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Getting more from Disk Utility’s First Aid

Should you run First Aid on every volume, then each container? And why can it return status 65? How can you work around that?

April 4, 2023 Macs, Technology

Trojan Epics: 6 Achilles and the princess

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Achilles acquires himself a concubine, as does his commander Agamemnon. When the latter is forced to return his, and takes Briseis from Achilles, there’s trouble.

April 3, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 197

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 197. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Supplies […]

April 3, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How APFS mounts encrypted volumes, snapshots, cryptexes and more

Details of what happens when an APFS (Encrypted) volume is mounted, when mounting a Time Machine snapshot, unmounting a volume, and loading a Cryptex.

April 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

A blossom festival in paintings 2

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Trees in blossom from Sérusier, Bonnard, Waterhouse, van Rysselberghe, Nikolai Astrup and others.

April 2, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: fsck status 65

Have you ever tried running First Aid on an APFS volume and been told it failed with status 65? It’s time for that to be fixed, so we can check and repair disks properly.

April 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

A blossom festival in paintings 1

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From Samuel Palmer in 1830, through Sisley’s Terrace at Saint-Germain, to van Gogh’s pink orchards, a festival of Spring blossom.

April 1, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 197

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Supplies arrive by […]

April 1, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

How to maintain your Desktop in Mac OS 8 and 9

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In Classic Mac OS, icons were determined by hidden databases. Here’s what we had to do periodically to keep them from breaking.

April 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 46 The eyes have it

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The Mona Lisa illusion, Mary Magdalene with eyes red from tears or shut in ecstasy, closed from fatigue, or nearly blinded by light.

March 31, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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