Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs, painting, and more
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • M1 & M2 Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Art
  • Macs
  • Painting

Month: December 2021

The best of 2021’s paintings and articles 2

T T Read More

Highlights of articles and some superb paintings from July to December 2021, features Goya, Steer, Clausen, William Merritt Chase, and more.

December 31, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Looking back at 2021 on my Mac: articles worth reading again

A better Disk Utility, understanding Spotlight, Time Machine to APFS, an introduction to ARM assembly language, Shortcuts, and wiping it all.

December 31, 2021 Macs, Technology

The best of 2021’s paintings and articles 1

T T Read More

In case you missed or have forgotten them: some of the highlights of articles on paintings published here from Jan to June last year.

December 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How M1 Macs can run old firmware when Intel Macs can’t

There’s a fundamental difference in the way that Intel and M1 Macs store and load their ‘firmware’, which enables the M1 Mac to load and run difference versions of iBoot.

December 30, 2021 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 39: Sancho’s letter

T T Read More

Back in the castle, the next trick is in hand. Sancho shows the Duchess a letter to his wife, and they’re about get involved with the Dolorous Duenna.

December 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How Secure Boot works on M1 series Macs

This article has now been extensively corrected and modified.

December 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 38: The hunting party and the first trick

T T Read More

They go with the Duke and Duchess on a hunt, where Sancho panics and falls out of a tree. In the night Sancho has to agree to lash himself 3,300 times.

December 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Christmas Mac riddles 131

I hope that you enjoyed this Christmas’s Mac Riddles, episode 131. Here are my solutions to them. 1: […]

December 28, 2021 General, Macs, Technology

A strategy for tackling NAS problems

Have you got problems backing up to your NAS? Here is a series of four simple tests to perform to give clear insights and help you tune its performance.

December 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

An illustrated Christmas Carol

T T Read More

First published just before Christmas 1843, it’s probably the most successful Christmas story in English. Here illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

December 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Posts navigation

Previous1 2 3 … 8 Next
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Language
  • Tech
  • Life
  • General
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • Hieronymus Bosch
  • English language
  • LockRattler: 10.12 Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.13 High Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.11 El Capitan
  • Updates: El Capitan
  • Updates: Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur
  • LockRattler: 10.14 Mojave
  • SilentKnight, silnite, LockRattler, SystHist & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, Metamer, Sandstrip & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, Ulbow, Consolation and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Taccy, Signet, Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma
  • Revisionist & DeepTools
  • Text Utilities: Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • LockRattler: 10.15 Catalina
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • LockRattler: 11.0 Big Sur
  • M1 & M2 Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • LockRattler: 12.x Monterey
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • LockRattler: 13.x Ventura
  • System Updates
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Follow Following
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 3,220 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...