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Month: June 2025

Updates for SilentKnight, Mints and SystHist

Although primarily for compatibility with Tahoe, these include a general refresh and are recommended for all versions of macOS from Big Sur onwards.

June 18, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

June 17, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading Visual Art: 217 Umbrellas in the rain

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In narrative, including Degas’ ‘Waiting’, as a sign of wind, as an arc of colour, or simply to tell the viewer that it’s raining.

June 17, 2025 General, Life, Painting

When and how should you run First Aid in Disk Utility?

Should you run First Aid on your Data volume before updating macOS, or as routine housekeeping? And how should you run it?

June 17, 2025 Macs, Technology

Modern Stories of Lovis Corinth: 1905-1909

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The childhood of Zeus, the capture of Samson, Bacchante couple, two Temptations of St Anthony, and a portrait of the artist and his growing family.

June 16, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 312

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 312. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Border […]

June 16, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Spotlight search can be blocked by extended attributes

How a long-deprecated extended attribute can stop files such as images from being found in Spotlight search, and how to fix it.

June 16, 2025 Macs, Technology

Brandjes: Paintings as witnesses to fires 1826-1927

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Constable and Turner both paint the burning of London’s Parliament, a scene of a prairie fire in the US, a burning castle in Denmark, San Francisco on fire in 1906, and more.

June 15, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Fidelity in design

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Since 2007, Quick Look has provided us with faithful thumbnails and previews of images. Then in 2020 their corners were cropped, and that’s not getting any better with macOS 26 Tahoe.

June 15, 2025 Macs, Technology

Brandjes: Paintings as witnesses to fires 1640-1813

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Dramatic paintings of towns and cities on fire, usually at night, were popular during the Dutch Golden Age, and known as brandjes. Examples to well into the 19th century.

June 14, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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