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You can still sync apps and ringtones with iTunes 12.6.3

If you want to continue to use iTunes to download and manage iOS apps and ringtones for your […]

October 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

Inside the macOS log: logd and the files that it manages

Most of what we know about log files, their maintenance by logd, the role of diagnosticd, and the differences between Persist and Special log files.

October 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 47 – the birth of Hercules

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How a maidservant brings a protracted labour to a successful conclusion, the origin of the Milky Way, and an infant who strangles serpents for fun.

October 9, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

High Sierra Supplemental Update can’t always update

What does the Supplemental Update do to the High Sierra installer? An exploration using the installer, an external SSD, and a bootable USB memory stick.

October 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Disk Utility: An ever-changing tool

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Troubled at times, we have used Disk Utility through thick and thin. Now it has changed to support APFS, with some weird behaviour.

October 9, 2017 Macs, Technology

Coast: Ice, the Arctic Art of William Bradford

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He started sailing to Labrador and Greenland, and became a passionate painter of the Arctic coast and seas. One work was commissioned by Queen Victoria.

October 8, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Apple’s new reality distortion field

A crass security bug, not changing version numbers, undocumented file formats, and stunted log access: components in the new RDF.

October 8, 2017 Macs, Technology

Further North: paintings of Iceland by Þórarinn B. Þorláksson

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Like no other place on earth, it has volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, and steppe. Here are some of the earliest and best paintings of this remarkable land.

October 7, 2017 General, Life, Painting

How to speed up Time Machine backups

You may still have plenty of space on your backup volume, but if it has millions of files and hard links from years of backups, it will be very slow. Here’s how to fix that.

October 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 46 – Nessus, Deianira, and Hercules

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How a centaur tried to abduct Hercules’ new bride, and the delayed revenge which led to the death of Hercules.

October 6, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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