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Category Archive: Technology

Pigment: Two whites, lead and chalk

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Lead White was the primary white pigment used in oil painting until the late twentieth century, and Chalk White was mainly used in the grounds under oil paint layers.

July 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Two command tools updated for Mojave: alisma and unormal

Create and resolve Finder aliases from the command line, and convert Unicode strings into any of their normalised forms.

July 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Blowhole version 5 now writes Signposts from the command line

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If you’re running Mojave and using a scripting language which can’t itself access Signposts, Blowhole now gives you access to them.

July 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 3: Launch

Last of 3 articles explains how macOS selects and starts the app with which to open a document which you double-clicked/tapped.

July 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 2: Security check

Second of 3 articles explains how macOS puts documents through its security checks before opening them.

July 11, 2018 Macs, Technology

What changed in the High Sierra 10.13.6 and Sierra 2018-004 updates?

According to Apple’s release notes, High Sierra 10.13.6 updates brings one new feature (AirPlay 2 multi-room audio support […]

July 10, 2018 Macs, Technology

macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 update, Sierra and El Capitan Security Updates 2018-004 now available

Apple has released macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 update, and the 2018-004 security updates for Sierra and El Capitan. […]

July 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 4.6 fixes documentation bugs

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A minor update to correct errors in the Help book and PDF documentation.

July 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 147, […]

July 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

Open a document: how it works, and where it can go wrong, 1: identification

How does macOS open the document that you double-click/tap? First of 3 parts explaining what should happen and where it can go wrong.

July 9, 2018 Macs, Technology

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