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Month: December 2017

Seeing History: Motion and photographic artefact

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What to our ancestors would have been blurred and defective images are now accepted as depicting motion. How our perception has changed, thanks to photography.

December 13, 2017 General, Life, Painting, Technology

New remote support service for USB devices

Do you support USB devices? Eltima’s new software could make them much easier to diagnose and maintain remotely.

December 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

There’s something wrong with that file: could it be a xattr issue?

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There’s something wrong with that file, which seems to keep crashing an app. When you can’t put your finger on what’s wrong, it’s likely to be a xattr problem.

December 13, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

xattr: com.apple.metadata:com_apple_backup_excludeItem, exclude from backups

Xattr flag to prevent the file or folder (and its contents) from being backed up by Time Machine. Used in Photos Libraries and elsewhere.

December 13, 2017 xattr

Adobe has released Flash Player 28.0.0.126 update

Adobe has released an update to bring its Flash Player to version 28.0.0.126. This is available now from […]

December 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has released Time Capsule and AirPort updates for KRACK vulnerabilities

Apple has today released firmware updates for Time Capsules and AirPort Base Stations which address the vulnerabilities known […]

December 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

In the Angels’ Kitchen: Murillo’s 400th anniversary, 1

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Before the 19th century, his paintings were more popular than those of Velázquez. Why are they far less well known now? Take a look and see for yourself.

December 12, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Easy access to xattrs from Swift 4: Martin R’s URL extension

Extension functions for the URL class which provide full access to xattrs without leaving the comfort of Swift 4.

December 12, 2017 Macs, Technology, xattr

LockRattler 4.0b2 has a couple of helpful tweaks

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Yes, LockRattler 4 runs on El Capitan at last! This version improves its behaviour, and should make it more bombproof.

December 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

xattr: com.apple.ResourceFork, a classic Mac resource fork

A traditional ‘resource fork’ containing resource structures, lumped into a binary xattr. Still commonly used for image previews, and found in many older files.

December 12, 2017 Macs, xattr

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