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Mojave’s many software updates

There’s a very long list of macOS features which are now updated automatically. Advice on how you should configure the Software Update pane and more. Look out for macOS 10.14.1 soon.

October 29, 2018 Macs, Technology

Ondine and her curse

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Invented by the alchemist Paracelsus, these water nymphs became popular in the 19th century with prose poems and a novella. Here they are in paint, by Turner, Waterhouse, Gauguin, Schiele, and others.

October 28, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Can you keep a secret?

If privacy is a fundamental human right, should we also have access to the private data held on our Macs? Tim Cook’s 4 principles are starting points for debate, and Apple needs to discuss more than to dictate.

October 28, 2018 Macs, Technology

River Gods and Nymphs

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A common convention in paintings of classical myth, the river god was a bearded old man with a put pouring forth water, often seen with a Naiad, his daughter.

October 27, 2018 General, Life, Painting

What to do when T2M2 or another log-based app returns an error

What do you do when an app accessing your log returns an error, or no results at all? Step through this to check your log system.

October 27, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Naturalist Andersens: LA Ring 1882-1889

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His breakthrough came in 1884, with the first of a series of social realist paintings. It was a hard life in the Danish countryside, and death is never far away.

October 26, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Making more of Mojave’s language support: Nalaprop 1.0b6

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Big internal changes now show different scripts, languages, parts of speech – all quickly accessible through a menu. For anyone interested in language(s).

October 26, 2018 General, Language, Macs, Technology

The Naturalist Andersens: HA Brendekilde 1883-1889

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Brought up in a poor country family, he trained as a sculptor first, then switched to painting. A selection of his early social realist works, comparable with those of Jules Bastien-Lepage.

October 25, 2018 General, Life, Painting

No Entry ⛔️: access controls in Mojave

Permissions, ACLs, SIP, TCC privacy protection, and now DataVaults – Mojave has many ways of stopping software from opening files and folders.

October 25, 2018 Macs, Technology

Jerusalem Delivered: 6 Erminia and the Shepherds

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The seductive sorceress Armida is quietly wreaking havoc among the crusaders besieging Jerusalem. Then Erminia leaves the city, in search of her love, the wounded warrior Tancred.

October 24, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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