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Month: February 2023

Not Like That: Pigments bogus and destructive

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Asphalt has been claimed to be responsible for the slow destruction and loss of many paintings, from the ‘Raft of the Medusa’ on. The evidence is tenuous.

February 28, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Getting best performance from Thunderbolt on Apple silicon Macs: a practical guide

From choosing cables and hubs to connecting displays, fast SSDs and other devices. Everything you wanted to know about Thunderbolt.

February 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Trojan Epics: 1 Zeus’s plan and a wedding feast

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Zeus comes up with a plan to reduce the number of mortals, and completes one of the first two steps, marrying Thetis to a mortal. And what a wedding feast, thanks to Eris.

February 27, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 192

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 192. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brisk […]

February 27, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Thunderbolt 4 hub performance with 3 SSDs

What happens to read and write speeds of three SSDs connected to the same hub, and working at the same time? Can they exceed the maximum of 3 GB/s?

February 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of pigs 2

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Stories of Odysseus and Circe, the prodigal son, the miracle of the Gadarene swine, and St Anthony. And Félicien Rops’ ‘Pornocrates’?

February 26, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Complexities of Thunderbolt hubs

If you have more than a couple of Thunderbolt peripherals, should you be thinking of getting a Thunderbolt 4 hub?

February 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of pigs 1

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Paintings by Paulus Potter, George Morland, James Ward, Gustave Courbet, and others, showing plenty of pigs.

February 25, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 192

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

February 25, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

What are those XProtects?

Run Catalina or later and there are two XProtects in the CoreServices folder. But they’re completely different, as this explains.

February 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

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