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Month: January 2023

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 32: Troilus and Cressida

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One of King Priam’s sons falls in love with a Trojan woman late in the Trojan War. When Hector is about to duel with Achilles, what could possibly go wrong?

January 23, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 187

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 187. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Leaves […]

January 23, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Scheduled activities: 1 Scheduling by DAS

How macOS schedules tasks like making automatic Time Machine backups, from property list to transactions between DAS and CTS.

January 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

All the fashion: 2 Milliner

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Milliners trimmed and sold hats to customers, which appeared to be more rewarding, and the chance to wear the latest fashions.

January 22, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The evolution of Apple silicon

The M2 Pro and Max gain an extra two Efficiency cores, compared to their M1 equivalents. What effect will that have on their performance, and what of the M2 Ultra?

January 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

All the fashion: 1 Seamstress

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View by many as the start of a slippery slope to prostitution, dressmaking demanded long hours of work in return for a pittance/

January 21, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 187

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Leaves from the […]

January 21, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How macOS schedules background activities

The story of how Mac OS X went from cron, to launchd, and ended up with Duet Activity Scheduler, to schedule background activities like backups.

January 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

Ukrainian painters: Mykola Kuznetsov

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Born to the north of Odesa, Ukraine, he painted Tschaikowski in his last year, and scenes from life in the country.

January 20, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Demonstrating causal connections using the log

I’m browsing images in the Finder, when my software firewall tells me macOS is trying to phone home to one of Apple’s servers. We all know what that means, don’t we?

January 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

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