Is Time Machine becoming erratic? A simple diagnostic process can establish what the problem is, and how to deal with it.
Author: hoakley
macOS Sierra doesn’t run periodic backups using a simple mechanism. Here’s the story in full detail.
Born two centuries ago, his paintings anticipated and influenced those of the mainstream Impressionists. He even painted from a floating studio.
Here’s a tool which lets AppleScript and anything else which can run a shell command make an entry in Sierra’s logs.
Here are two log excerpts which should be identical, but only one out of all the entries is actually the same. What is wrong?
When he died young, in 1891, Moreau was devastated at the loss of his friend. Here are some of his surviving history paintings.
Working out why Time Machine backups go wrong isn’t necessarily that different from unravelling classical mythology. In some ways.
How could a woman succeed as an innovative professional painter during the Renaissance, and live to the age of 92?
Getting deeper into using Sierra’s new logs, and investigating why Time Machine backups become irregular.
Second and final part to commemorate his death a century ago, with several of his finest paintings.
The Eclectic Light Company 