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Léon Bakst, artist to the Ballets Russes

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Trained in St Petersburg, he spent much of his career in Paris, where he designed stage sets and costumes for the Ballets Russes. But there was more to his art.

January 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Spotlight on search: Search and you might be lucky

Details the contents of files which are built into Spotlight’s index, its reliance on keys, how apps can perform Spotlight searches, and the three bundled tools for users.

January 29, 2021 Macs, Technology

Painting within Tent: Icefast on the coast of Greenland

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Perhaps the one and only expedition sponsored by an art collector, William Bradford sailed to Greenland in 1869, and based the rest of career on its images.

January 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Spotlight on search: How Spotlight works

Almost 16 years old, many think it has grown steadily worse. It has faced new challenges such as iCloud, privacy, and APFS backups. Here’s how it works, and how to get the most from it.

January 28, 2021 Macs, Technology

The Faerie Queene 23: The healing hermit, and Turpine corrected

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A woodsman rescues Calepine and Serena, Calepine rescues a baby from a bear then gives him away. Serena is helped by Prince Arthur, and Turpine is defeated.

January 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

How Rosetta complicates call chains on M1 Macs

Two basic rules: M1 Macs run Arm-native code when it’s available, but won’t mix ARM-native and Intel code in the same process. Here are the details.

January 27, 2021 Macs, Technology

A History of Rome in Paintings: 24 The Senate

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Rome’s central and most enduring institution, it was the setting for the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. What did it really look like though?

January 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

When you don’t have permission to run an app on an M1 Mac

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You try to open an app on your M1 Mac, only to see an alert telling your that you don’t have permission to open it. Only that isn’t the reason.

January 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

January 25, 2021 Macs, Technology, Updates

Goddess of the Week: Bellona (Enyo), War

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Little-known now, she was painted by Rubens (twice), Rembrandt (possibly), Lagrenée, and Jacek Malczewski.

January 25, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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