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macOS and security updates in detail

Major macOS releases from Sierra onwards, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, XProtect Remediator, and others.

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

British Impressionists on the beach 1

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Paintings by Whistler, an American in London, Jacques-Émile Blanche, a Parisian painting in London, and Philip Wilson Steer, who adopted the style when he trained in Paris.

November 14, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 386

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Enchanted route […]

November 14, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Understand space management with DeltaFree

Data being backed up seems to be increasing steadily, and there are large changes in space used in the Data volume. How large downloads affect that, and can appear puzzling.

November 14, 2026 Macs, Technology

Claude Monet: Le Havre to Argenteuil

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Oil paintings from 1858 and Le Havre, 1865 at Honfleur, bathers at la Grenouillère, London, Amsterdam, and when he was living in Argenteuil near Paris, in 1874.

November 13, 2026 General, Life, Painting

View more free space data in DeltaFree 1.3

New version improves readability of selected containers, and adds compressed plots that can show months of data in a single view without scrolling.

November 13, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Painting with impaired vision: Francisco Goya

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In 1792-93, Goya suffered severe illness in which he lost his sight for periods, suffered tinnitus, and became profoundly deaf. This shows the effect on his paintings.

November 12, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Viable 1.1 build 100 has a new help book, and tweaks

With an extensive Help book of over 18 pages and tweaks to improve its use, including when running two VMs at the same time, build 100 is recommended.

November 12, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

Painting a good story: Picture without words

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From around 1850 paintings without narrative closure started to become popular, and within a few years those became true ‘problem pictures’ intended to encourage speculation.

November 11, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Work with Aliases and Bookmarks instead of links

Finder Aliases and Bookmarks in files like property lists combine URL paths and inode numbers to make them more robust than symbolic links. Here are tools to help you work with them.

November 11, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5372, for all Macs. As usual […]

November 10, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

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