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iOS 12 and tvOS5 have now been released and are available for download via software update on your device under 'settings'. macOS10.14 Mojave due shortly....

...As we sink into our sofa's listening to the mesmerising sound of Johnny Ives voice in his Phone presentation video, wanting to go straight back to bed with a Horlicks, were here to talk some tech stuff aren't we! Apple Watch Series 4 Released Watch 4 now features 40mm and 44mm Edge to Edge design - The digital crown now has Haptic feedback, and the GPS / Cell edition has a red ring around the crown now rather that the 'look at me' big reg dot splurged all over the end of it. 50m waterproofing now so even better than the series 3, plus good news, and very unlike Apple, your previous bands will fit the series 4! Nike have introduced a nice new reflective band also in this model to help you be better seen when working out under the cover of darkness... which usually implies you don't want to be seen anyway - still, safety first eh. The internal speaker is now 50% louder which is great and the Mic has bene moved to improve on audio quality Apple say. The new ...

From Monday 10th September, our opening hours for our Port Macquarie showroom are changing slightly. We will now be open Mon-Fri 8am to 5pm instead of 6pm.

Many Australian businesses use ‘Special Services’ for multi-line telephony and corporate data network connections, as well as a range of other services. Examples of Special Services include Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), Business Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and Ethernet Lite. Like most existing landline phone and internet services, many Special Services will be disconnected, so it’s important customers migrate them before their disconnection date.* For most businesses, switching these services over is not an automatic process. Your will need to arrange new services before their expected disconnection date, or risk losing access to their services* which may be critical for them. Due the nature of some of your existing services and associated numbers, it's very important that you allow around 6 months to plan for this change. NBNCo advise that now is the time to start planning. Please contact us so that we are able to man...

Did you know you can create an ultra fast Gigabit and even 2 Gigabit Ethernet network in your house or office solely using the electrical earth wiring already installed? No need for expensive network installs if you're budget conscious and want a fast, D.I.Y. hard-wired network in a hurry.. Exceptionally useful when linking 2 ends of your property with an ultra-fast link to then create other networks that all talk to each other, or you'd like to connect devices to your network that do not have WiFi... or you don't want to use WiFi at all. D-Link have a number of Powerline products that are inexpensive to buy and a 1 click install. Check them out here 

Out of the blue, Apple have released a range of desktop class laptops that yet again set a new benchmark. The last MacBook Pro 13" and 15" Touch Bar were powerful... we now have a range of 13" with Quad Core processors and 15" with 6-Cores! That's a massive 12 Virtual Cores with Hyperthreading.. if you don't know what that means, fear not. The new MacBook Pro's are exponentially faster than the previous.. all new Intel 8th Gen technology inside, far more powerful graphics, storage to a massive 4TB internally on SSD and RAM to 32GB. You can configure one of these new laptops to over $10k! - and we have them on the website and ready to order at a very special introductory price. Check them out now!

We've introduced our exclusive Windows Install Service for Mac.. a special option to enable you to order your Mac with Windows 10 Home or Pro pre-installed under either Bootcamp or Parallels.. The latter allows you to run Windows and MacOS at the same time on your Mac. Our Windows Install Service, available on ALL Macs on the website, carefully installs Windows Home or Pro and all wWindows Updates plus Mac OS updates prior to delivery. When you receive your new Mac, it will be pre-loaded and ready to go in either environment. Simply choose from the option you'd like when configuring your order on the website. Note : A full version of Parallels is registered to your name under our Parallels install service and all Windows Install Services are supplied with a full version of Windows Home or Pro supplied boxed and on a USB Memory Key licensed to you.

The jury is out on NBN - and will be for some time.. however, for those of your who are connected, we know that the problems can start there.. slow connections, poor performance, terrible customer service, blame games and very low quality modems supplied in most cases. You're paying for that connection regardless of the speed you're getting so why wouldn't you want to extract the absolutely maximum speed out of your connection? Well, that's an area you do have some control ov er. One thing that does make a difference is the quality of the modem you're using. We'd suggest that you retire the cheap, residential grade modem almost all Telco's are supplying and install a far better, commercial or business grade modem. In real-world tests, we were very surprised to see the Draytek Vigor series modems achieving 5-10% consistently faster speeds than even our previous favourites..  https://lecport.com.au/networks/draytek-vdsl-adsl-nbn

We've 'speedied' up your checkout process on our website.. fi you just want to order and fast and are not fussed about logging in, well now you can. Just check out using our Guest Checkout. Of course you're far better to spend 2 minutes seeing up an account.. it means you'll see specials others can't, you'll be able to refer back to your orders and download invoices as you wish and collect reward points ... 1 point = $1 as you shop.. But, that's up to you!

What's a Virus on a Mac? Well, in short, the Mac is not threatened by viruses, spyware and other nasties that plague the windows world. Almost all viruses are programmed to exploit security holes in Microsoft Windows.  The operating system the Mac uses is far more robust. The questions we're asked a lot then is 'do you need security and anti-virus software your Mac'. The short answer no. Unless of course your company requires it in which case although your Mac cannot be affected by them, you can pass them on in your email for example. Your Mac already has very advanced intrusion detection software built into it and very powerful features that simply 'do their thing' and don't bother you all day every day. Increasingly, in a world where anti-virus software is so well known and the companies that manufacture it, [ much in the same way as anti-smoking medications that prey on the placebo effect do ], create a demand when it's not there impl...

We've done the research and today we're happy to announce the very best pricing available from an Apple Authorised Australian dealership in the country. We're doing this to give you a viable option for big savings and to deter you from buying from Grey importers such as Kogan who are not authorised to sell Apple product importing their units for overseas. This not only damages Australian business but means you're not covered by Australian Consumer Law. We'd prefer, as we're sure you would, that your payment stays in Australia and supports Australian business. In our case, we are required to invest big money into maintaining our industry qualifications and dealer authorisation by contract with Apple. Non-Authirised dealers ignore all of these obligations exploiting loopholes in international law and supplier contracts. Depending on your response to our pricing, they may be here to stay but certainly until the end of June! So, let's see some solid suppor...

LEC Port : Up and about at the fairly shiny hour of 2am today up on the North Coast of NSW, to ensure that LE Port have all the latest news and products available on our website ahead of anyone else. So, here's our summary of events. 3am AEST Starting with a very 'App-Filled' splash screen suggesting a software oriented event which the rumour mills had a 50/50 chance of getting right ; so well done there. Starts with a very cinematic opening - a kitch comparison of developers likened to migrating animals who pop up in their masses for the WWDC.. all prefaced by birds flying and a terrible landing of an Airbus at some airport in the U.S. It goes on. Geeks proudly showing their passes - all in slow mo of course. Feeding frenzy commences as these apparent geeks have not eaten since the last WWDC and have just woken from their year long hybernation. Well, the voiceover wasn't David Attenborough, but we get the drift. So, Tim Cook Apple CEO takes the stage and runs ...

All of the news from the World Wide Developers Conference - ( the good stuff without the fluff ) ill be posted here tomorrow. As always, we'll be here I the office at 2.45am to find out what we have. New release Macs? Software, iOS etc for sure - but what we really need is an update on a number of lines plus some direction on Mac Mini, MacBook and MacBook Air perhaps? That said, MacPro has been neglected since 2014 and Intel have their 8th gen processors out now and in to most mainline PC's already.. Apple will of course follow and adopt them, you'd think, but when that is who knows! There seems to be some chatter around HomePod / AirPods and all things audio.. no doubt we'll hear more about that tomorrow. Stay tuned. It'll all be here. If there's new product, it'll be on our site by the time you're up and about - so support us and buy from us.. we work hard to have these products online right away! lecport.com.au

Coding is one of those words that conjures up all sorts of horrible thoughts - usually... As the Aus curriculum has now changed making coding compulsory in schools, we all need to learn.. and it's not hard. Using iPad 6, there's a very big world of beautiful and fun Apps out there to help you along the way. Apple have curriculum aligned 'Learn to Code' programs available to all registered teachers who have registered on the Apple website .. easy to use, fun resources that allow kids [ and of course teachers ] to learn as they go using real-time Apps and hardware such as Sphero to actually engage you whilst you're learning to code seeing real results as they happen. See the most popular Sphero products in Education here.

We have just launched the gorgeous new range of Epson premium Photographic and Business Multi-Function InkJets. The new range is targeted at professionals in photography and imaging with incredible quality and features plus the new EcoTank range that no longer need expensive cartridges and are even supplied with 2 years of free ink. The MFP Business range offer economy and quality to more than rival business grade Colour Lasers but at half the cost per sheet of Colour Lasers. You can check them all out by clicking here.. Epson and OKI Business and Photo Printers / Scanners and MFP's

iPad in education is becoming extremely popular with a huge drive for Apple to assist and integrate iPad into the curriculum and investing to that end. Currently we have workshops travelling around the country. If you didnt manage to attend ours in NSW, there are others available so please do contact us here at LE Port Macquarie for dates. The workshops were a great eye-opener for current Apple technology making understanding iPad in the classroom easy. The briefing was essentially hands on experience with some really neat Applications and learning tools for schools. There wasn’t much technical content as they were designed to give teachers hands on, understandable demonstration. Perhaps the most important technology which was not really covered in any detail is Apple Classroom.. a completely immersive and captive way to engage students in an iPad environment giving the teacher total wireless control over what they’re seeing, doing, and with the ability ...

We now have the stunning X1 Carbon and X1 Yoga with Intel 8th Generation Quad Core Processors on display and in stock. We've also added some cool new sections to the website showcasing the latest in 8th generation laptops, smart homes and wireless music plus some incredible offerings from LaCie... see our new storage section.

Freshly in to our web store is the outstanding quality of Wacom. We now supply all Wacom devices from Intuos to Cintiq and all other input devices and touch-tablets. Check them out here..

* New iPad Released * Released overnight a shiny new iPad has been released. iPad '6th' generation is targeted at education and in short, is more powerful than the previous iPad using the A10 Fusion chip, but significantly, adds support for the new Logitech Crayon and Apple Pencil unleashing a whole new world of creative Apps only previously available on iPad Pro. Integrated also with the OS are new versions of Pages, Numbers and Keynote that support markup, Apple Classroom with upcoming support for Mac also and al all new classroom collaboration App coming call School Work. All of these new technologies tightly linked into Apple Schools Manager for content distribution via your MDM - and if you have not yet streamlined and set up your choice of MDM and are not already using the DEP, talk to us. We're experts in this field and let us deploy your new iPads comprehensively and show you how powerful they can be at your school! The new iPad is available ...