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Last Week on My Mac: iCloud of unknowing

All you need to know about the main services in iCloud, the limits imposed on them by Apple, and how access to them can be controlled.

February 25, 2024 Macs, Technology

The Breaking Wave in Paintings 1

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Artists in Europe seldom painted prominent near-breaking waves until the latter half of the 19th century, when Hokusai’s woodblock print of ‘The Great Wave’ became popular.

February 24, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 244

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

February 24, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

How to evaluate an external SSD

Check its protocol support and expected maximum transfer rate, then whether it supports SMART indicators and Trims with APFS. Finally check its real-world performance.

February 24, 2024 Macs, Technology

A to Z of Landscapes: Bridges

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Even the most humble wooden or stone bridge has a satisfying geometry about it that contrasts with natural forms without looking out of place.

February 23, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Apple silicon: 2 Power and thermal glory

How power efficiency is just as important to desktop Macs as it is to notebooks, and the story of the Mac mini in power from 2005-2023.

February 23, 2024 Macs, Technology

Sea of Mists: Caspar David Friedrich to 1820

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Born in Swedish Pomerania, studied in Copenhagen, and lived most of his adult life in Dresden. Paintings from early landscapes in 1807 to ‘Chalk Cliffs on RΓΌgen’.

February 22, 2024 General, Life, Painting

iCloud does throttle data syncing after all

You’ve got a good Internet connection and iCloud should be working fine, but won’t sync data between your Mac and devices. Could it be throttled?

February 22, 2024 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 115 Bottle of trouble

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Bottles of alcoholic drink as the way to disaster, absinthe, and the last need of the destitute. As virtuoso displays, and in still lifes.

February 21, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Mints version 1.18 now shows floating-point numbers in hex

Did you know that, in 64-bit double floating-point format, the number pi is 4009 21FB 6000 0000? Now you can discover that, and reverse from hex to regular decimal, using Mints.

February 21, 2024 Macs, Technology

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