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Month: November 2017

Coast: Dieppe, the painter’s resort

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Where did Vernet, Cotman, Turner, Boudin, Gauguin, Monet, Sickert, Pissarro and Loiseau all visit and paint?

November 30, 2017 General, Life, Painting

A tale of two Disk Utilities: Sierra and High Sierra

You need to format a USB memory stick in standard ExFAT. Do you try Disk Utility in Sierra, or High Sierra, when both are likely to fail?

November 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

High Sierra’s security update can block file sharing

If you are running macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 and have just applied the Security Update (2017-001) to fix […]

November 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Security Update 2017-001 for macOS High Sierra (updated)

Apple has just released a security update, the first for High Sierra 10.13.1, which it claims fixes the […]

November 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Seeing History: Colour and class

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Exposure to colour was, for centuries, determined by class. The poor lived in largely drab worlds, but the rich surrounded themselves with vivid hues. This all changed in the late 19th century and the 20th.

November 29, 2017 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Does Woodpile crash on you when trying to start? This should fix it

If you have been trying to open Woodpile, but it has crashed each time, this update should allow it to run properly.

November 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Major vulnerability in High Sierra 10.13.1: anyone can gain elevated privileges (updated)

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Any local user can gain admin privileges without knowing any password – and that even applies to guest accounts.

November 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 3, Penn to the Death of Chatham

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In the 8 years after painting the Death of Wolfe, he attempted a few more ‘modern history’ paintings, with varying success.

November 28, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

More keychains than meets the eye

How many keychains does your Mac have? The answer is surprisingly elusive, and neither Keychain Access nor the security command tell the truth.

November 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Revealing the Finder’s hidden depths

How to access hidden and protected folders and files in the Finder, including a natty shortcut for Sierra and later.

November 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

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