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Category Archive: Technology

The app sandbox and how it protects

Unlike iOS, OS X does not require apps to run in a sandbox. But when they do, there are important benefits to the user.

August 29, 2016 Macs, Technology

Last Week on my Mac: Where the law fails to protect

A chilling tale with a happy ending – for once – which shows how our governments don’t want to improve our computer security.

August 28, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 7 – Rembrandt and surface texture

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His later paintings in particular were the first major works to exploit the visual effects produced by surface texture. How?

August 27, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

AI and robots: a better understanding

We have become confused as to what artificial intelligence might be, and condemned remote-control vehicles as robots. Let’s correct this, and refocus more accurately.

August 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 6 – Rubens and control of paint viscosity

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Rubens’ methods were extensively documented by a contemporary. Do they reveal or conceal any dark secrets?

August 26, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Recovery mode and its tools

Recovery mode includes four basic tools, and gives you access to much more in Terminal’s command shell.

August 25, 2016 Macs, Technology

Playing Safe: what does Safe mode do?

Another commonly-suggested panacea, Safe mode has its uses, if you understand why it is ‘safe’.

August 24, 2016 Macs, Technology

New Mac malware: Mac File Opener, or OSX.FakeFileOpener

Thomas Reed, of Malwarebytes Labs, has recently announced detection of new malware which runs on OS X, including […]

August 23, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple silently updates Gatekeeper data

Apple has today updated the Gatekeeper Configuration Data on Macs running El Capitan, to version 96, dated 23 […]

August 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

Persistence: EFI, SMC and NVRAM (formerly PRAM)

These store key information for your Mac. Resetting the SMC and NVRAM is no panacea, but can transform an apparently dying Mac.

August 23, 2016 Macs, Technology

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