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Month: December 2018

Last Week on My Mac: Weed control in the walled garden

Another worthless piece of “security theatre” about bundle signatures. I wouldn’t bother reading it, or downloading the new version of Signet.

December 23, 2018 Macs, Technology

In memoriam: Charles Edward Perugini 1839-1918

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A protégé of Frederic, Lord Leighton, he joined Dickens’ circle and in 1874 married Kate, Dickens’ youngest daughter.

December 22, 2018 General, Life, Painting

How thoroughly does Gatekeeper check existing apps?

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Is checking bundle signatures a waste of time once they have passed their ‘first run’ check? Does macOS ever do that?

December 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

Collins and Copping: Words, paintings, and Charles Dickens

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Two painters: one married Charles Dickens’ daughter and stopped painting, the other became a prolific illustrator, including books by Dickens’ grand-daughter. The Victorian Web at work.

December 21, 2018 General, Life, Painting

My Mac starts up in the wrong language or keyboard

What do you do if your Mac starts up in the wrong language, or even worse if it’s stuck in the wrong keyboard when you’re trying to type in your password?

December 21, 2018 Language, Macs, Technology

The Decameron: The flowerpot’s grisly secret

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Three brothers murder their sister’s lover. A grisly story turned into a poem by John Keats, and a formative painting for the Pre-Raphaelites, and others.

December 20, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Mojave happily runs apps with revoked signatures, and more

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Has your Mac got any old apps and other bundles on it? Have their signing certificates been revoked, or are they perhaps unsigned? Here’s a new app to help you find out.

December 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Painting Reality: 3 Spread

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Unlike Impressionism, which spread relatively slowly, Naturalism was prominent in the Salon, so spread across Europe and North America like wildfire.

December 19, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Preparing your Mac for disposal

How to prepare your Mac to pass on to a close relative, a purchaser, or even for recycling.

December 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Fjords and Munch: In memory of Adelsteen Normann 1

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Born in north Norway, trained in Germany, he mostly painted breathtaking views of fjords. But in 1892, he seized the opportunity to change the history of art, and became godfather to one of the world’s most famous paintings.

December 18, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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