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macOS and security updates in detail

Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.

May 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

M-series Macs

For a systematic compilation of links to articles here about Apple silicon Macs, M1, M2, M3, M4 and […]

January 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

Use Finder tags for categories

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A simple and accessible way of categorising folders, they’re stored as extended attributes, and robust. They work best with up to 7 categories, but can confuse with many different text labels.

May 1, 2026 Macs, Technology

On Reflection: The Venus Effect

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When you see the same face in a mirror that you presume that figure can also see, despite that being optically impossible. An exploration.

April 30, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Control what gets written to the log

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Two common problems with log: all the censored contents, which can make them meaningless, and the sheer number of entries. How to use logging preferences to tackle them.

April 30, 2026 Macs, Technology

Medium and message: Tapestry

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Raphael’s ten tapestries for the walls of the Sistine Chapel, many cartoons painted by Francisco Goya for the Royal Factory in Santa Bárbara, paintings by Edward Burne-Jones for tapestries woven for William Morris, and more.

April 29, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs is different

Virtualising macOS, Linux and Windows on Intel Macs has been relatively straightforward, and device support left to the developer. That won’t work for Apple silicon Macs. This explains what happens, its strengths and limitations as a result.

April 29, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 5341; the […]

April 28, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Jerusalem Delivered: Overview and contents

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A brief overview of the plot of Tasso’s epic, complete with links to all the articles, and a selection of the best of paintings.

April 28, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Finder comments, steganography and malware

Although easy to add to documents, Finder comments work strangely, and can prove fragile. They can also be used to conceal malicious code by steganography, but there are better options.

April 28, 2026 Macs, Technology

The bicentenary of Frederic Edwin Church: 1849-57

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One of the founding American masters, sole pupil of the founder of the Hudson River School, his landscapes are meticulously detailed and painted in the studio from many plein air oil sketches.

April 27, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 357

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 357. Here are my solutions to them. 1: John’s afterword […]

April 27, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

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