Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.
For a systematic compilation of links to articles here about Apple silicon Macs, M1, M2, M3, M4 and […]
He emigrated from Italy to the USA in 1896, where he was trained by William Merritt Chase in New York. He returned to Italy in 1909, adopted modern style, and returned to the US in 1912.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: From -12:00 […]
How to use the Finder’s Lock feature, and as the Immutable flag in Terminal. What its effects are, and how well it’s retained. How iCloud Drive can’t cope with it, and how you can use it in your own lightweight versioning system.
The devil’s darning needles have had a bad press, and appear in just a few paintings. Here’s a vanitas still life, a meal for chaffinches, and some stranger associations.
How to investigate an app that crashes when starting up, using log entries. Includes detailed instructions for one of the simplest adventures in the log, and a summary of code signature errors.
Humans have lived with trees since our origins, and trees feature in many paintings. This explains the importance of sketching them from life, and shows examples of different species and contrasting artists from Rubens and van Ruisdael to van Gogh and Cézanne.
When an app can only run for a moment, it might seem hard to work out why it crashes. Here are useful clues from the crash log and elsewhere to help you get the app running properly.
Apple has released its regular weekly update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]
Two groups of paintings: figures seen mostly in planar mirrors arranged vertically, and landscapes reflected by a horizontal water surface.
Some background tasks will only run when a laptop Mac is connected to mains (AC) power. This is also true for XProtect Remediator scans. What can you do to ensure these are still run?
The Eclectic Light Company 