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Last Week on My Mac: The worst macOS upgrade ever?

Seen the reports that Apple Support recommends not installing 10.15 on new Mac minis? Well, they’re just another fake.

October 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Painting the Dream 1

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Painting dreams relies on a compositional convention to show both the viewer’s image of the dream, and that of the dreamer.

October 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 17

Three rather easier ones this week, I hope. Give them a try.

October 19, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Should you enable defragmentation on APFS hard drives?

You’re stuck using hard disks with High Sierra or later. Could enabling defragmentation on them overcome the performance problems of APFS?

October 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Fading Dreams of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 2

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A painting based on one of Schubert’s songs expressing the inevitability of death, a Christ-like fisherman, and sacred groves – from one of the fathers of Symbolism.

October 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

SilentKnight, LockRattler and silnite updates to extend 10.15 checks

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Important updates if you’re running Catalina, as they add the KEXT blocker back into their checks.

October 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

Beware Apple security certificates after 24 October: they may have expired

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Don’t rely on being able to use any Apple installer package unless it has been downloaded recently: its certificate is about to expire.

October 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Fading Dreams of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 1

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Paintings by Puvis were the antithesis of realism, Impressionism, and the Academic. They became popular after the Franco-Prussian War.

October 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Security data files: how they’ve changed in Catalina

Details of their locations, purposes, and the current installed version. These have changed a great deal since Mojave.

October 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Auguste Renoir 2: 1868-75

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He created some of the most important Impressionist paintings during this period, at La Grenouillère, and painting with Monet and Sisley.

October 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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