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M3 Macs: there’s more to performance than counting cores

A look at some of the factors determining the performance of new M3 chips compared to the M1 and M2 versions, and how not to compare them.

November 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

High: Volcano

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Mounts Fuji, Cotopaxi, Merapi, St Helens, and above all the most painted of all, Vesuvius during its violent eruptions.

November 2, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Time Machine in Sonoma: Automatic backups

Detailed account and explanation of the sequence of phases during an automatic backup in Sonoma 14.0 and 14.1, with tear-out chart.

November 2, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 84 Hammers at work

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Split a block of rock, craft your sculpture, break stones to dress the roads, be a blacksmith, sharpen your scythe, forge iron, or operate on a leg with your hammer.

November 1, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Time Machine in Sonoma: how we got here

First released 16 years ago, it was destined for Time Capsules, and relied on hard links in HFS+. It soon used APFS snapshots, and now uses them as the basis for its backups.

November 1, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 83 Hammers in myth and religion

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Wielded by the Etruscan god of death Charun, Hephaistos or Vulcan, Jael as she killed Sisera, those who nailed Christ to the cross, and the Norse god Thor.

October 31, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Making metadata more accessible: Metamer 1.3

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Version 1.3 adds drag and drop onto a document window, and a Scratchpad to store keywords that you use often. For 10.14.6 and later.

October 31, 2023 Macs, Technology, Updates

Arthur: 8 Galahad’s sword and shield

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Galahad was given a shield dating back to Joseph of Arimathea, then sorted out the Castle of Maidens, before getting his sword and scabbard on a ghost ship.

October 30, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Old articles up to Big Sur: a listing

For older articles about previous versions of OS X, see this article macOS 11 Big Sur and Apple […]

October 30, 2023 Macs, Technology

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 227

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 227. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Valley […]

October 30, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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