Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs, painting, and more
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Mac problems
  • Art
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • General
  • Life

Big Sur boot volume layout

T T Read More

Detailed account of disk, volume and folder layouts on Big Sur’s boot disks, complete with roadmaps which are downloadable as PDFs.

January 13, 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 within Tent: Penguins by Edward Adrian Wilson

T T Read More

He went to the Antarctic twice with Scott, where he sketched, painted landscapes in watercolour, and made fine illustrations of penguins.

January 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

System management and NVRAM on M1 Macs

There’s no SMC, so you can’t reset it. Although there’s still NVRAM (PRAM), that can’t be reset either: full details of both for M1 models.

January 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

The Faerie Queene 22: Sir Calidore, courtesy, and the Blatant Beast

T T Read More

Sir Calidore is the most courteous and mild-mannered of knights, and sets out on his quest to kill the Blatant Beast.

January 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Lightweight diagramming with Scapple

T T Read More

How to use Scapple (App Store) to construct diagrams with the minimum effort, and paying attention to their contents rather than formatting.

January 20, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Bluetooth status is worse than ever in Big Sur 11.1

To get an accurate recent reading of the charge level of trackpad or keyboard, I have to open the Bluetooth status display twice. Why?

January 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

A History of Rome in Paintings: 23 Aesculapius comes to town

T T Read More

The curious legendary origin of a now vanished temple to Aesculapius on Tiber Island in Rome, shown in paintings and engravings.

January 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Preference settings and Finder misbehaviour

Something wrong with the Finder or an app, and you want to trash its preferences? Don’t: macOS will defeat you. Here’s how to do that so it works.

January 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

God of the Week: Asclepius (Aesculapius)

T T Read More

God of medicine and the healing arts, he has several unusual myths and features, including a strange relationship with a snake when he was a child.

January 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 82

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 82. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A4, […]

January 18, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

A Guide to Startup Modes for Intel and M1 Macs

From Startup Manager to Internet Recovery on Intel Macs, and how to engage each of those in an M1 Mac. With comprehensive diagrams.

January 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

Posts navigation

Previous1 2 3 … 592 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Language
  • Tech
  • Life
  • General
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • Hieronymus Bosch
  • English language
  • LockRattler: 10.12 Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.13 High Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.11 El Capitan
  • Updates: El Capitan
  • Updates: Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur
  • LockRattler: 10.14 Mojave
  • SilentKnight, silnite, LockRattler, SystHist & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, Metamer, Sandstrip & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • T2M2, Ulbow, Consolation and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Taccy, Signet, Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, alisma
  • Revisionist & DeepTools
  • Text Utilities: Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • LockRattler: 10.15 Catalina
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • LockRattler: 11.0 Big Sur
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

Cancel