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M1 Macs and Apple Silicon

For a systematic compilation of links to articles here about Apple Silicon Macs, specifically its M1 models, go […]

January 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

Mac Troubleshooting Summary

A starting point for diagnosing and fixing your Mac problems, with links to key articles here.

April 18, 2017 Macs, Technology

Painting the Fountain of Life 1

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From sacred symbols in a mosaic of Theodora and the Adoration of the Lamb, to roadside watering holes, and the town’s fresh water supply.

May 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 152

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Cursive handwriting on […]

May 21, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Read Japanese using Live Text and Translation

Using Live Text to recognise kanji characters in a screenshot, then translating them from Japanese to English. Does it work?

May 21, 2022 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: surviving by her portraits

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A superb painter in pastels, she painted Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, more than thirty times. She survived the revolution and terror to paint Napoleon’s youngest sister as a queen.

May 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

How to make more use of your backup disk

APFS backup disks offer different possibilities for adding volumes for your own use, alongside the backup volume. How do you decide what’s best?

May 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Paul Signac 5: Colour and anarchy

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Themes from Saint-Tropez of grand trees, fishing boats with simultaneous contrast of colours, a portrait of his wife, and an anarchist idyll.

May 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Disk Utility can only check backup disks in Recovery

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In macOS 12.4, it’s impossible to run First Aid on any container or APFS volume on a disk with a Time Machine APFS backup volume, except in Recovery.

May 19, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sheer Delight 5: Fooling the brain

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From Veronese’s bravura brushstrokes to the crafted surface textures of lavish and heavy fabrics with Rembrandt.

May 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

How much free space does an APFS disk need?

It depends whether you’re going to boot macOS from it, on the space required for snapshots, and how large they could become. And there’s more.

May 18, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 5: Fauvism in mainstream painting

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In the early 20th century, painters started using intense colours, often raw from the tube, and those shifted to give green flesh and blue horses.

May 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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