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Year: 2020

Last Week on My Mac: Two thousand yard stare

In just three days last week, Apple released nine major products which demanded the attention of independent developers. How did that work out, then?

September 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

Anyone for Badminton? Its early history in paintings 1

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When was the sport of badminton first played? These early paintings, including William Blake’s ‘The Fly’, look promising but show a children’s game instead.

September 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 65

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

September 19, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

A brief guide to disk image files

So many different types, from read-only disk image .dmg files, to sparse bundles and DVD/CD-R masters. Which to use, and how to create them?

September 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

Quiet Landscapes: watercolours of Eric Ravilious 2

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The war years, from eerily deserted scenes of the Sussex Downs, to north Norway for a deployment, and military flight, which brought about his death.

September 18, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Imaging APFS storage in Disk Utility, and size of the VM volume

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Disk Utility can’t image APFS volumes, and normally returns an error if you try to image a container. Here’s the workaround.

September 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

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

September 17, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Quiet Landscapes: watercolours of Eric Ravilious 1

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Influenced by the Shoreham landscapes of Samuel Palmer, and his teacher John Nash, here are the eerily empty landscapes of Essex, Sussex Downs, and elsewhere.

September 17, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Should you upgrade to Big Sur early, or wait?

It’s got to be better than Catalina, so why not upgrade when it first comes out? Here are some suggestions to help you make your decision.

September 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

The Faerie Queene 5: The Dragon

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After recuperating in the House of Holinesse, with Dame Celia, the Redcrosse Knight faces the dragon in combat, as Saint George.

September 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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