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Month: March 2026

Has Apple suffered a premature release?

Has Apple inadvertently released the full installer for macOS Sequoia 15.7.5? It’s only available as a full installer, not an update, but it’s real.

March 5, 2026 Macs, Technology

Naturalists: Jules Bastien-Lepage 1875-81

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Biography and paintings of the lead Naturalist, from his 2 failed attempts to win the Prix de Rome, switching to depicting the rural poor, and growing success at the Salon.

March 5, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Overnight, Apple released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5332. As usual, it doesn’t release information […]

March 5, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

What can you do when Software Update can’t?

What to do when you know there’s an update available, but Software Update pretends that it can’t find it. With details of undocumented options for softwareupdate command and more.

March 5, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released macOS Tahoe 26.3.1

Apple has released an update to macOS Tahoe bringing it to version 26.3.1. This adds support for its […]

March 4, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

New build of SilentKnight 2.12 for Tahoe 26.4 beta testers

If you are testing beta-releases of macOS 26.4 Tahoe on Apple silicon Macs, please use this new build of SilentKnight, version 2.12 build 61, as it shouldn’t crash.

March 4, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

On Reflection: Northern landscapes

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An overview of reflections in landscape paintings by van Eyck, DΓΌrer, Cuyp, Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Canaletto, and Claude-Joseph Vernet in 1771.

March 4, 2026 General, Life, Painting

How macOS 26 Tahoe updates: 2 Finite state machines

Software update was completely redesigned for Big Sur, using finite state machines to enable reliable, flexible and robust updates to be applied to macOS. These are documented in log entries made during an update.

March 4, 2026 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: Gilding

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How gold leaf is applied, burnished and patterned using punches to create a jewelled surface. Seen in the Wilton Diptych, and revived by Gustav Klimt at the end of the 19th century.

March 3, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Does Safe mode check the startup disk?

Safe mode is claimed to do 3 things: block 3rd party extensions, clear caches, and check your startup disk. But what disk checks does it really make, and how are they different?

March 3, 2026 Macs, Technology

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