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Month: June 2018

What does the MRT 1.35 update remove? (Updated)

Apple doesn’t tell you what malware its removal tool, MRT, can remove. Here’s a list of changes in the latest version 1.35.

June 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Real Jules-Alexis Muenier: 2 Painting from photographs

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As an avid photographer, how did he use his many photographs in his paintings? Was he just a copyist?

June 21, 2018 General, Life, Painting

New versions of Consolation 3, 32-bitCheck, and SystHist: mainly for Mojave

Updates mainly to improve their appearance in Dark Mode, although most Consolation users should find worthwhile improvements too.

June 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

How much is that external SSD cable?

Should you buy a cheap cable to connect your external SSD to a Thunderbolt port, or pay over $/€/£50 for high performance? Here are some test results.

June 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Real Jules-Alexis Muenier: 1 Paintings

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During his career, over 300 of his paintings were shown in the Salon, many being bought by the state for public collections. Yet he has all but vanished since.

June 20, 2018 General, Life, Painting

LockRattler 4.5 fixes a bug installing named updates

In this version, the feature to install named security updates finally works, the Help book is updated, and it now works properly in Dark Mode. Recommended for all.

June 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

In the Dark Mode: a tortuous journey without a map

Apple tells us not to use hard-coded colours like .black, but sets the default for scrolling text views to .black, causing text to be rendered in black on dark grey when in Dark Mode. Here’s a simple and universal fix.

June 20, 2018 General, Macs, Technology

How to stop Dark Mode becoming Chequer Mode

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Global Dark Mode poses problems with styled text which cannot be solved well without giving the user control over the mode used by that app.

June 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has just pushed updates to MRT and Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed updates to the data used by Gatekeeper, and that used by the Malware Removal […]

June 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Pierre Bonnard: le Midi, 1910-1911

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His paintings gain light and vibrant colour from time at Saint Tropez, and he paints a huge triptych showing the Mediterranean: one of the major paintings of the 20th century.

June 19, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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