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Month: July 2019

Work in Progress: The Wilton Diptych

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Painted on two panels of oak using egg tempera, it combines gold and raised details to mimic precious stones. How it was made.

July 25, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Apple, meet WYSIWYG; it’s the way Macs used to work

It may seem minor, but what TextEdit has been doing for the last 6 months is a travesty of what made the Mac.

July 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Best not to apply any of the latest macOS updates, including 10.14.6, for now – WITHDRAWN

Note: Apple has now released fixed versions of the Security Updates: details here. Apple has overnight pulled one […]

July 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Don’t apply High Sierra or Sierra Security Updates 2019-004 – Apple has pulled them both – WITHDRAWN

Apple has now released fixed versions of the two Security Updates – see this article for full details. […]

July 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Misfit: Henri Fantin-Latour 7 Flower painter

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To see his art, look not at Fantin’s groups of human figures, but at these crowds of flowers and fruit.

July 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

studentd and its self-signed certificate are permanent fixtures in Mojave

As feared, the studentd daemon and its mysterious certificate have reappeared, and are now set to remain in Mojave in perpetuity.

July 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

Known bugs in macOS Mojave 10.14.6: an incomplete summary

Little changed from 10.14.5, the final release of Mojave still has many significant bugs. Here’s a partial listing.

July 24, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Nabis: A brief account

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Short summary of their history, art, and their role in the evolution of painting in the twentieth century, with copious links to articles here.

July 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

How to save your file metadata – implementation isn’t simple

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So how can apps and users preserve file metadata using these xattr flags? Part of the solution is straightforward, but there’s a major limitation.

July 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

How to save file metadata in iCloud, and new info on extended attributes

For the last six years, extended attributes have had flags to determine how they’re handled when copied. Here are the details, and how this affects iCloud.

July 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

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