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Firmware and macOS upgrades

The rules of firmware updating explained, and their consequences for each type of Mac. How to refresh firmware on a T2, and how to downgrade it in an Apple silicon Mac.

October 6, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sunrise on Impressionism: 11 Stanislas Lépine

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A pupil of Corot, he was a friend of core Impressionists, but never an Impressionist himself. He painted views of the River Seine in Paris.

October 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 2 Core capabilities

P cores are conventional in that they can deliver excellent performance at maximum frequency, but with high power use. E cores may take 4 times as long for a task, but use less than a third of the energy.

October 5, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 19: Twelfth Night

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Twin brother and sister are shipwrecked. She disguises herself as a eunuch, and has a noblewoman fall in love with her. Then it gets even more confusing. Great comedy.

October 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

MacSysAdmin 2022 has started

Today, 4 October, this year’s MacSysAdmin conference has started. Before you book your flight to Sweden, as with […]

October 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

How to keep Monterey when upgrading to Ventura

A popular insurance when upgrading to a new version of macOS: how to keep your Mac running both Monterey and Ventura. Covers all models including M-series.

October 4, 2022 Macs, Technology

Celebrating the tercentenary of Johann Heinrich Tischbein, painter of Hermann the German

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A senior in three generations of German painters, who is notable for his paintings of the victorious Arminius, or ‘Hermann the German’.

October 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 171

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 171. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Afterthought […]

October 3, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Making the most of Apple silicon power: 1 M-series chips are different

An accessible account of how Apple silicon chips use cores of two different types to do their work, and how to get the best from them as a user. The start…

October 3, 2022 Macs, Technology

Portrait of the artist’s wife 2

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More wives from Raffaela Zeppa, through Lovis Corinth’s Charlotte Berend, to Pierre Bonnard’s Marthe, plus two husbands.

October 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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