple approves Serial port-to-Dock Connector design - Games & iPad cases
South Park's bad-mouthed boys try to survive a Japanese game show; iLounge retro game gems; iPhone personal assistant, Gecko iPad accessories - iPad SDK is out
iPad SDK released, Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger calls iPad "game changer", using VoiceControl with iPhone, cost of iPad build worked out, CAD software multi-platform for Mac, PC and iPhone, Opera browser coming to iPhone, Military Madness Neo Nectaris Brothers in Arms II for iPhone. - Dinosaurs, racing & doom
The American Museum of Natural History Dinosaurs app — id Software has released Doom II RPG — Gameloft's GT Racing reviewed — Apple rules mobile apps — new Flash 10.1 only for Androids - iPad pricing & VGA
Apple 'flexible' on iPad prices if sales demand; iPad interest wanes, except for doctors; new VGA connector on iPad supports projectors; iPhone Bluetooth improver; iLounge's latest iPhone app gems - Interview: Brian Fling on Mobile apps, iPhone, iPad & more
Brian Fling is an expert on mobile app design and implementation across platforms. An abridged version of this interview is on Mac Planet on the NZ Herald – this is the full, fascinating interview covering mobile apps, iPhone and iPad. It's fascinating insight into mobile apps and the future of technology. - Video improvements
iTunes Preview comes to iPhone; iPhone is closing the gap with Blackberry; sells 2 million in the UK; Skype video calling 'coming'; phishing and security issues; next model to have better video? location sharing to become easier; Macworld considers six weather apps, - iPhone OS 3.1.3 out
iPhone update provides battery reporting fix — Apple iPhone sales in slight decrease as a percentage of smartphone sales — American Life iPhone app — textbook publishers rejig formats to fit iPad — Gameloft makes 25 million from iPhone games — St. John Ambulance has releases official First Aid app — Waze free mapping, crowdsourcing app - 4th generation iPhone
Apple 4th generation of iPhone ... Cinq iPhone app lets you grab pictures from your home photo library, True HDR on iPhone, iLounge game app roundup, iCamcorder adds video recording capabilities for the 1G iPhone and iPhone 3G, forward-facing iPad camera, beta of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK shows support for video and handwriting, Windows virtualisation on iPad may be possible. - War of iPad words
Spore Creatures for the iPhone and iPod touch — Steve Jobs disparages Google, Adobe at internal company meeting — Microsoft, Nokia and Nintendo take shots at iPad — Apple ignites Kindle price war, supports Microsoft Word — iPad backlash - iPad reactions
Full video of iPad launch, reactions to the iPad, iPad hardware roundup, iPad books for the US only? Apple to host Town Hall style internal iPad event, STM Laptop Bags are all ready for the new Apple iPad, and VoIP is now to be allowed on iPhone - Apple iPad & iPhone power
Apple is now the largest mobile device company in the world, Jobs shows off iPad Apple tablet, first look at Google's iPhone voice app, Air New Zealand adds iPod & USB jacks to economy seats, Array makes business integration easier for iPhones - Comics, security & sales
Free app for comic book enthusiasts includes reader and three bonus comics, Intego's comprehensive report on iPhone security, Google Voice for iPhone accesses the Google Voice service via the mobile Safari browser, and Apple's record financial quarter includes great iPhone sales - White House app
Free US White House app — Epson goes for Open Source iPhone print app — Sega console app coming — you speak, your iPhone makes it in to text — and Belkin has begun shipping TuneCast Auto Live in the US - iPhone helps trapped Haiti victim
iPhone helps Haiti victim treat wounds, survive in rubble – Apple was the leading mobile device manufacturer in Oceania during Q4 —Final Fantasy one and two are coming to the iPhone and iPod touch — 2010 World Factbook is a reference in your pocket - Apple owns mobile apps
Apple has 99.4% of the Mobile App Market, iPhone OS4 speculation includes new ways of multitasking and syncing, Apple's purchase of Lala could result in a virtual 'iTunes locker', and finding romance in your pocket with different apps before Valentines Day. - Nexus One review
Nexus One reviewed and compared to iPhone, iPhone parts supplier in violent strike in China, Skype and Yelp update their iPhone apps to add features and solve problems, and Rockstar Games has released a new version of Grand Theft Auto called Chinatown Wars - iPhone OS 4?
iPhone OS 4.0 'imminent'? Apple has released the free MobileMe Gallery app, the Droid phone costs more to build than Apple's iPhone, and The Simpsons Arcade for the iPhone and iPod gets a good review on Macworld - Free apps 'n' code
Free apps from 18th January, the InAppSettingsKit will be offered as open-source code, Vodafone launches iPhone apps in the UK and the new game Emergency City gets a great review on Macworld. - IT depts and iPhone
IT departments should support iPhone, App Store approval has been greatly sped up, TweetDeck adds geolocation, is Apple withholding iPhone OS updates because of 'the tablet'? And Korean cellphone maker LG has turned on Microsoft and gone to Android - New iPhone graphics chip & flash?
New chip from iPhone graphics chip maker, next-generation iPhone may add a flash for the camera, iPhone Games Summit Track in Game Developers Conference 2010, classic Battleship game's iPhone iteration reviewed, Apple's iPhone/touch touchscreen better than Nexus', and Nexus hardware costs and Nexus complaints, iPhone games for toddlers - Sims 3 World Adventures
The Sims 3 World Adventures is coming to the iPhone — Bing for iPhone reviewed — viruses, malware and all that malarky for iPhone — a new free app from Orbit centralises social media and contacts - iPhone behemoth
Apple buys Quatro Wireless: Apple just spent US$275 million to acquire Quattro Wireless, a mobile ad network, and went after AdMob last year before Google outbid it. Zing! three-billion App Store downloads; iPhone OS4 rumour and Android makes waves, - iPhone tips
iPhone tips — iPhone sales up even more — iPod touch sales through the roof — new, speedier 8GB iPhone 3GS alleged — PopCap games sale — make yourself an Avatar — Pedal Brain's new iPhone/iPod touch app - iPhone tops US popularity
iPhone most popular smartphone in the US; the Unreal 3D game engine has been demonstrated on an iPhone; Sekai Camera lets iPhone owners mark locations with audio, photos, text messages; list ranking app by Envio Networks; Twittelator Version 3.5 adds full support for landscape orientation - iPhone 3G most active online
iPhone 3G most frequently used phone for going online; French video app; clocking your run with the Run Stats app (review); Thor from Freeverse is a side-scrolling action game, & new 'Hanged' uses claymation-style graphics. - How to hire a great iPhone developer
How to hire a great iPhone developer, Apple surprised by successes like Tapulous, touch owners slow to upgrade OS, mobile platform viruses, iPhone/touch version of Need for Speed: Shift, free Mill Colour app and using voice control on your iPhone. - Big in Japan
The iPhone is booming outside US and has nearly half the Japanese smartphone market — RIM is still doing well with Blackberry, posting record sales — Bento for iPhone how-to on Macworld — Stanza 2 is a good update to a powerful, free eBook reader app — Kiwi is a twitter client with a difference - iPhone tops Windows Mobile in US
Apple's iPhone exceeds Windows Mobile in US usage — Namco Ridge Racer Accelerated — App calculator PCalc adds inline store — iLounge finds the game app 'Gameloft James Cameron’s Avatar' not that great, and levels the same at 'Gameloft N.O.V.A – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance' - TomTom car kit
TomTom car kit for iPhone available in NZ — iVideoCamera is the second video app for iPhone — Microsoft has released its first official Bing app for the iPhone and iPod touch — Sniper Vs Sniper by Com2uS reviewed on Macworld - Top apps of 2009
Macworld's iPhone top 20 apps for 2009 — rush on iPhones — rise in Android apps — Classical music comes of age in music downloads — new 64GB chip could be iPhone bound — iLounge's iPhone gems for the week — Captain Galactic - iPhone in 2010
iPhone in 2010 — Macgasm tries to predict Apple's mobile trends. iPhone OS 3.1.3 and also the next system, v4, out in the wild? Shrek Kart game reviewed, and iFinance adds an iPhone app - Interesting apps
Twitter.com optimised for iPhone, GoodReader lets you read PDFs on your iPhone, Dropbox reviewed, Apple expands languages available for localizing app metadata, HootSuite web-based Twitter client, flight, hotel, and car search app reaches V2, Apple puts free Christmas compilation on iTunes and Apple takes Nokia to task - Foxcon building new iPhone?
Foxconn already working on next iPhone? Two new 'NZ' games use augmented reality, Layar gets top review, Nuance speech to text, UK's Gumley convent gives iPhones to students and Chinese iPhone sales picked up. - Bento success & iPhone RSS
Bento success, iPhone RSS info from Apple, Ustream video streaming for iPhone 3G/3GS, Christian college's iPhone education one year on, Wired's favourite iPhone apps of 2009 – and yours - 1000+ apps removed
Apple shows best iTunes content of 2009, Apple shuts down scam apps, iPhone gaining in enterprise, Sofia Fontes' top five photography apps, Nintendo 64 emulator allegedly in the works, VMware developing virtualization software for smartphones and tethering finally arrives in Australia - touch grows
iPod touch to outpace iPhone? 1980s game Dragon’s Lair out, great review for Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Apple sued for iPhone camera patent infringement - Reviews, updates, new apps
Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone and iPod touch, iPhone apps to show more growth, Apple deluged in requests for point-of-sale iPod touch, Monopoly reviewed, turn by turn update for iGo, Presselite's Twitter 360, Chronos NoteLife, Live radio, DSLR Remote reviewed - One-way video calls
fring adds one-way video calls, Tweetie 2 review, new iPhone payment input system 'Square', hundreds of iPhones left behind in London taxis and high-range images captured with iPhone app TrueHDR. - Free app every day
Live video app approved after Jobs intervenes, promotional Droid App rejected by App Store, free App every day till 22nd December, Harry Potter Spells, iLounge's latest App Mix, financial apps on Macworld, locations and Calendar events, ridiculously expensive bling iPhone - New iPhone coming?
New iPhone evidence, Apple posts tools for TuneKit iTunes LPs and Extras, Microsoft enables Silverlight-encoded video for iPhone, Tweetie gets a new geolocation version, stolen Belgian iPhones surface in ... Russia, Discover new music with Tweet The Beat, Camera Genius helps improve your photos, Twitter promotes mobile web surfing and cool games on iLounge - iPhone backups
Smartphones are becoming assets, full-featured DJ, iPhone backup explained, NetNewsWire Premium for iPhone, Mindjet idea mapper reviewed, Apple Remote updated, Sims 3 for iPhone reviewed - Improving photos
Perfectly Clear improves iPhone photos, iPhone's few buttons' multiple uses, NBA Live reviewed, more iPhone gains in Enterprise - iPhone online
Apple iPhone takes 50% of all mobile data traffic, Apple exec discusses approval process, another jailbroken iPhone worm, bookmarking app for audiobooks on Macworld, four ringtone creators examined - Games & approval
Apple partially automates App approval process, Gameloft scales back Android development, Mini Golf Wacky World lives up to title, TomTom introduces touch car kit and Snapture, a good camera app. - Checkouts
Checkout apps, checking people apps, TomTom adds support for older devices, sending photos in messages and Macworld explores the five things a great app needs to have - New tools
iPhone sim for developers, BuildAnApp, new Qualcom chips, NASA app for iPhone, three new games and a barcode scanner. Also, Microsoft says mobile apps don't matter ... - Many new games
New Apple iPhone ads, and many new games debut on iPhone, including Call of Duty: World At War Zombies and Star Wars: Trench Run as Apple seeks to hire a gaming developer, but developers continue to show their discontent - Links & Info
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - NZ Apple Links
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - Get the most from mac-nz
How to use this site to get what you need – information, reviews, news, tips and tricks - Reviews
The latest Apple Mac and Apple-related hardware and software reviewed for New Zealand and global Mac users - Sims 3 World Adventures
The Sims is one of the few extremely successful computer games with a significant female following, plus simultaneous Mac and PC releases. The first of the Sims 3 expansion packs is World Adventures. Ary Jansen has been reviewing The Sims for national magazines since she was 12 – here's her take on this new game extender exclusively for mac-nz. - Snow Leopard Server
The idea with a server is that it’s on all the time, doing its … you know, serving. That’s why a server is normally installed on a standalone computer that’s not doing anything else, although it is possible to use it as your Mac, as the typical Apple apps are all there, just like on any other OS X Mac, (apart from iLife) along with some extra server tools. - Early 2009 Mac Pro Quad Core
The benchmark for all Apple machines is the Mac Pro. And it's heavy enough to mark some benches, too. Whereas you may, these days, see the occasionally iMac in pro studios, you’re much more likely to see a great big visual statement of the aluminium tower, purring away in its austere beauty. - 21.5-inch iMac review
Containing a 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU with 4GB RAM wrapped in shiny 21.5-inch goodness, this is the bottom model of the iMacs. - Snow Leopard & file sharing review
Written by Glenn Fleishman, edited by Tonya Engst (Version 1.0, published October 2009 by TidBITS Publishing Inc). - Elements 8
Adobe has released a new version of its consumer image editing software for Mac. - STM Latte 13-inch laptop bag
A chic, stylish but oh-so-practical laptop bag from STM in Australia - Canon PIXMA MP550
Canon PIXMA MP550 has a self-opening paper tray and a new integrated easy-scroll wheel - Apple Final Cut Pro 7 #1
Final Cut Pro is top class film editing software used on everything up to full cinematic releases - Apple Final Cut Studio #2
Final Cut Studio review part 2 — the auxiliary apps Soundtrack, Cinema Tools, Compressor. Motion & DVD Studio Pro - Apple Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard
OS 10.6 is cheap, impressive disk space regained and it's faster at copying - Newsletter
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. MagBytes is culled from the mac-nz services and contains all the months tips collated into an indispensable form. - Apple Mac tips
mac-nz's Apple Mac tips: From hardware to software, check this tip section to help make your Mac more fruitful. This tips compendium keeps growing grow as I find more to help you with your Mac life. Note that Apple posts video tips related to business use here. - Cleaning a Mighty Mouse
You may find that you need to clean your Mighty Mouse – Apple has provided guidelines. Reader Chetan also sent me great extra advice using crisp, clean paper. - QuickTime resizing
Macworld posted these QuickTime 7 movie player resize-window tips. Holding down the Shift key means resizing occurs to correct aspect ratios. - Set your OS X system dictionary
Set your OS 10.6 Snow Leopard system dictionary to UK English for proper spellchecking in Mail, Text Edit and even in the comment fields on websites, etc. - Viruses & malware
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. So far there are no tangible viruses for the Apple Mac platform. - Apple Mac Interviews
Interviews with Mac developers, users, personalities and more - Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv
Bruce Ferguson of darkroom.tv – audio-visuals ‘to the Macs’ – As the final moments of Webstock finished, a tremendous show was projected onto the end wall of the Wellington Town Hall. It not only encompassed (indeed, used) the massive Wellington Town Hall pipe organ, it was tailored to fit every alcove in the wall behind as well. I found out how it was done – using Macs, of course. (Pic – L-R Shaun, Mike and Bruce) - Interview: futurist Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce (pronounced, I believe, ‘peshi’) worked in California as a networking coder for Apple in the 1980s and ’90s then went on to invent virtual reality patents. After moving to Australia, he has been working with media and business professionals to integrate the lessons of the first decade of the web into 21st-century business practices using social media and other tech phenomena. - Brian Fring on iPhone, iPad & the future
Brian Fling of Seattle is an expert on mobile app design and implementation across platforms. An abridged version of this interview is on Mac Planet on the NZ Herald – this is the full, fascinating interview covering mobile apps, iPhone and iPad. It's fascinating insight into mobile apps and the future of technology - Eric Wilfrid, Microsoft Mac BU
Eric Wilfrid of Microsoft started programming in BASIC when he was eight. Now he heads the Mac Business Unit. - About Me
mac-nz carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - Mac Training
Affordable Mac training. MArk Webster is a well known exceedingly well-informed Apple specialist trainer who writes on Apple and tech topics for the NZ Herald. This site, mac-nz.com, carries one of the largest selections of Apple Mac news and reviews in New Zealand, covering Apple Mac and iPhone hardware, Apple Mac and iPhone software and Apple Mac accessories, to make it easy to find the most up-to-date reviews and information on Apple Mac and iPhone, and related, products. - Poll
mac-nz polls ~ checking the pulse of NZ Mac users - Contact mac-nz
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