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M1/M2 Macs and Apple silicon

For a systematic compilation of links to articles here about Apple silicon Macs, specifically its M1 and M2 […]

January 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

Laundry: paintings of washing clothes

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Washing and drying clothes have been important activities in many landmark paintings. Selection from Isabey, Boudin, Gauguin, Renoir and others.

March 25, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 196

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: One rasp between […]

March 25, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Should you trim external SSDs?

Enabling the TRIM command was once thought important to maintain good write performance on SSDs. What has happened to it? Should we still be enabling it?

March 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

Not Like That: Broken up

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Masaccio’s 20-panel polyptych, Bosch’s triptych, and one of the most substantial paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. Even Monet’s Grainstacks series.

March 24, 2023 General, Life, Painting

How does an Apple silicon Mac mount a Thunderbolt disk?

Traced from recognition of the cable connection, through establishing PCI streams, to mounting the volume with APFS, and the bonus of a good trim at the end.

March 24, 2023 Macs, Technology

In Memoriam Ernest Normand, Henrietta Rae’s husband

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A figurative painter who specialised in orientalist fantasy and Biblical stories, and was the husband of Henrietta Rae, the pioneering feminist and painter.

March 23, 2023 General, Life, Painting

SilentKnight 2.4 improves XProtect Remediator reporting

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Update improves analysis and reporting of XProtect Remediator anti-malware scans, and is for macOS Catalina and later.

March 23, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

In Memoriam Benjamin Williams Leader and his perfect landscapes

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A painter of fine landscapes in Pre-Raphaelite style, mainly around the countryside near Worcester and in North Wales.

March 22, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Fast user switching: how it works and when to use it

Fast user switching enables more than one user login session at a time, but comes at the cost that memory and CPU resources are still required for other login sessions.

March 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

Ukrainian Painters: Mykola Samokish

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He remained popular and successful in Ukraine and Russia from the 1880s into the Second World War, through revolution, war and starvation.

March 21, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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