Apple Mac and iPhone news for New Zealanders

 

The home of Mac info for New Zealanders, mac-nz serves daily Mac, iPhone and related news from the world of Apple Inc.

For reviews, tips, advice and interviews of new Apple and related hardware and software, take a look at the Newsletter section.

About this site

mac.nz is owned by Mark Webster, an accomplished 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.

He was the editor of NZ Macguide magazine for five years and has worked exclusively with Macs for 20.

Mark is the author of the NZ history book Assembly: NZ Car Production 1921-1998 (Reed Books, 2002).

He is a speaker on Information Technology and automotive, historical and Apple subjects, and works as a Mac trainer with wide experience. Mark has dispensed Apple knowledge at Natcoll, to MAINZ, for ImageText, to 3Media, MacMillan Publishing and for Microsoft, and to dozens of individuals.

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Mac News

Thursday, 11 March 2010
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... read more

iPhone

Thursday, 11 March 2010
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... read more

Reviews

Saturday, 13 February 2010
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.... read more

Tips

Saturday, 14 November 2009
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. ... read more