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Month: May 2020

Maids a-milking: Milkmaids in painting 2

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How to buy fresh milk in central London, what the Scythians lived on, and more. Paintings by Millet, Delacroix, Winslow Homer, and others.

May 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: It’s about user choice

Apple is proud of high adoption rates of its OS upgrades. But 10.15 and 10.16 inevitably prevent many from using them. It’s time for Apple to understand that, and make 10.16 a macOS release we choose to use.

May 31, 2020 Macs, Technology

Maids a-milking: Milkmaids in painting 1

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Primary task to milk cows by hand, also make possible the eradication of smallpox. Paintings by Rubens, Potter, Vermeer, Gainsborough and others.

May 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 49

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I watch […]

May 30, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

How’s the smartphone contact tracing going then, or is it dead?

Did you think the UK was launching a smartphone contact tracing app? So did I, and have been trialling it. So when will it be released? Does it even work?

May 30, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 2

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Early in 1896, several artists who exhibited at the Salons set up a rival exhibition. The following year was the last of Péladan’s and his movements petered out by the twentieth century.

May 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Battery health management in Catalina 10.15.5

Full details of the new battery health management feature in 10.15.5, and how to monitor battery health.

May 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed updates to XProtect and MRT

Apple has pushed two updates today, to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

May 28, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Symbolist painting at the time of the Salons de la Rose + Croix 1

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The apogee of the Symbolist Movement in France was run by its self-appointed high priest, Joséphin Péladan. A selection of paintings from its early years to 1894.

May 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Software Update and SilentKnight after Security Update 2020-003

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Why you need to update to SilentKnight version 1.7, to address changes in Software Update introduced by Apple.

May 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

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