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Did you download HandBrake recently? You might have got malware instead

If you visited the HandBrake download site between 2-6 May 2017, there is an even chance that instead […]

May 7, 2017 Macs, Technology

In an Ancient Light: Héva Coomans and her family

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Like the Alma-Tademas, a Belgian family of talented painters who specialised in scenes set in Pompeii.

May 6, 2017 General, Painting

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Reading and writing property lists

Implementing file save and file open for Property Lists using Swift 3.

May 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

When should you re-install macOS?

Why re-installing macOS is seldom a good choice to fix a problem, and what better alternatives there are.

May 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Objective-See updates TaskExplorer to 1.6.0

TaskExplorer 1.5.0 can, on some macOS Sierra systems, prove unstable, resulting in crashes or freezes. Objective-See has just […]

May 6, 2017 Macs, Technology

Malware: OSX/Dok isn’t done yet

The recent appearance of new malware affecting macOS, in two variants of OSX/Dok, seemed to be under control. […]

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Jean-François Millet: Ploughing a lonely furrow 1861-1868

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As the social message in his paintings faded, so they became brighter, and more appealing. Then he painted Ceres and dandelions…

May 5, 2017 General, Painting

My Pointer/Cursor Keeps Disappearing: what can I do?

This is a common problem. You’re in the middle of something, and the pointer (or cursor) goes into […]

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

DispatchRider into second alpha, with saved activities and more

New release lets you save and re-open activity configurations in simple plist files, and fixes a couple of annoying bugs.

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

Two ways to run background tasks: comparing launchd and GCD

Background activities scheduled by third-party software currently use launchd, and run the risk of affecting the user. Would GCD be a better choice of dispatcher?

May 5, 2017 Macs, Technology

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