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Month: October 2018

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October 8, 2018 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology, xattr

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: 17b Julius Caesar 2

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Made dictator for life, Caesar quickly became unpopular to the point where his life was under threat. Paintings by Rubens, von Piloty, and of course Gérôme.

October 8, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Busting 7 myths (lies) about Mojave

Stories about 32-bit support, APFS and Fusion Drives, widespread app problems, failed updates, Time machine, and privacy protection.

October 8, 2018 Macs, Technology

From Indiscretion to Burlesque: Mazeppa in paint

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An odd story about the leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks and his youthful indiscretion becomes a poem by Byron, and finally burlesque titillation.

October 7, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Editing iCloud documents is far from seamless

Document versions can be a lifesaver when you need to reverse some changes or recover missing text. So why don’t they work on documents shared in iCloud?

October 7, 2018 Macs, Technology

Jerusalem Delivered: 3 Jerusalem

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The Crusaders marched quickly down the Mediterranean coast, then turned inland to the Holy City, which they put under siege.

October 6, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Document versions are now preserved by iCloud, unreliably

You can now share old versions of documents in iCloud Drive. But don’t expect it to work properly, and stand by for profound confusion.

October 6, 2018 Macs, Technology

Jerusalem Delivered: 2 The start of the First Crusade

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From Pope Urban the Second’s sermon in central France, to the departure from Antioch, an account of this extraordinary war in paintings and engravings.

October 5, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Booting the Mac: macOS 10.14 Mojave, and shutdown

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Stepping through key points in the log as Mojave 10.14 starts up. Most of the key waypoints are similar to those in High Sierra.

October 5, 2018 Macs, Technology

Jerusalem Delivered: 1 Introduction to a new series

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For over 300 years, the most popular literary source for narrative paintings. This new series will cover the background and tell its story in great paintings.

October 4, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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