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Month: November 2017

What is ‘macOS Installer Notification’, and why did I get it?

How did that new folder and bundle appear in the main Library folder on my Mac? And what does it do?

November 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Customising it all: global defaults in macOS Sierra and High Sierra

Where to find hidden global default settings, and how to change them without paying for a utility like MacPilot.

November 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple is nudging us to upgrade to flagging High Sierra

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We’re being nudged to upgrade, now by a silent pushed update which is set to remind us every week until we do.

November 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Faces of the Distant Past: Botticelli, the Medicis and ephemeral beauty

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Painted long after the death of history painting, this shows Botticelli being introduced to the most beautiful woman in northern Italy, in about 1475. Each face is true to life.

November 8, 2017 General, Life, Painting

See when your Mac starts or wakes up, using Woodpile

New options find and show startup and wake events, and can perform log load analysis on the last 20 days or so of log entries. A unique tool.

November 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

How to prevent zombies

This week, I have been attacked by zombies – half-dead apps which appear to have quit automatically, but […]

November 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Have you just been told that Flash Player has been disabled?

If your Mac has recently told you that Adobe Flash Player has been disabled, or if you have […]

November 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has just pushed security updates to MRT and XProtect

Apple has just pushed updates to its MRT and XProtect security tools for High Sierra, Sierra, and El […]

November 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 55 – Hippomenes’ race with Atalanta

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The man beats the woman quite unfairly, then on the way home they stop off to make love in a temple. Their misbehaviour is punished. More superb narrative paintings.

November 7, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Return of the zombie app: is it a feature or bug?

Why would anyone tell the user that an app had quit, but actually leave it hanging around, near-useless, in memory?

November 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

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