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Category Archive: Technology

Need an external optical drive? If only life was more simple

It should be easy to choose an external optical drive for your Mac: this guide makes it clearer.

April 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Keeping cool: how to stop your Mac from overheating

Summer is allegedly coming: the season when your Mac could see its harshest use. Does yours get too hot?

April 26, 2016 Macs, Technology

How Apple’s Superdrive enforces obsolescence

If your old Mac’s optical drive fails, Apple wants you to buy a new one – and its USB Superdrive, which won’t work with the old Mac.

April 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

Palmyra, paintings, and cultural vandalism

Vasari praised Masaccio’s fresco, then six years later painted over parts of it, and put his altarpiece in front, obscuring it for nearly 300 years.

April 24, 2016 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Known bugs in El Capitan 10.11.4: an incomplete summary

The list is a little shorter than for 10.11.3, but some old favourites are still there.

April 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Achieving the right perspective

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The importance of perspective in Western painting is hotly debated, but there is no doubt that is has brought about very visible change.

April 22, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Endtime for QuickTime?

In 1996, QuickTime had no serious competition, was very cross-platform, elegant, and highly practical. Yet now it is dying.

April 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Java 8u91 update with important security fixes

Oracle has just released Java 8u91, which contains 9 new security fixes and is a recommended update for […]

April 21, 2016 Macs, Technology

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.226 update

Adobe has just released its Flash Player version 21.0.0.226. This does not appear to contain any significant security […]

April 21, 2016 Macs, Technology

No fear of ransomware

Objective-See releases a new tool to detect ransomware.

April 21, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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