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Month: August 2023

Last Week on My Mac: Are we ready for dataless files?

It can take many hours for files to be downloaded from iCloud. Apps must be able to cope with that, but how well does macOS?

August 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Painting from a canoe 1

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From the Duke of Orleans white-water canoeing in Lapland in 1795, to Canadian fur traders shooting the rapids in the 1860s.

August 5, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 215

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

August 5, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

From Cyberdog to dataless files: a brief history of iCloud

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From Cyberdog in 1996, through iTools in 2000, .Mac in 2002, the dreaded MobileMe in 2008, to iCloud in 2012 – a long and sometimes painful journey.

August 5, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Centenary of the death of Joaquín Sorolla 2

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Scenes of the Valencian fishing industry, a psychiatrist researching with his microscope, and young boys with disabilities enjoying the sea.

August 4, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Recent items, property lists, Bookmarks and resolvers

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How does macOS track Recent items for apps? In a property list, using a Base-64 encoded Bookmark. Here’s how to decode, resolve and discover their contents.

August 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: 13 Tales and tempests

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A fun scene from Orlando Furioso, Ophelia’s death, two scenes from Jerusalem Delivered, one of the earliest works painted from a photo, and small boats in rough seas.

August 3, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Preferences, permissions and problem-solving

Repairing permissions has a long history in Mac OS X. The permissions concerned have changed over the years, and it’s no longer what it once was.

August 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 67 Unicorn

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In earlier paintings, unicorns are usually intended to be real animals. They also have symbolic associations with chastity which lasted longer.

August 2, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Preferences: Property lists and their use

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Introduction to property lists, used in many places as well as the mainstay of preference files. How to change them safely without risk of conflicts.

August 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

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