Written by Philip Roy | 21 February 2008
Posted in Macs In New Zealand

2003

Macguide Issue 12 - "50 Reasons to own a Mac " - November/December 2003

• Digital Video Cameras - 13 cameras reviewed
• Reader Survey
• 50 excellent reasons to own a Mac
• Shop visit : Harvey Norman
• Meet the writers
• Digital Fishbowl Ltd
• Multimedia slideshows
• MacMusic : Audio and Midi under Mac OS X revisited
• Black & white photography
• Digicam news and new gear
• Newbies' Guide - The 12 days of Christmas email attachments
• Mac Shareware
• Architalk - using a Palm T2
• Apples for teachers
• MacNet - Fast net access for kiwis
• Games - Alien vs Predator 2, Unreal Tournament 2003, Sim City 4, Zoo Tycoon
• Reviews - Fuji Xerox Docucolor 1251 & 3535, iChat and iChat AV, Macromedia Contribute 2, Corel's KPT Collection & Knockout 2
• How To - Handy Cam Tips, 10 Sensible iMovie Tips
• The Architecture of Unix
• Dr Mac

Macguide Issue 11 - "Macs in Business" - September/October 2003

• Macs in Business
• Interview with potential switcher and industrial law advocate Richard Searle
• Digital Assistants - PDA's
• eZedia MX - HyperMedia multimedia
• UCOL - Photoshop
• Mac Sites - Spy/News/Apple gossip
• BigByte opens in Christchurch
• Newbies' Guide - Organise yourself with your iPod
• Giving OS X a makeover
• ArchiTalk - New column for architects
• Medal of Honor, Warcraft expansion pack, Spearhead expansion pack and Frozen Throne
• Two new Norton utility packages, Microtek ScanMaker 4900 and 6800 ICE, Fuji S304 camera, Nostromo Speedpad, Canon A70 camera, Macromedia Freehand,
• How to train Mail to kill Spam
• Unix on your Mac (Memory Management)
• Dr Mac - freezing batteries and more

Macguide Issue 10 - "Kiwi Switchers" - July/August 2003

• Apple's G5 announced
• MacGear - Pentax Optio, Alcatel USB ADSL modem, SobRosaSoft utilities, VTC training CDs
• NZ Apple Liaison officer, Macs for disabled, DigiRack music software, NZ Mac user groups list, TiPaint touch-up paint for laptops
• Kiwis who have switched from PCs to Macs
• Mike and Jared, Mac animators
• Product Guide - UPS systems
• Kids' Congress with Macs in the South Island
• Final Cut Express - Part 2
• DigiCams - white balance, long exposures
• Downloading songs and files
• Newbies' Guide - using Apple Address Book
• PowerChips and HighRoller, Snowball Run, Harry Potter, Masters of Orion 3, Sims Unleashed
• Pat's Picks - new shareware column
• Acrobat 6, Keynote, KonFabulator, Microtek 5900 scanner, ProTools, Vectorworks
• Unix-1 - part 2
• How to - make widgets with Konfabulator
• Dr Mac - answers readers' problems

Macguide Issue 9 - "Intellectual Property" - May/June 2003

• FileMaker offer for schools
• Intellectual property
• Campbell Walker - Budget filmmaker
• What is Unix? - Part 1
• LCD displays reviewed
• Final Cut Express
• Auckland College of Education
• Mass storage for digital photos
• Software sites
• Search the web - Using search engines
• Chat, web and email etiquette
• Newbies - iTunes 3
• Cookie Time
• Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab, Freedom Force, OmniGraffle, iLife
• Coolpix 3100, Formac Studio DV/TV, Iomega 48x14x48 CD-RW, Zip 750
• Dr Mac and The Core

Macguide Issue 8 - "Going Wireless- Set your Mac Free" - March/April 2003

• Local Mac news and User group info
• Going Wireless
• SeniorNet Christchurch
• UCOL - Palmerston North
• Audio - Reason 2
• Colour photo printers - Part 2
• Adobe After Effects
• Deviant Art
• Digital Cameras
• Newbies - Mail
• Jedi Knight II, No one lives forever
• Browser wars 2 - Camino versus Safari
• Setting up a photo studio
• Contour Shuttle Pro, 4th Dimension, Encyclopedia Britannica 2003, Web Objects, Wacom LCD display tablet, Maya 4.5
• FileMaker movie database - Part 2
• Report from Apple Roadshow

Macguide Issue 7 - "Hot Shots" - January/February 2003

• Extended Mac Gear section for Christmas
• Magnum Mac (Auckland) opening
• Digital Cameras
• Colour photo printers
• Wanganui School of Design
• Bluetooth in action
• Tim Tripp huggable software
• iMovie plug-ins
• Comic relief
• Camera filters
• Newbies - iMovie
• Fallout 2, Soldier of Fortune : Double helix, Warcraft III
• Mac books
• Printing tips
• FileMaker movie database

NZMac.com launched

Launched on January 1st, 2003 by Philip Roy, the site was established to provide a web site dedicated to bringing the New Zealand Macintosh community together. It is hoped that NZ Mac users, User Groups, companies and institutions will take an active part in using the site and possibly contributing to it.

NZ news, events and information, as well as informative articles and reviews are placed on the site. Through the use of discussion forums, buy/sell areas, NZ news and information with a specific New Zealand flavour, it's hoped to provide a web site that Mac users in New Zealand will look to as their main source of all things Macintosh.