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Year: 2022

What should you do when your Time Machine backups go awry?

Problems with the file system of Time Machine backups haven’t gone away with APFS. As there’s no way to copy your backup volume, how to tackle such problems?

February 9, 2022 Macs, Technology

Art and Science: 9 Seurat’s Neo-Impressionism

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With its origins in the old rivalry between form and colour, Divisionism was the concept of scientific painting in the mind of Georges Seurat.

February 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Why do installer packages expire, but apps don’t? Signing certificate and notarization oddities

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App signatures remain valid forever, but Installer packages are different, and their certificates can and do expire. What about notarization though?

February 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

Don Quixote 45: Rounds and a present

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Much happens when Governor Sancho Panza undertakes his rounds at night. The Duchess sends a page to Sancho’s wife, asking her to send acorns.

February 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 137

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 137. Here are my solutions to them. 1: A […]

February 7, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

When an M1 Mac mini is faster than an M1 Pro: contention and core allocation

When running some tasks confined to E cores, the original M1 chip from 2020 completes them significantly quicker than an on an M1 Pro. Here’s the detail.

February 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

The Animals Went in Two by Two in paintings

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Raphael and Tintoretto creations, Noah’s thanksgiving, Bosch, and two wonderful paintings of Orpheus and the Animals.

February 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Core allocation in M1 chips

Users and other processes have very limited control over which threads are run on which type of core. As Apple Silicon develops, this is an area set for change.

February 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

In memoriam Paul Durand-Ruel: was he the inventor of Impressionism?

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The art dealer who bought and sold more Impressionist paintings that all others combined. Was he saint or sinner? Inventor or architect?

February 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 137

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: A trip for […]

February 5, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

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