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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 202

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 202. Here are my solutions to them. 1: For […]

May 8, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

SystHist 1.18 now reports RSRs

Full listings of each version of macOS and update installed on that Mac, now includes RSRs. A mine of information.

May 8, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

macOS and security updates in detail

Major macOS releases from Sierra to Ventura, with full details of each release and security update. Also updates to XProtect, MRT and Gatekeeper.

May 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Forbidden Love: Pyramus and Thisbe

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The model for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, this couple committed suicide when each presumed they had brought the death of the other.

May 7, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: All in the numbers

We should have expected Apple to remain silent about what the RSR does. But ruining its own clean and logical version numbering system was unexpected.

May 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Forbidden Love: Hero and Leander

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Byron, no stranger to forbidden love, swam across the Dardanelles in 1810, retracing the strokes of the legendary Leander who died trying to reach his lover Hero.

May 6, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 202

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: For three years […]

May 6, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Did that update just break something? How bad updates are getting less likely

With the sealed system and Cryptexes, macOS updates are less likely to cause problems. As RSRs are easy to uninstall, it’s simple to test whether they’re the cause.

May 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Hard reality: 3 Cast shadows in figurative painting

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Leonardo da Vinci studied different types of shade and shadow, but recommended painters not to depict cast shadows in their paintings. This explains why.

May 5, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Is this the end for eficheck and non-T2 Intel Macs?

In just over a month, Apple is expected to announce macOS 14. How many Intel Macs without T2 chips are likely to be supported? What about their firmware?

May 5, 2023 Macs, Technology

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