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What has changed in macOS Sequoia 15.1?

A broad overview of changes listed by Apple, with links, how to enable AI on compatible Macs, and version changes in bundled apps and libraries.

October 28, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.1, and security updates to 14.7.1 and 13.7.1

As expected, Apple has released the update to macOS 15.1 Sequoia, together with security updates to bring Sonoma […]

October 28, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Changing Paintings: 43 The death of Hercules

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When the centaur Nessus tried to abduct Hercules’ wife, he was impaled by an arrow. He set up the later death of the hero, who was destroyed by poison in his own arrow.

October 28, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 279

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 279. Here are my solutions to them. 1: The […]

October 28, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Planning complex Time Machine backups for efficiency

Understand how TM backs up and how snapshots work to minimise the size of local snapshots and backups, and the time they take. How to ensure files in iCloud Drive are backed up properly.

October 28, 2024 Macs, Technology

Painting Don Quixote: Decline and fall

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Paintings continue with three sketches by Honoré Daumier, and set pieces by Hispaleto, telling the misadventures of Cervantes’ Don Quixote.

October 27, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Writing Tools

What does the new Writing Tools feature in Sequoia 15.1 offer? Here are examples of its different types of summary, and a comparison with other types of AI.

October 27, 2024 Macs, Technology

Painting Don Quixote: Arise the knight

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Enormously popular across Europe, Cervantes’ ‘Don Quixote’ led to some fine narrative paintings, but why so few even in the 19th century?

October 26, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 279

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

October 26, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Mac firmware

From the Macintosh ROM of Classic days, to Open Firmware in Power Macs, and on to (U)EFI with Intel, and ending up with LLB and iBoot in Apple silicon Macs.

October 26, 2024 Macs, Technology

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