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Month: July 2023

Saturday Mac riddles 211

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Stream between devices […]

July 8, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and what next?

Although I’m struggling with Twitter, Mastodon, Threads and Bluesky Social haven’t provided any better way forward.

July 8, 2023 General, Life, Macs, Technology

The 300th anniversary of the birth of Joshua Reynolds: 1 Perfect portraits

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Probably the most famous British portrait painter, and first President of the Royal Academy. How he could paint 5-6 portraits in a day, and prosper.

July 7, 2023 General, Life, Painting

When to revive or restore in DFU mode

When should you put your Mac into DFU mode, hook it up to another Mac running Configurator, and revive or restore it?

July 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS, bringing it to version 2169. […]

July 6, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: 8 Ophelia and histories

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Hamlet, including the first visualisation of Ophelia’s death; Christopher Columbus, Medea about to kill her sons, and shipwreck survivors in a small boat.

July 6, 2023 General, Life, Painting

How to get the right app to open a document and fix LaunchServices problems

What if, when you double-click a document, the wrong app tries to open it, or maybe the right app but wrong version? Includes command tool use.

July 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 63 What’s drawing that chariot?

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Normally drawn by 2-4 horses, you can sometimes identify deities by the creatures shown towing their chariot, from black horses to domestic cats.

July 5, 2023 General, Life, Painting

How does Ventura check the security of known apps and command tools?

Ventura aims to improve app security by checking integrity of apps and command tools whenever they’re run. How can it do that without significant overhead?

July 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

Ukrainian Painters: Wladimir Baranoff-Rossiné

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Born in southern Ukraine, he trained first in Odesa, then went to St Petersburg briefly. In 1910, he moved to Paris, where he worked from 1925 until transported to Auschwitz in 1943.

July 4, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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