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Category Archive: Technology

How much is that external SSD cable?

Should you buy a cheap cable to connect your external SSD to a Thunderbolt port, or pay over $/€/£50 for high performance? Here are some test results.

June 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

LockRattler 4.5 fixes a bug installing named updates

In this version, the feature to install named security updates finally works, the Help book is updated, and it now works properly in Dark Mode. Recommended for all.

June 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

In the Dark Mode: a tortuous journey without a map

Apple tells us not to use hard-coded colours like .black, but sets the default for scrolling text views to .black, causing text to be rendered in black on dark grey when in Dark Mode. Here’s a simple and universal fix.

June 20, 2018 General, Macs, Technology

How to stop Dark Mode becoming Chequer Mode

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Global Dark Mode poses problems with styled text which cannot be solved well without giving the user control over the mode used by that app.

June 20, 2018 Macs, Technology

Apple has just pushed updates to MRT and Gatekeeper’s data

Apple has just pushed updates to the data used by Gatekeeper, and that used by the Malware Removal […]

June 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

Consolation 3: log browser of choice for macOS 10.12-10.14

Important improvements for Sierra and High Sierra, and support for Dark Mode which looks gorgeous in Mojave.

June 19, 2018 Macs, Technology

New versions of 32-bitCheck, LockRattler, and SystHist with update links and better Mojave support

Add a feature to check for updates, built using the latest Xcode on Mojave, and supporting Dark Mode – with a caveat.

June 18, 2018 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: Is Dark Mode overdesigned?

It’s not just inversion of display colours, but has colour tinting from the Desktop, accents which change the colour of controls, and all icons need to be redesigned. Just to be cool?

June 17, 2018 Macs, Technology

LaTeX and MathML equations come to iWork, as well as iBooks Author

Welcome and useful additions, particularly to Pages, where these additions fit in well with styles. But some surprising shortcomings too.

June 16, 2018 Macs, Technology

Pigment: Controversial Cadmiums, yellow to red

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Slow to be taken up, as they were so expensive and Chrome Yellow almost as good, they then came to dominate palettes, until their sudden fall from favour.

June 15, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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