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Month: May 2021

Booting an M1 Mac: external disks and local boot policy

How an M1 Mac can start up from an external bootable disk, and how that can fail. All about boot security policy, and how that’s applied.

May 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 9: The chain gang and the dead mule

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They meet 12 convicts, who Don Quixote frees before they stone him. On the run, they head for the mountains where they come across gold and a dead mule.

May 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How to boot an M1 Mac into an older version of Big Sur

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How changing a volume’s boot policy can let you boot in older macOS, and update, if you wish. For anyone who uses external bootable disks with an M1 Mac.

May 11, 2021 Macs, Technology

Rebirth: Manuals and learning

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The significance of Alberti’s textbook on painting and simplified perspective, followed by Piero’s account of perspective, and Vasari’s new history of painting.

May 10, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 98

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 98. Here are my solutions to them. 1: An […]

May 10, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Time Machine to APFS: When a network backup goes wrong

With a new version of Xcode, I knew that my network backup would take several hours. Then, as it neared its conclusion, disaster struck: the router reset itself and the network share vanished.

May 10, 2021 Macs, Technology

Eating al fresco: paintings of outdoor meals 2

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Another boating party, William Merritt Chase’s family in Brooklyn, an 18th century pique-nique, and Bonnard’s friends by the sea.

May 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Would you regret an M1 iMac?

How ready are M1 Macs now for general use? There are still problems with docks, external boot disks, and using one external boot disk with multiple Macs.

May 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

Eating al fresco: paintings of outdoor meals 1

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A selection of meals eaten outdoors, by the gods, in Boccaccio’s Decameron, Manet’s controversial luncheon, and by a boating party.

May 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 98

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

May 8, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

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