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Month: December 2018

Housekeeping for speed and profit

Migration brings old software which isn’t really incompatible, but can slow your Mac down. This one was caught during startup.

December 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Jerusalem Delivered: 14 Heroes and Heroines

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Tasso’s narrative is as complex and interwoven as these six leading characters, from the pious Godfrey to the scheming sorceress Armida.

December 17, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Disk Utility 18.0 (Mojave): Not exactly the truth

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Disk Utility claims to perform secure erase on SSDs, but does no such thing. Here are workarounds to do what it doesn’t, and details of a bug preventing encryption of APFS volumes.

December 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Cleaning up sensitive files: How to sanitise storage

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Can you trust Disk Utility to securely erase hard drives and SSDs? How to prepare your Mac’s internal storage before selling it, so you don’t give your bank details away with it. And much more.

December 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

Out of darkness, light: The development of chiaroscuro 2

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Used by Joseph Wright of Derby to symbolise knowledge coming from darkness, by Henry Fuseli for the mysterious even supernatural, and Millet and van Gogh for poverty.

December 16, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: What is Apple up to?

Apple’s doomed, they keep saying. macOS is going down the pan. But is it? And why is Apple recruiting so many staff?

December 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

Out of darkness, light: The development of chiaroscuro 1

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A whirlwind trip through the history of compositional chiaroscuro, from the Renaissance, through Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi, to Rembrandt.

December 15, 2018 General, Life, Painting

The uninterruptible power of a cat: replacing my UPS

The cat broke my UPS. Here’s how I chose its replacement, and installed it despite the cat. Why are they sold by so few outlets, though?

December 15, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Decameron: Temptation of a faithful wife

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One rich gent falls in love with another rich gent’s wife, but she isn’t interested in him. She comes up with a ploy to be rid of his attentions, which backfires, but ends up in two glorious paintings.

December 14, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Should appearance mode change text views?

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Currently, many major apps keep all the active editing view in Light Mode, irrespective of whether the rest of macOS is in Dark Mode. Is that the best option?

December 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

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