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macOS Sequoia 15.3 has improved Thunderbolt 5 performance

Sequoia 15.3 results in significant improvements in read-write speeds of SSDs connection through Thunderbolt 5 docks and hubs. Here are the details and implications for choosing SSDs.

February 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 56 The hawk, kingfishers and a diver

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How Daedalion was turned into a hawk, a wolf was turned into marble, King Ceyx and his wife became kingfishers, and Aesacus was turned into a diver.

February 3, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 293

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 293. Here are my solutions to them. 1: 42, […]

February 3, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

How to change lid behaviour on MacBook Air and Pro

Apple silicon laptops start up (if not asleep) when you open their lid or connect power. Now you can change that behaviour by setting their NVRAM.

February 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Florence: paintings of the city

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Corot’s view from the Boboli Gardens, Thomas Cole, John Brett’s landscape masterwork, intimate view from local painters, and a portrait by Paul Sérusier.

February 2, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: What happened with XProtect?

If it’s running Sequoia, a Mac most likely installed update to Sequoia silently. However, it could still download the Software Update version, as explained here.

February 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Florence: a history in paintings

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Dante and Beatrice, the Black Death that opens Boccaccio’s Decameron, the death of Brunelleschi, Botticelli in his studio, and the de’ Medicis.

February 1, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 293

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: 42, 3.14159, […]

February 1, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of the Finder

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From its clean and spartan origins in Classic MacOS, the Finder has changed it metaphor, and now works more like a browser. Over 25 years of history.

February 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

Urban Revolutionaries: 2 Living in the city

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Crowded apartments in Montmartre, the Lower East Side in New York City, smoke in Charleroi and Dortmund, workers’ cottages, and more smoke.

January 31, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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