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Month: December 2024

A brief history of Mac servers

A/UX was released for the Mac II in 1988, then in 1993 Apple changed course with a series of servers, before Mac OS X Server in 1999 and its first Xserves in 2002.

December 7, 2024 Macs, Technology

Interiors by Design: Félix Vallotton’s disturbing domestics

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In each of his interiors from the late 1870s to the early 20th century, there’s something not quite right, starting with a painting hanging at an odd angle.

December 6, 2024 General, Life, Painting

The Finder column width bug is over 11 years old

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I first recall being caught by it in Mavericks 11 years ago. It has even changed the way I use Finder windows. It survived Covid and Apple silicon, and lives on in macOS Sequoia.

December 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

The Real Country: Drains and engines

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Rural depopulation as labour moved to work in city factories, dominance of larger suppliers in food markets, draining waterlogged land, and the development of the tractor.

December 5, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Inside M4 chips: CPU core management

A first attempt to describe how macOS decides for a thread which type of core, which cluster, which core, what frequency, and how mobile it should be.

December 5, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 179 Knitting, poverty

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Knitting shepherdesses, peasant girls, smallholders, a goose girl, fisher girls, by Millet, Breton, LA Ring, Winslow Homer and others.

December 4, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How is Thunderbolt 5 doing so far?

TB5 promises twice the data transfer rate of TB3, and three times that when supporting external displays. How close is it to achieving those?

December 4, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 178 Knitting, past and pastime

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Knitting and crochet as a sign of history, Welsh identity, the bored chaperone, the height of a party, or a peaceful and productive pastime.

December 3, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Managing kernel extensions

It’s time to review old kernel extensions, and uninstall those no longer needed. Here’s how to do that, using uninstallers or manually.

December 3, 2024 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 48 Killed by Apollo’s discus

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Apollo’s discus strikes Hyacinthus in the face. As he dies from that wound, his spilt blood is turned into the hyacinth flower in his memory.

December 2, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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