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Month: September 2020

Achieving the CIS Apple macOS 10.15 Benchmark

If you’re working towards this benchmark (or those for earlier versions of macOS), or want to maintain systems to its requirements, I have something to help you.

September 4, 2020 Macs, Technology

A History of Rome in Paintings: 4 Kings

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How a nymph is reputed to have dictated the first laws of Rome, and warrior triplets saved Rome from Alba. Poussin, David and others.

September 3, 2020 General, Life, Painting

SilentKnight, LockRattler and silnite: which should you use?

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LockRattler for manual checks, SilentKnight to check automatically, and silnite for networked Macs and automation.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology

cmpxat, a command tool to compare extended attributes, now a Universal binary

The equivalent of cmp, only it works on extended attributes rather than file data.

September 3, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Faerie Queene 3: Duels and capture by a giant

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The Redcrosse Knight faces Sansjoy in combat, then flees the House of Pride. Una is almost raped by Sansloy, but resumes her quest for the Redcrosse Knight.

September 2, 2020 General, Life, Painting

cintch, a command tool to check file integrity, now a Universal binary

The command tool member of the Dintch suite for tagging files with their SHA256 digest, to keep a watch on their integrity.

September 2, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Skying 8: Post-Impressionism

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Paintings of the sky by Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Klimt, Cézanne, Schiele, Paul Nash and others.

September 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Using Finder aliases from the command line with alisma, a new Universal binary

How can you create and resolve Finder Aliases at the command line? And two further utilities you may find helpful for working with Aliases.

September 1, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

When you shouldn’t use unconventional Unicode text

What’s the harm in using a tool to apply ‘styles’ to plain Unicode text in a tweet, or similar?

September 1, 2020 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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