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The Cost of Not Restarting

I sat in front of my iMac, only to discover that the Internet was gone. The right lights still shone on my modem-router, but no matter where I pointed Safari, I got a near-instant error.

April 9, 2015 Macs, Technology

Safari 8.0.5, 7.1.5, and 6.2.5 security updates

Apple has just release updated versions of Safari: 8.0.5 for Yosemite (which is bundled in the OS X […]

April 8, 2015 Macs

Mac OS X 10.10.3 released

Apple has today released the update – all 2.02 GB of it – to bring current Yosemite systems […]

April 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Log race – understanding and using Console’s logs

When something goes wrong with your Mac, the best clues are usually found in the log. Are you scared to open Console, or panic when you scroll through its contents?

April 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Book Review: Ravilious, James Russell

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This accompanies The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s current exhibition of Ravilious’s watercolours, the largest to date, and impresses in several respects.

April 8, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Lost in Transcription

Can the Mac produce a transcribed account of important meetings using Dictation, or would an audio typist be better?

April 8, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Upgrade or Replace?

Can you squeeze more from your existing Mac, or must you replace it to improve performance?

April 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

FileMaker 12 and 13 SSL security updates

If you use FileMaker’s SSL feature for connections between FileMaker clients and FileMaker Server, then you need to […]

April 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

in-, en-, im-, em-, il-, and ir-: almost morphological nuts

Adding in- as a prefix in English turns out to be more complex than it at first seems. All you have to know is the meaning of in- and the origin of the word.

April 7, 2015 Language

Getting resilient

I am a great believer in the Internet remaining relatively unregulated, free to all, and free for all. But we need direction to provide better for disruption and disaster.

April 7, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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