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Why are Apple silicon VMs so different?

Before Apple had even released its Developer Transition Kit, virtualisation was already one of the 3 pillars of software support on Apple silicon Macs.

December 29, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 100 Feasts secular

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The wedding feasts of Peleus and Thetis, Pirithous and Hippodame, Perseus and Andromeda, and a more peaceful banquet thrown by Achelous.

December 28, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Making the leap from Mojave to Apple silicon

Coping with 64-bit code, APFS, the different CPU, the SSV, System Settings, Recovery Mode, and how to get the best from migration and sharing in iCloud.

December 28, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 99 Feasts sacred

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The Last Supper, Veronese’s series of New Testament feasts leading to his appearance before the Inquisition, and Belshazzar’s Feast.

December 27, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Can a different core allocation strategy work on Apple silicon?

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A strange observation, that the last thread to complete a matrix multiplication task was always much later than others, explored to discover a different strategy used by macOS.

December 27, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of 1923: 4 Landscapes

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Paintings from Norway to California, from Nikolai Astrup, Ants Laikmaa, Lovis Corinth, George Breitner, George Clausen, Paul Nash and Colin Campbell Cooper.

December 26, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Christmas Mac riddles 235

I hope that you enjoyed this Christmas Mac Riddles, episode 235. Here are my solutions to them. 1: […]

December 26, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

When macOS won’t work with the App Store

Running a macOS VM on Apple silicon has many advantages: it lets you run older macOS on newer models, is more secure, and convenient, except it can’t work with App Store apps.

December 26, 2023 Macs, Technology

The origins of painted Nativity scenes

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Early paintings of the Nativity from 1263 to 1504, from Duccio, Robert Campin, Petrus Christus, Botticelli and Fra Bartolomeo.

December 25, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Where are the sanity checks?

When did you last see figures on your Mac that were unbelievable, like 60 TB of snapshots on a 2 TB SSD? We need more sanity checking.

December 25, 2023 Macs, Technology

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