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Boot volume layout and structure in macOS Sequoia

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How the immutable system of the SSV, the firmlinked Data volume, and cryptexes ‘grafted’ into the directory tree combine to form the boot volume group of Intel and Apple silicon Macs running macOS 15.

October 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 42 Wrestling for the Horn of Plenty

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How Hercules and Achelous came to fight one another over the hand of Deianira, resulting in one of the river god’s horns being wrenched off to become the Horn of Plenty.

October 21, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 278

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 278. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Platform […]

October 21, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Disk Images: Bands, Compaction and Space Efficiency

How do sparse bundles and read-write disk images compare with regard to their efficient use of disk space, and in maintenance requirements? Here are test results from Sequoia.

October 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

Canals of Venice 1903-1910

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Pointillisme in the city, with Henri-Edmond Cross and Paul Signac, with more by John Singer Sargent, in the early years of the 20th century.

October 20, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Top Tips or clunky cosplay?

In Sequoia, the Tips app has shot from being hidden in CoreServices to join Apple’s first league apps in the main Applications folder. Is this real change, or merely cosplay?

October 20, 2024 Macs, Technology

Canals of Venice 1895-1903

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Maurice Prendergast,Henri-Edmond Cross, MartΓ­n Rico, Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent, and others paint the canals.

October 19, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 278

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

October 19, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of FileVault

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First securing the Home folder in an encrypted sparse disk image, then to whole-volume encryption using CoreStorage, now using T2 and Apple silicon chips.

October 19, 2024 Macs, Technology

Interiors by design: Introduction to a new painting series

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First popular in the Dutch Golden Age, paintings of interiors enjoyed success during the 19th century, when they were favourites of the avant garde.

October 18, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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