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What performance should you get from different types of storage?

How much faster should a Thunderbolt 3 SSD be for making Time Machine backups? How can you speed up backups to your NAS? Here are representative speeds from real testing.

September 10, 2024 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: 36 Theseus and the Minotaur

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King Nisus’ daughter betrays her father and his kingdom to King Minos of Crete. Theseus kills the Minotaur kept in the labyrinth on Crete, then abducts Ariadne to Naxos, where he abandons her.

September 9, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 272

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 272. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Used […]

September 9, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Mastering Secure Boot on Apple silicon

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Explains the three different settings, including Permissive Security, why you might need to reduce security, and how to do so using Startup Security Utility.

September 9, 2024 Macs, Technology

Heroines 15: Sappho and the ferryman

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Did Sappho really throw herself from the Leucadian Cliff when she was jilted by Phaon the local ferryman, or was Ovid ridiculing the story?

September 8, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: M what?

If you don’t know your M2 from an M3, here’s a short summary of the timeline of their release, and their major differences, before we all get our heads around the coming M4 Macs.

September 8, 2024 Macs, Technology

Heroines 14: The crime of faithfulness

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The story of Hypermnestra’s faithfulness to her husband, her trial for not murdering him, and what happened to her sisters, the Danaides.

September 7, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 272

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

September 7, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of Time Machine

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Released in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on 26 October 2007, it supported Time Capsules launched in January 2008, and in Big Sur could back up to APFS.

September 7, 2024 Macs, Technology

Harriet Backer’s Nordic Light: 1890-1932

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Her studies of light moved indoors, using the shadows of kerosene lanterns, and depicting women in church.

September 6, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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