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Are sparse bundles faster than disk images?

Why does compressing a 15 GB file within a sparse bundle run more slowly than would be expected from its write performance?

December 16, 2024 Macs, Technology

Commemorating the centenary of the death of Henri Jules Jean Geoffroy, painter of childhood

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The greatest painter of children, school and childhood in the European canon. Paintings from ‘Les Miserables’ to the classrooms of the Third Republic.

December 15, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Compression models

Why data compression is everyday, and how its performance problems can generalise into tasks of similar structure.

December 15, 2024 Macs, Technology

Celebrating the bicentenary of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 2

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From 1872, as symbolism developed in his paintings. From ‘Death and the Maiden’, through ‘The Poor Fisherman’, to his recurring theme of the Sacred Grove.

December 14, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 286

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

December 14, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Activity Monitor

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Originally Process Viewer and CPU Monitor, in 2003 they merged and became Activity Monitor, similar to the current version. Also borrowed for Xcode Instruments.

December 14, 2024 Macs, Technology

Celebrating the bicentenary of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 1

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First of two articles celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth. Covers the period up to the years after the Franco-Prussian War, when he achieved popularity.

December 13, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Has Apple stopped updating EFI firmware?

Did you spot the change that didn’t take place as expected in the 15.2 update this week? It marks the end of the Intel era for Macs.

December 13, 2024 Macs, Technology

Paintings of 1924: 1 Portraits and figures

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Portraits in pastel by Baes and Laikmaa, and oils from Lovis Corinth, Christian Krohg, Emily Carr, Pierre Bonnard and Paul SΓ©rusier.

December 12, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Tune for Performance: Do you really need a big internal SSD?

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Why pay an extra $600 for a 2 TB internal SSD, after all fast external SSDs are cheaper. Maybe you need to check whether disk performance becomes a rate-limiting factor.

December 12, 2024 Macs, Technology

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