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Month: July 2022

Explainer: Machine learning

Are you worried about your Mac learning about you and what you do? Machine learning isn’t well understood, so here’s an introduction.

July 16, 2022 Macs, Technology

Pastels among the Nabis: Roussel, Ranson, Vuillard

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Pastel paintings by these three Nabis, who underwent conventional training and explored different media. Later paintings by Roussel are really special.

July 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Startup disk surgery in recent macOS: fixing bigger problems

When a startup disk is running short of space, needs a good clean up, or isn’t quite right, it’s tempting to try surgery. Here’s what you can get away with.

July 15, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Paul Signac 13: Watercolours to 1918

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He originally used watercolours for preparatory sketches, but exhibited them in their own right later. They reveal a quite different art from his oil paintings.

July 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Introducing Viable, to virtualise macOS on Apple silicon Macs

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With configurable CPU core count, memory size and display resolution, it can even run at least two VMs at once.

July 14, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Sheer Delight 13: A short history of clothes and fabrics in paintings

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An overview starting with the sculptural folds of the late 13th century, peaking with Raphael and Rembrandt, and dissolving with Renoir and Sargent in the early 20th century.

July 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

An illustrated guide to Recovery on Apple silicon Macs

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A step-by-step fully illustrated guide to how to use every feature in Recovery Mode on an M1 or M2 Mac running Big Sur, Monterey or Ventura.

July 13, 2022 Macs, Technology

Colour Notes 13: What colour is the sky?

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Starting from Egyptian blue in ancient times, pigments preferred by painters for sky blue have changed repeatedly. Here’s a brief history.

July 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 3 Configuration, VM and boot

How lightweight virtualisation of macOS on Apple silicon Macs lays out its VM bundle, how its builds that in installation, and details of the VM log.

July 12, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 4: Measure for Measure

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Almost banned in the 19th century, only one scene has been painted extensively, but that could refer instead to either of two of Tennyson’s poems.

July 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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