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A brief history of Adobe’s apps

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From Illustrator in 1987, Mac-only until 1989, through Photoshop in 1990, Mac-only until 1992, to InDesign, Dreamweaver and the dreaded Flash.

September 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 225 Dice

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Guards throwing dice in the Crucifixion, gambling in Bosch’s vision of Hell, in a dingy tavern, losing an entire estate, and being played by young street urchins.

September 5, 2025 General, Life, Painting

How umask determines permissions

How does your Mac know what permissions to set on newly created folders and files? It uses a umask. This explains what that is, how to work it out, and how to change it.

September 5, 2025 Macs, Technology

Walter Crane’s painted tales: 2, 1883-97

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An active socialist from 1883, for a few years his paintings had social undertones, then from 1887 they showed the forces of nature in elemental play.

September 4, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Quirks of Spotlight local search

Notes on how search depends on index structure, effects of language on different types of search term, and the benefits and limitations of search methods.

September 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to […]

September 3, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Dutch Golden Age: Vanitas

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Expressing a weariness with this life and yearning for the next, they originated in Flanders, but soon became popular in the Dutch Republic in its Golden Age.

September 3, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Preview’s saving grace and how to use it

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Without you saving any changes made to a document, Preview saves versions in the macOS versioning system that could prove a great help. Here’s how to use it.

September 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: Pure pigment

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Made of almost pure pigment, soft pastel painting didn’t start until after 1650. They excel in representing flesh, so became popular for portraits, and have since extended to other genres.

September 2, 2025 General, Life, Painting

How much power does Visual Look Up use?

Using powermetrics and log entries, a single image was processed on an M4 Pro, with content analysis and object recognition and look-up. How much power and energy did that use?

September 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

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