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Category Archive: Technology

Apple is killing QuickTime 7 in macOS 10.15: convert old media now

32-bit apps and codecs die with macOS 10.15 later this year. Many video, audio and still image formats will become unusable as a result. Here’s what to do.

March 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

PDF without Adobe 19: Seeing inside PDF with Podofyllin

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Now parses the PDF file itself and builds a structured summary of all the objects it contains. Ideal for locating orphaned and other leaking content.

March 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Which Safari extensions do you use?

I’ve two which I couldn’t do without. StopTheMadness restores Mac features like menus, autocomplete, copy and paste. Better is my choice of tracker blocker.

March 22, 2019 Macs, Technology

Medium Well Done: 1 Fresco and secco wall painting

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Many of the greatest and most important European works of art are painted on walls or ceilings. Explains secco, fresco, and how they influence the result.

March 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 0 Introduction and terminology

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Introduction to a series looking at different painting systems. Establishes how their key components are the support, ground, pigment, binder and diluent and explains terms.

March 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

When the wrong copy/version of the right app opens a document

Sometimes macOS decides you want to open documents using the wrong version of the right app. Here’s how to fix that.

March 21, 2019 Macs, Technology

Choosing your new iMac: picking the best storage compromise

Fancy a new iMac? With a hard disk or a Fusion Drive? It’s worth considering their drawbacks, and looking at a smaller SSD perhaps.

March 20, 2019 Macs, Technology

Some tweaks to make Podofyllin easier to use

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Now saves windows sizes and positions, and settings for display of thumbnails and raw PDF source.

March 19, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

macOS 10.14.4 update likely on 25 March, with new iMacs and more?

Ready to download updates to macOS, iOS, watchOS, Xcode, and some security updates, all at once? It looks like we’re going to be busy next week.

March 19, 2019 Macs, Technology

How LaunchServices builds the Open Recent menu, and outsmarts Aliases

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How can the Open Recent menu offer to open a document that no longer exists when the volume it was on is no longer mounted?

March 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

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