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Month: August 2024

Back to school: paintings 1640-1860

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Chaos in the barren classrooms of the 1600s gradually restored to order over the following two centuries as boys and girls learned to read and write.

August 31, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 271

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

August 31, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Clarus the Dogcow

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How a dogcow from Cairo came to grace the Page Setup dialog in Classic Mac OS, was retired for Mac OS X, and has made a comeback since Ventura.

August 31, 2024 Macs, Technology

Harriet Backer’s Nordic Light: to 1889

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One of Norway’s most famous artists, a pioneering woman painter and influential teacher. Exploring the play of light on interiors and more.

August 30, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Advanced SilentKnight: updating macOS and avoiding updates

How SilentKnight can install macOS updates, up to a point, and how you can recover from an inadvertent download of a macOS update.

August 30, 2024 Macs, Technology

The Real Country: 2 The sower

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Stone-picking to improve the soil. A series of paintings of the Sower, broadcasting seed by hand. Weeding the fields to help the crop grow.

August 29, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Launching apps in Sonoma 14.6.1: Known malware

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Three malicious apps – Atomic Stealer, Genieo and XCSSET – against macOS 14.6.1, with full security, SIP disabled, and Gatekeeper disabled.

August 29, 2024 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, […]

August 28, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading visual art: 153 Catasterisation and assumption

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What happens when a mortal is turned into a heavenly body, as with Orion; or when the Virgin Mary was taken up into Heaven.

August 28, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Launching apps in Sonoma 14.6.1: Reduced security

If you thought spctl disabled Gatekeeper assessments, and disabling SIP had little effect, then you might like to think again.

August 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

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