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Month: September 2021

Last Week on My Mac: the macOS update problem

Apple seemed reluctant to provide a full installer and IPSW image for 11.6. How does that affect those staying with Big Sur for the next year of security updates?

September 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

By the Azure Sea: Paintings of the Côte d’Azur 1

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At the end of the 19th century, the coast near Saint-Tropez became the cradle of modern painting. Views of the coast and its distinctive light and intense colour.

September 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 117

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: In a bottle, […]

September 18, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: the Recovery Partition

Introduced in Mac OS X 10.7, it remained an HFS+ partition until High Sierra. With Mojave, it became an APFS volume, except for M1 Macs.

September 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

Impressionist painting in Britain: 9 Edward Stott

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A pupil of Carolus-Duran, he returned to England to be a founder member of the New English Art Club and friend of Steer, who painted bucolic scenes for much of his career.

September 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Cleaning out old preference settings and other housekeeping

It’s time to do some spring-cleaning. How to clear out some of those thousands of old preference files without losing anything important. And here’s how to do it using Shortcuts too.

September 17, 2021 Macs, Technology

Characters in Painted Stories: 1 Introduction

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A series to examine visual development of figures within narrative paintings, according to their type of plot. The fall of Icarus used as an example.

September 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How to run an app or tool at startup

Four popular and straightforward ways to set your Mac to run an app or other software when it starts up. Includes AppleScript code.

September 16, 2021 Macs, Technology

Francisco Goya: Repaying debts

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Some important paintings from 1815-19, including two religious works with deep personal meaning. Goya’s paintings are now dominated by black.

September 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Biggest Sur by far

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With Big Sur 11.6 reaching the end of the year’s cycle, it’s time to take stock of just how much we had to download to keep it up to date.

September 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

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