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Portraits of trees: Apple

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Difficult to cultivate, as it can’t self-pollinate and doesn’t breed ‘true’, it has still become a major food crop around the world. From blossom to market in paintings.

August 11, 2026 General, Life, Painting

How can you run code that hasn’t been notarised?

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How can you run apps and executable code that hasn’t been notarised? Can you also run those with broken signatures, or none at all? And do the controls actually disable Gatekeeper or XProtect?

August 11, 2026 Macs, Technology

Hero or hooligan: Odysseus on Phaeacia

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He swam ashore naked and fell asleep in a pile of leaves, When he awoke the following, he walked in front of princess Nausicaä, and had to ask for her father’s help.

August 10, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 372

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 372. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Fruit element […]

August 10, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

How much backup storage does your Mac need?

Does your backup storage really need to be twice the capacity of your Mac’s internal SSD? If you’re already backing it up you can estimate the size required more accurately, as given here.

August 10, 2026 Macs, Technology

Painting legendary self-sacrifice: Did the Horatii save Rome?

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Two sets of triplets fight outside the city of Rome acting as proxies for two warring cities. One survivor at the end demonstrates his loyalty by patriotic sacrifice. But which side was David on?

August 9, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Climate change

The latest XProtect update brings behavioural detection of malware, and extends assurance of app identification beyond notarisation. For some but not all Macs.

August 9, 2026 Macs, Technology

Painting legendary self-sacrifice: Did Horatius Cocles save Rome?

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A classic legend of self-sacrifice, in which a single Roman soldier defended a bridge against a whole army until it was demolished, and Rome was saved from the Etruscans.

August 8, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 372

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

August 8, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

Who has been using my filename extension?

How to discover which app ‘owns’ the mapping between a filename extension and its UTI, and whether you can do anything to fix a conflict.

August 8, 2026 Macs, Technology

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