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Month: November 2019

A Song at Twilight: Paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw 2

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He travelled further afield in the 1880s, focussing on his nocturnes and paintings of twilight, which retain their fine detail.

November 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

How to encrypt files and folders in APFS

What if you don’t want whole disk encryption? If your Mac doesn’t have T2, or if you’re using an external drive, encryption is still performed in software. Here’s a good solution.

November 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

A Song at Twilight: Paintings of John Atkinson Grimshaw 1

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A painter of nocturnes greater than Whistler, he developed a great love for night scenes, and was commercially successful.

November 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Why macOS has to change, and how iOS is showing the way

When everything is running sweetly, macOS performance isn’t a problem. In most respects, though, 10.15 is no better prepared to cope with problems than 10.0 was almost 20 years ago.

November 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

Commemorating the 700th anniversary of Duccio’s death

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Bridging between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, he was a master who helped shape our whole visual culture.

November 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

T2M2 now helps track free space on your backup volumes

New version tells you free space available on your backup volumes, as well as checking for errors occurring during backups.

November 20, 2019 Macs, Technology, Updates

Orlando Furioso: Saracens attack Paris, and a self-healing monster

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The Saracens launch their assault on the city of Paris. Meanwhile, Astolfo is making the long journey back to Europe, during which he has capture a giant and kill a monster who self-repairs.

November 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

PDF Without Adobe: 26 a PDF protection racket

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Dealing with protected PDFs in macOS: fully encrypted, and those with controls such as no printing or copying. Oh dear.

November 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

Auguste Renoir 7: 1896-1900

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He continued to develop his style and technique in landscapes, with a remarkable lightness of touch, and figures shown as cutouts from their background.

November 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 21

How many solutions did you come up with this week? It should have been quite possible to get all three.

November 18, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

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