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Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

October 8, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading visual art: 164 Group portraits A

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From Rembrandt to Velázquez, Goya, Courbet and Fantin-Latour, reading group portraits can be complicated and demanding.

October 8, 2024 General, Life, Painting

APFS incompatibilities and how to live with them

When do sparse files explode to full size, and how could you preserve them in transit? Can you copy clones or snapshots? How to preserve extended attributes?

October 8, 2024 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 40 Hospitality to strangers and virtue rewarded

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A poor couple entertained two men as well as they could in their humble cottage. Their guests turned out to be Jupiter and Mercury, who rewarded them for their hospitality.

October 7, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 276

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 276. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Armour, […]

October 7, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Disk Images: Introduction

Focussing on sparse bundles and UDIF read-write disk images, this explains their types, structure, how their size can change, and how fast they are in use.

October 7, 2024 Macs, Technology

Canals of Venice: 1825-1870

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Paintings by Richard Parkes Bonington, Edward Lear, JMW Turner, and John Ferguson Weir, during the revival of interest in Venice.

October 6, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: the Finder is growing less consistent

The Finder uses a small grammar, which ensures its consistency. iCloud Drive is already an exception with evicted files, and pinning is highly inconsistent, and not designed for humans.

October 6, 2024 Macs, Technology

In memoriam Joachim Patinir, who died 500 years ago

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One of the first serious landscape painters in Europe, contemporary and friend of Dürer, and originator of the World View, a precursor to the panorama.

October 5, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 276

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

October 5, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

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