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Bicentenary of Théodule Ribot: 19th century chiaroscuro

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Largely self-taught, he met with success at the Salon in 1861. His highly individual chiaroscuro style is the antithesis of Impressionism.

August 8, 2023 General, Life, Painting

How to change an unknown system setting

How to get the most out of System Settings, third-party alternatives, and what to do if you still can’t find the setting you need to change.

August 8, 2023 Macs, Technology

Trojan Epics: 24 Latium and deification

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Aeneas founds the city of Lavinium in Italy, defeats King Turnus, and is then deified as Jupiter Indiges. From Lavinium comes Alba Longa, then Rome.

August 7, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 215

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 215. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Me […]

August 7, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

An introduction to keychains and how they’ve changed

macOS has two types of keychain, and its tools for working with them, Keychain Access and the command tool security, only work fully with one type.

August 7, 2023 Macs, Technology

Painting from a canoe 2

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Boarding a canoe to shoot a swan in the Underworld, war canoes north of Vancouver Island, and the Canadian painter-canoeist Tom Thomson.

August 6, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Are we ready for dataless files?

It can take many hours for files to be downloaded from iCloud. Apps must be able to cope with that, but how well does macOS?

August 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Painting from a canoe 1

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From the Duke of Orleans white-water canoeing in Lapland in 1795, to Canadian fur traders shooting the rapids in the 1860s.

August 5, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 215

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

August 5, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

From Cyberdog to dataless files: a brief history of iCloud

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From Cyberdog in 1996, through iTools in 2000, .Mac in 2002, the dreaded MobileMe in 2008, to iCloud in 2012 – a long and sometimes painful journey.

August 5, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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