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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 180

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 180. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Brisk […]

December 5, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

How to estimate an SSD’s working life

The life of an SSD should be more predictable than a hard disk. All you need is its TBW, and the total amount of data written to it so far.

December 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

The Titanic and the Taj Mahal: paintings of Colin Campbell Cooper

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On board RMS Carpathia as it rescued survivors from the Titanic was Cooper, the skyscraper painter, already at work on his gouaches of the scene.

December 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The mobile virtual Mac

Just 4 cores and 16 GB of memory were used for the virtual machine to run Xcode and build apps successfully, but only for local testing.

December 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

The President’s Park and the Titanic: paintings of Francis Davis Millet

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Millet was a central figure in American fine arts, as well as a painter in mid-century Salon style. When returning from Europe he and his friend died after the Titanic struck an iceberg.

December 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 180

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

December 3, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Finder can’t create an alias inside a package or bundle

The Finder is happy to create aliases to most files and folders, provided they aren’t immediately inside a bundle or package. Then it gets all fussy. But why?

December 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 17 Medea as sorceress

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The complicated story of Medea, who provided Jason with intelligence and potions to enable him to steal the Golden Fleece. A femme very fatale.

December 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Tracking swap space: is it wearing out your SSD?

In extreme cases, excessive use of swap space on an internal SSD could lead to its premature death, and the end of life for that Mac. How could you assess that?

December 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 16 Circe and sorceresses

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Paintings of sorceresses, who combine dark arts and seduction. Circe with Odysseus and Scylla, Melissa, Armida, Morgan le Fay and others.

December 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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