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Secure Boot and disaster recovery for Apple silicon Macs

Apple silicon Macs are better-equipped to prevent and deal with disaster. Restoring in DFU mode is extremely unusual, and more powerful than anything you can do with an Intel Mac.

February 23, 2023 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed a surprise update to XProtect (not Remediator) security software, bringing it to version 2166. […]

February 22, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Ukrainian Painters: Oleksandr Murashko

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In twenty years, he established himself as a leading figurative painter and portraitist, then was murdered. Now his remaining paintings are under threat.

February 22, 2023 General, Life, Painting

It pays to be a winner: How a fast SSD can slow others down

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What happens when you connect two fast SSDs to your Mac and they both write or read at the same time? How do they perform when connected through a hub? And how does it pay to be a winner?

February 22, 2023 Macs, Technology

Trojan Epics: Introduction to a new painting series

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Series telling the whole Epic Cycle from Zeus’s decision to reduce the mortal population, to the death of Odysseus.

February 21, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Thunderbolt 4 hubs can slow down fast SSDs

You pay hundreds of $$ for a high-speed Thunderbolt SSD, then connect it to a hub. Will it still deliver the same performance? Maybe not when writing.

February 21, 2023 Macs, Technology

Not Like That: Fading into the past

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The colours you see in paintings today may have faded badly from their originals. Examples of madder lake, smalt and indigo.

February 20, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 191

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 191. Here are my solutions to them. 1: No […]

February 20, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

macOS 13.2.1, authenticated restart and fdesetup

Did your Mac take a brief trip into Recovery after the 13.2.1 update? What is authenticated restart, and how could you use it? What does fdesetup do?

February 20, 2023 Macs, Technology

February fill dyke in paintings: Other floods

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The myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha, and others, painted by Rubens, Poussin, John Martin, and real floods by Alfred Sisley.

February 19, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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