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Month: November 2019

Reset and maintain your SMC and NVRAM

How to reset them, and what they do. Includes coverage of the SMC functions in T2 chips, and how to reset them too.

November 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

I Saw Three Ships: sailing ships in paintings 2

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Wonderful paintings of the last years of sail, from Aivazovsky, Clarkson Stanfield, William McTaggart, Seurat, Signac, and others.

November 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Time Machine travels

Changes in Time Machine reflect continuing development of this Mac-only feature, backtracking on using FSEvents, and making backups more complete.

November 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

I Saw Three Ships: sailing ships in paintings 1

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From 1643 (Claude Lorrain), through Claude-Joseph Vernet and Turner to JC Dahl two centuries later.

November 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Saturday Mac riddles 21

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: If you’re looking […]

November 16, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Which startup mode?

Diagnostic, Recovery, Safe, Startup Manager, Verbose, reset SMC/NVRAM, firmware restore, Target Disk/Display, Single-User (SUM) in outline.

November 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Eugène Jansson’s low light landscapes 2

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From about 1899, he took to the streets for his nocturnes and twilight views, influenced by Munch and perhaps van Gogh.

November 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Do you need a replaceable SSD?

Why is Apple soldering in the SSDs of so many new Macs? What problems does it produce, and should you avoid them?

November 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Eugène Jansson’s low light landscapes 1

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During the decade to 1904, he painted extraordinary nocturnes and other views in low light, in the centre of Stockholm.

November 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Time Machine has changed again in Catalina

Time Machine backups made by Catalina are not compatible with earlier versions of macOS such as Mojave. Here’s how they have changed.

November 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

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