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A short history of styled text on the Mac: TeachText to TextEdit & RTF

The journey from single-document and basic styles, through the lightweight word processor brought to Mac OS X from NeXT.

May 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

A to Z of Landscapes: Oil sketch

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From Velázquez’s pioneering sketches of 1630, through Valenciennes in 1780, to Constable, Corot, and Pissarro, Manet and John Singer Sargent in the late 19th century.

May 24, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How to get timely updates

Is your Mac slow to report and install macOS, security data, or App Store updates? These tips ensure you do get them promptly.

May 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

Sea of Mists: Ships

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The development of fully-rigged sailing ships in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and JC Dahl.

May 23, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How secure is Secure Erase (EACAS)?

Could old images be retained on a device or your Mac after you had securely erased it using Erase Assistant?

May 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 133 Bagpipes

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Played for the Danse Macabre in the Middle Ages, a favourite of Hieronymus Bosch, and Joseph Stella in the early 20th century.

May 22, 2024 General, Life, Painting

How Help windows get lost on Intel Macs

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Help has been in steady decline since macOS 10.13. More recently, when you open a Help book on an Intel Mac it may get buried, but it doesn’t on M-series Macs. Why?

May 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 132 Aulos, pipe or flute

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The double pipe with reeds played by Marsyas in his doomed contest with Apollo, blown by the Sirens, and more.

May 21, 2024 General, Life, Painting

SwiftUI on macOS: Drag and drop, and more

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Implementing a basic drag-and-drop app for macOS using SwiftUI: the DropDelegate protocol, and working with NSItemProvider. With full source and notarized example.

May 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

SwiftUI on macOS: Drag and drop, Source Code

Swift source code implementing drag and drop and more, to accompany the main article.

May 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

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