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Month: January 2019

Aliases, hard links, symlinks, and copies in Mojave’s APFS

Mojave has 5 different types of copy/clone/alias/link, some of which can appear to behave oddly. Here they are, fully explained.

January 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Decameron: The hundred and first story

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Buried in the introduction to day 4, this became La Fontaine’s fable of Brother Philippe’s Geese, was painted by Boucher and others, entered French idiom, and was alluded to by a vanished painting by Gauguin.

January 4, 2019 General, Language, Life, Painting

Setting up a new (or repurposed) Mac: 7 Choices diagrammed

A table showing the main choices when using System Migration, and more detail on how the process works.

January 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

Painting Reality: 5 Growth of the city

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Less often painted than the rural poor, Naturalism did show the growing pains of the 19th century cities. Paintings from Lhermitte, Luce, Bellows, and more.

January 3, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Why does macOS keep downloading the incompatible app list?

The mystery of the recurrent silent installation is solved, plus a fascinating list of macOS system sizes from 10.6.8 to 10.14. Do they keep growing?

January 3, 2019 Macs, Technology

William Powell Frith 1: Dickens and Social Panoramas

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The quintessential Victorian painter. His grand social panoramas include Ramsgate Sands and The Derby Day, shown here.

January 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

How Mojave messes up printing

It could and should have been so easy, but just try printing when in Dark Mode. Many apps make a pig’s ear of it – and it’s not their fault.

January 2, 2019 Macs, Technology

Next Year in Paintings: da Vinci, Courbet, Renoir, and more

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Plans to celebrate anniversaries of major painters, series on narrative paintings, and more, for the coming year.

January 1, 2019 General, Life, Painting

A lexicon of Mac power adaptors, from MagSafe to USB-C

Which adaptor to use with which laptop Mac. And a detailed directory of macOS features and services around the world.

January 1, 2019 Macs, Technology

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