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Month: May 2022

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 152

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 152. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Cursive […]

May 23, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Calibrating your display in Monterey

Although it’s hidden away, your Mac’s display can still be set to use a custom colour profile. Here’s how to do that

May 23, 2022 Macs, Painting, Technology

Exhibition: Come to London to see Venice through Canaletto’s paintings

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Open daily from now until 25 September, it features 24 of the most wonderful paintings of Venice from the 1730s.

May 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Fountain of Life 2

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From Ondines, who kill men by their curse, to a frozen fountain in Agubbio, and parks in New York, Paris and Rome.

May 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Will Disk Utility ever work properly?

Apple could have chosen to make APFS open source or to document it fully, to help third parties develop maintenance tools. It chose not to, but Disk Utility still doesn’t work as it should.

May 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Painting the Fountain of Life 1

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From sacred symbols in a mosaic of Theodora and the Adoration of the Lamb, to roadside watering holes, and the town’s fresh water supply.

May 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 152

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Cursive handwriting on […]

May 21, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Read Japanese using Live Text and Translation

Using Live Text to recognise kanji characters in a screenshot, then translating them from Japanese to English. Does it work?

May 21, 2022 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun: surviving by her portraits

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A superb painter in pastels, she painted Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, more than thirty times. She survived the revolution and terror to paint Napoleon’s youngest sister as a queen.

May 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

How to make more use of your backup disk

APFS backup disks offer different possibilities for adding volumes for your own use, alongside the backup volume. How do you decide what’s best?

May 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

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