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Category Archive: Macs

Getting El Capitan to run – without freezing

For the last 15 weeks, this iMac has been freezing sporadically. I have run out of ideas, and hope that 10.11.6 fixes the bug.

July 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

What you see is what you’ve not got

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An extraordinary optical illusion by Kokichi Sugihara.

July 1, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Firmware passwords: a mixed blessing

Coupled with FileVault’s whole disk encryption, this can stop others from accessing your data. But there are disadvantages too.

July 1, 2016 Macs, Technology

Prepare for repair: safeguarding your data

How not to lose data, and how to protect private and sensitive data, when your Mac goes off for repair.

June 30, 2016 Macs, Technology

Prepare for repair: taking or sending a Mac in

Don’t let a repairer see a dirty Mac: they may refuse to complete the repair under warranty. Give it a clean first.

June 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Lost time: what to do when your Apple watch plays dead

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You tap your  watch, and the face remains black. Is it dead? Here’s what to do next.

June 28, 2016 Macs, Technology

Script Debugger version 6

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Simply the best development environment, which now has superb support for AppleScript Objective-C. At half the price too.

June 27, 2016 Macs, Technology

A personal apology

We should have taken heed of the Boaty McBoatface incident. Does the UK really want to leave Europe?

June 25, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Why Wide Colour? A guide to its gains

New Wide Colour gamuts should make all colour rendering more faithful. Benefits are greatest to those for whom faithful colour is most important.

June 24, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

How to uninstall OS X Server 5

It’s not quite as simple as dragging the Server app to the Trash. Here’s how to get rid of Server properly.

June 22, 2016 Macs, Technology

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