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Month: October 2022

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 6 Empowering users

Many apps could benefit users of Apple silicon Macs by giving them controls over core use by their threads. Here’s how that can be done simply and effectively.

October 24, 2022 Macs, Technology

Weekend Reflections: 2 Nocturnes and mirrors

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An unusual pastel, a couple of fine nocturnes, then some reflections of figures from Caravaggio and Bonnard, concluded by coy self-portraits.

October 23, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: A quiet word about help

Writing good documentation often takes longer than coding and testing. Is it a good investment of time when documentation seems so little used? Is there a better way?

October 23, 2022 Macs, Technology

Weekend Reflections: 1 Landscapes

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Reflections seen in landscapes from Dürer’s pioneering watercolour, through Poussin and Turner to Monet, Sisley and Neo-Impressionists.

October 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 174

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Opening address or […]

October 22, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Passwords and passkeys

Contrasts how passwords and passkeys work, and how passkeys can be protected using iCloud, and Apple’s iCloud keychain escrow.

October 22, 2022 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 6 Virgin of the Snake

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Why is the Virgin Mary standing on a snake with a part-eaten apple in its mouth? And which painting of her was banned from display in Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome?

October 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

First call for Ventura

How is Ventura looking now? Is it fully baked yet, and ready for release? Includes links to articles to help you decide and prepare for next weeks’ macOS upgrade.

October 21, 2022 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 5 Evil serpents

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Snakes and serpents in myth, legend and religion are thoroughly sinister and bad, with one curious exception. A journey across centuries of images.

October 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 5 User control

How you can use the taskpolicy command to confine all the threads of a process to the E cores, as a brake, but there’s no accelerator in macOS.

October 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

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