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Q&A: Mayhem in Mission Control

After our son used my MacBook Pro, Mission Control has extra desktop spaces, and whenever I close an app in full screen, another space is added to that list. How can I restore my Mac to the way it was?

June 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Hatred of Hippocrates? The rise of a broken meme

I would never have dreamed that huge numbers of people would propagate an obvious malapropism. But search Twitter, or use any regular search engine like Google, for “hate hippocrates”, and step back in amazement.

June 8, 2015 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

Enhancing Performance

Why don’t computer magazines have ads like “Chew KipperGum, its Omega 3 fatty acids will fuel your Photoshop work beyond Steve Caplin’s”, or “Evening Primrose Tea puts the fourth dimension into Lightwave”?

June 8, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Beyond the French Impressionists: 14 Russia and The Ukraine, Ilya Repin, Valentin Serov

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There are several Russian (and Ukrainian) painters who have been claimed to have had impressionist styles, usually for a period in the late nineteenth century. Here are two of the greatest of them.

June 7, 2015 Painting

-14: Manually Installing Part of Mac OS or an Extension (in 2001)

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In comparison with OS X, Mac OS 8 and 9 were tiny and simple. Installing or replacing a component was a minor task; here is how we did it.

June 7, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Q&A: Wayback Mac LC 475

A friend is giving me a Mac LC 475, but when it is powered up the display shows a white floppy disk with a flashing ? against it. What does that mean?

June 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Any Port in a Firewall

There are techniques allowing you to leave firewall ports open, or for opening up ports from outside, whilst retaining security.

June 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Book Review: We Go to the Gallery, Miriam and Ezra Elia

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If you too find Tracey Emin’s bed tawdry, then you should enjoy Miriam and Ezra Elia’s delightful parody of a classic Ladybird learn-to-read book, We Go to the Gallery.

June 6, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Q&A: Fitting a pint drive into a quart Mac Pro

Can I install a 2.5” SATA hard disk in my Mac Pro and use that disk to augment the existing volume used as my Time Machine backup?

June 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

The Great Mail Robbery

Email needs to be turned into a robust service, with accountability and standards. How about it, OFCOM?

June 6, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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