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Apple has just released security updates to macOS 15.6.1, 14.7.8 and 13.7.8

Apple has just released urgent security updates to bring macOS Sequoia to 15.6.1, Sonoma to 14.7.8, and Ventura […]

August 20, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Dutch Golden Age: Still Life

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Although not entirely new, from 1620 still life paintings were highly popular, thanks to skilled painters migrating from Flanders and Brabant to escape religious oppression.

August 20, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Explainer: Yara rules

Used by two of XProtect’s malware detection features, Yara rules are valuable way to check whether files satisfy a logical condition, and more.

August 20, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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

August 19, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Medium and Message: Sketch or studio?

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How oil paint can be used to create crisp and blurred edges, and sfumato. Implications of paint drying in some of Monet’s paintings, including his Grainstack series.

August 19, 2025 General, Life, Painting

What happens to images when you disable Live Text?

You can disable Live Text in Language & Region settings, but what exactly does that do? Does it also block Visual Look Up, or connection to Apple?

August 19, 2025 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 4 Paolo and Francesca

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Passing Minos, who directs the dead to the right circle for their sins, they enter the circle for those guilty of lust. There they hear the story of Paolo and Francesca and their violent deaths.

August 18, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 321

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 321. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Where […]

August 18, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

SpotTest 1.0 will help you diagnose Spotlight problems

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New app tests Spotlight indexing and search of local files across 15 test files and two search methods. This should provide valuable clues for diagnosis.

August 18, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

A green weekend: Viridian

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Derived from the dull yellow-green of chromium oxide, it was widely used by Impressionists, and well into the 20th century. Less toxic, but an environmental hazard.

August 17, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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