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Month: October 2019

Work in Progress: Vincent van Gogh’s Wheat Field with Cypresses

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No one painted trees, particularly cypresses, like Vincent van Gogh. A group of 3 wonderful paintings from his time at Saint-Rémy.

October 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 17

How close did you get this week? Anyone with all three?

October 21, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Why Catalina may have problems with extensions

Why third-party kernel extensions may have problems working in Catalina, and whether those KEXTs will become SEXTs.

October 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

Painting the Dream 2

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Dreams painted by more modern artists, from William Blake to Paul Nash. These tend to become progressively harder to read.

October 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Firmware update failure in iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 with Catalina

Catalina upgrade may fail to update EFI firmware correctly in some Mac models, notable iMac17,1. Check your firmware!

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: The worst macOS upgrade ever?

Seen the reports that Apple Support recommends not installing 10.15 on new Mac minis? Well, they’re just another fake.

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Painting the Dream 1

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Painting dreams relies on a compositional convention to show both the viewer’s image of the dream, and that of the dreamer.

October 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 17

Three rather easier ones this week, I hope. Give them a try.

October 19, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Should you enable defragmentation on APFS hard drives?

You’re stuck using hard disks with High Sierra or later. Could enabling defragmentation on them overcome the performance problems of APFS?

October 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Fading Dreams of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 2

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A painting based on one of Schubert’s songs expressing the inevitability of death, a Christ-like fisherman, and sacred groves – from one of the fathers of Symbolism.

October 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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