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Last Week on My Mac: Happy birthday APFS

iOS 10.3, released on 27 March 2017, thrust the new file system on a great many unsuspecting users. Apple chose a high risk strategy. Has it paid off?

March 17, 2019 Macs, Technology

Leonardo the Apprentice: Verrocchio and his Studio

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Over 550 years ago, a 14 year-old boy started his apprenticeship with the Florentine painter and sculptor Verrocchio. He was Leonardo da Vinci, and here are some of his master’s works.

March 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Disk Utility can’t resize APFS disk images, but hdiutil can

Want to increase the size of a disk image in APFS? If you’re relying on Disk Utility to do it, you’re out of luck. But here’s how to do this at the command line instead.

March 16, 2019 Macs, Technology

Comments to all articles welcomed again

I have now returned this blog’s settings to normal again, which enables you to make comments to all […]

March 15, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

The Divine Comedy: Inferno 3 In Limbo, and the Harrowing of Hell

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Dante awakes in Limbo, the outermost part of Hell reserved for those whose only failing was that they lived before the Christian era. An opportunity for self-promotion.

March 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Should you add a new APFS Container or Volume?

Adding volumes in APFS is quick and simple. But why would you ever want to add a container to a disk? An exploration of their differences, and when containers are useful.

March 15, 2019 Macs, Technology

Le Nabi Zouave: Édouard Vuillard 2

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In the 20th century, his style evolved from the Nabi. The sun came out, he used higher chroma, and painted many portraits.

March 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Further improvements to Podofyllin’s Source window

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Restores XML metadata stored in text format, and now gives the option to view raw PDF source as well.

March 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Screenshots aren’t simple any more

Mojave brings new flying thumbnails of screenshots and more options. But do they solve limitations in taking screenshots?

March 14, 2019 Macs, Technology

Temporary restrictions on posting comments

I’m afraid that once again this blog is receiving a torrent of hundreds of attempts to post comment […]

March 13, 2019 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

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