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Month: November 2020

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 71

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 71. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I […]

November 2, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Controlling metadata: Tricks with persistence

Unlike file data, metadata has varying persistence. Some is ephemeral, others sticky. macOS has inbuilt mechanisms for managing the persistence of extended attributes.

November 2, 2020 Macs, Technology

On the road: Itinerants and travellers in paintings 2

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Photographers, musicians, harvesters, foresters, booksellers and propagandists, and tinkers from the roads of the past.

November 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Support, dependence, control

Apple seldom posts Support Notes to guide many users to solve problems, but prefers them to access Apple Support one at a time. Why this inefficiency?

November 1, 2020 Macs, Technology

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