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Watching Grand Central Dispatch at Work

The aim is to be able to run commands at regular intervals using GCD rather than launchd. Here are details of the code and resulting log entries, casting light on how GCD works.

May 1, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple pushes silent update to XProtect and MRT for OSX/Dok malware

Apple has, over the last 24 hours, pushed silent updates which address the threat from the latest OSX/Dok […]

April 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fifty Brides for Fifty Brothers, and their Unexpected Wedding Night

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Dragged to a dungeon by her hair, she had committed no crime – indeed, she had only been faithful to her husband.

April 30, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Going back to the book

Search engines don’t work, as they’re indifferent to quality and accuracy of content. Existing eBook formats are little more than book-in-browser. So how to publish more demanding content?

April 30, 2017 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Painting the Impossible: Sight

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Not as easy as it may seem, there are several outstanding paintings about the sense of sight – and an ancient game which is played on every continent.

April 29, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

App Nap, Battery Endurance, and Grand Central Dispatch

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Despite its documentation vanishing, it’s clear that GCD does a lot more than provide an easy way to concurrency for app developers.

April 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Jean-François Millet: Ploughing a lonely furrow 1856-1861

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Two of his most famous paintings were made in this period: The Gleaners, and The Angelus. Initial reaction was hostile, and neither became popular until after his death.

April 28, 2017 General, Painting

New macOS Malware: OSX/Dok (updated)

Ofer Caspi, of the Check Point malware research team, has published details of new malware targeting macOS and […]

April 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Sierra’s System Integrity Protection (SIP): beyond root

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Why can’t you restore Chess.app from a backup, or trash Text Edit? How should you check that SIP’s protection is enabled on your Mac?

April 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Edvard Munch: A life in paintings 1910-1944

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Less well known outside Norway, later works include vast canvases for Oslo University, and many vibrant and vigorous paintings of nudes and landscapes.

April 27, 2017 General, Painting

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