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Month: October 2025

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an additional out-of-cycle update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5321. As usual, it […]

October 23, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Dutch Golden Age: Johannes Vermeer 1

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Finding form with his famous compositions of figures lit by daylight from windows on the left. His use of maps, curtains, and his unique depth of field effects.

October 22, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Gain access to a locked Mac with Recovery Assistant

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You’ve tried entering your password, but it doesn’t work. Should you try guessing? As that imposes increasing waiting times of up to 8 hours, maybe not. Try this instead.

October 22, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5320. As usual, it doesn’t […]

October 21, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Medium and Message: Sticks and crayons

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Modern and mixed media such as wax crayons, pencils, oil pastels, oil sticks and oil bars have become increasingly popular, although many age poorly and most have to be kept under glass.

October 21, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Rewriting a file’s history

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How to create a new file with a creation date 4 months ago and versions dating back to 3 months before that Mac even existed. All without changing any clocks.

October 21, 2025 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 13 Treachery

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Fraudsters, the incestuous Myrrha, mother of Adonis, a counterfeiter, Potiphar’s wife, then the treacherous who betrayed their kin.

October 20, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 330

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 330. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sounds […]

October 20, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

LogUI build 77 improves readability of log entries

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Displays emoji to indicate the type of each log entry, improves export as Rich Text, and augments fields when copying entries.

October 20, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

A painterly family: the Alma-Tademas 1884-1943

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Lawrence and his second wife Laura were successful painters, and taught their older daughter Anna to paint. He was knighted, and after his death was interred with great honour in St Paul’s Cathedral.

October 19, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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