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Month: October 2022

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 1 M-series chips are different

An accessible account of how Apple silicon chips use cores of two different types to do their work, and how to get the best from them as a user. The start…

October 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Portrait of the artist’s wife 2

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More wives from Raffaela Zeppa, through Lovis Corinth’s Charlotte Berend, to Pierre Bonnard’s Marthe, plus two husbands.

October 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Do you still need that external bootable disk?

In the past, a second, cloned bootable volume on a separate disk was a great advantage. Cloning has become harder, and Recovery better. What should you do now?

October 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

Portrait of the artist’s wife 1

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From Rubens’ double-portrait with Isabella Brant, and Rembrandt’s with Saskia, to Paul Signac’s wife with a parasol and Ferdinand Hodler’s wife Berthe Jacques.

October 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 171

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Afterthought of different […]

October 1, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Copy, clone, backup: is there a difference?

Copies, clones and backups are three different things. Here their differences are explained with examples from APFS and modern macOS.

October 1, 2022 Macs, Technology

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