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Month: October 2020

There’s more to files than data: Extended Attributes

All about xattrs: their origin, where they’re stored, how they’re named and typed, how to find and work with them, and their common problems.

October 24, 2020 Macs, Technology

Why have my HP printers stopped working? How to check their software signature

Many users are today reporting that their HP printer software has suddenly stopped working, with worrying messages implying […]

October 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale: The Forerunner

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Although too young to have known Rossetti or the Pre-Raphaelites, she painted wonderful allegorical and narrative works well into the 20th century, and was a successful illustrator.

October 23, 2020 General, Life, Painting

MRT: what do we know about it?

The macOS Malware Removal Tool – what is it, where is it, what does it do and how does it run? And a curious story about its recent past, when it was used to remove non-malware.

October 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

The Faerie Queene 10: Britomartis

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An introduction to Britomart, who was brought up learning the art of knightly combat and rules of chivalry, and is now on a quest for Sir Artegall, with whom she is in love.

October 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

There’s more to files than data: Attributes

Explaining inodes, names, dates, permissions, file types, and specialised attributes used for iCloud.

October 22, 2020 Macs, Technology

A History of Rome in Paintings: 11 The Road to Civil War

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Success on the battlefield – driving Macedonians from Greece, destroying Carthage in the third Punic War, and routing Germanic tribes – and the slide into civil war.

October 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

SilentKnight version 1.11 now supports individual updates

New feature: an updater window which allows you to download and install individual named updates, rather than having to install all that are available.

October 21, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Landscapes for All Reasons: Paintings of Aelbert Cuyp 3

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Some of his finest landscapes painted during the late 1650s. Then in 1658, he married, and within two years stopped painting completely.

October 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

There’s more to files than data: Structure and data forks

Looking in more detail at newer tricks used by APFS on the data of files: sparse files, which can squeeze vast empty files almost to nothing; file clones; and compression, opening up in Big Sur.

October 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

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