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Last Week on My Mac: The arithmetic of backing up

In the market for replacement backup storage? It’s a gamble, and you probably won’t know whether you made the right choice for the next year or more.

December 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Missing Mud of Winter 1

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Mud was a common problem in the streets of cities, and on all the roads, tracks and paths of the country. Why isn’t it seen more in paintings before 1850?

December 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 24

Three easy riddles this week, with the solutions posted here on Monday morning.

December 7, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Apple invents a new procedure to fix MacBook Pro 13-inch 2019 models

Apple recommends an unusual procedure to fix this, which might also work with other models suffering sudden shutdowns.

December 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Why Géricault’s shipwreck changed the course of art 2

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The painting’s reception, and how it changed 19th century painting, with Courbet, Lhermitte, Naturalists, and Tom Lea III.

December 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Are you having weird problems with Catalina?

Are you worried about strange and serious problems occurring when you upgrade to Catalina? Here are strategies to prevent and deal with them.

December 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

Why Géricault’s shipwreck changed the course of art 1

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Considers modern history painting before this by West and David, the underlying story of the tragedy, and how Géricault came to paint what he did.

December 5, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Time Machine: 3 Analysing automatic backups

Looking at failure of automatic backups, cancelled backups, and errors occurring when backing up, using T2M2, from Sierra to Catalina.

December 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Orlando Furioso: Escaping another orc, and a cowardly imposter

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After an elaborate retelling of the story of Polyphemus and Odysseus, a champion knight is replaced by a cowardly imposter and suffers mockery and rebuke.

December 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Time Machine: 2 What it writes in the log

Detailed log excerpts showing normal backups in 10.12 to 10.15, with some of the more common errors encountered.

December 4, 2019 Macs, Technology

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