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Month: November 2021

More memory leaks in Monterey 12.0.1: how to avoid them

Is Monterey burning your memory away? Here are two reproducible memory leaks which could explain that, plus two more than might.

November 22, 2021 Macs, Technology

A short history of shadows in paintings 2

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Telling a story using shadows, and the nineteenth century controversy over the colour of shadows.

November 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Snapshot hostages

How to repair a snapshot with an error when it’s one of your backups on a hard disk? Currently this seems impossible, putting all those backups at risk.

November 21, 2021 Macs, Technology

A short history of shadows in paintings 1

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From the shadowed silhouette painted by the legendary Dibutades to paintings of families involved in shadow play.

November 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 126

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Select Khoekhoe for […]

November 20, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: defragmentation

Not long ago, many of us paid for software which tied our Macs up for hours every month or so, defragmenting their hard disks. Why, and why not now?

November 20, 2021 Macs, Technology

Characters in Painted Stories: 5 Voyage and Return, Orpheus and Eurydice

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The fourth ‘basic plot’ is the story of voyage and return, for which we turn to Ovid’s account of this couple, and a dozen superb paintings. But does the model fit?

November 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Disk Utility still can’t check and repair APFS volumes and containers

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Don’t waste time trying to discover which files are still open when you want to check or repair an APFS disk and Disk Utility throws an error. Here’s the solution.

November 19, 2021 Macs, Technology

Impressionist painting in Britain: 17 Alice Fanner

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Trained at the Slade in London, and in Paris, she painted in Impressionist style. Five wonderful works showing largely British scenes.

November 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How should you check an APFS backup store?

When your backups are stored on hard disks, even though they may use APFS, it’s important to check they’re sound. How to do better than Disk Utility.

November 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

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