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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

Turn a sparse bundle into a TARDIS: an odd bug in Sequoia

How to fit over 90 GB of files into a sparse bundle that’s only 13.8 MB in size, just like Doctor Who’s TARDIS. No APFS sparse files are involved.

October 18, 2024 Macs, Technology

The Real Country: 9 Courses and crop rotation

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Arable farmers learned to rotate crops, to prevent loss of soil fertility. At the same time, land was enclosed to remove it from use for communal grazing.

October 17, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Who’s been accessing my storage? Reading a disk’s history

How to tell whether someone has been eating the (APFS) porridge on one of your disks, using Get Info and DiskUtility’s First Aid. And a surprise hidden volume from 3 years ago.

October 17, 2024 Macs, Technology

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