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Month: August 2025

Paintings of windmills after 1850

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Some of the most famous Impressionist paintings celebrated their role and their distinctive beauty, and how they show Mondrian becoming modern.

August 31, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Keeping up appearances in Tahoe

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Appearance modes and the effects of Accessibility settings exhibit different behaviours in Tahoe, compared with Sequoia. Illustrated in a simple app.

August 31, 2025 Macs, Technology

Paintings of windmills to 1850

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Once widespread across Europe and many other lands, they used to grind all the grain into flour, provide power to sawmills, make paper and more.

August 30, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 323

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

August 30, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of the Secure Enclave

Originally the ‘security enclave’, and subject of a series of patents, it was introduced in the iPhone 5s in 2013, then the T2 in 2017, and blossomed in M-series Macs from 2020.

August 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 224 Gate

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Gates opened in time of war, entered by Christ in triumph, those of hell in Dante and Milton, separating lovers, and marking the start of an elopement.

August 29, 2025 General, Life, Painting

What happens during startup?

Explains the sequence of events from Boot ROM to FileVault login, what storage is accessible at different times, and where the code is.

August 29, 2025 Macs, Technology

Walter Crane’s painted tales: 1, to 1883

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Now known as one of the leading illustrators of children’s books, he was also an accomplished and recognised painter. Here are some narratives from his early career.

August 28, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Check and diagnose Spotlight problems with SpotTest 1.1

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Running the basic test on a folder in your Home folder, extending that to documents that use a custom mdimporter, to other volumes and locations, and other search terms.

August 28, 2025 Macs, Technology

The Dutch Golden Age: Animal painting

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Early explorations in the landscapes of Aelbert Cuyp, tortoises from Brazil, the first dedicated animal painter in Paulus Potter, and a concert of birds by Melchior d’Hondecoeter.

August 27, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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