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Last Week on My Mac: Systematic troubleshooting

New series aimed at troubleshooting Apple silicon Macs, with additions for recent Intel models. You’re invited to contribute your experience and knowledge please.

May 14, 2023 Macs, Technology

A weekend with painters in Skagen 1

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With the Danish and other Nordic Impressionists, Anna Ancher, her husband Michael, and Christian Krohg, in this artists’ colony.

May 13, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 203

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Unwelcome hanging around […]

May 13, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Making a dial-up Internet Connection in Mac OS 8

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How to connect to the internet in Mac OS 8.6 in 2001, using a dial-up modem.

May 13, 2023 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Eugène Delacroix: Introduction

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Two of his paintings secured support for Greek independence, another had to be hidden from public view because it glorified liberty, and he was a major influence over Impressionism.

May 12, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Has Apple sounded the last POST?

Power-on self-test routines are widespread in electronics, and one of the oldest features in personal computers. Do Apple silicon Macs run them?

May 12, 2023 Macs, Technology

Hard reality: 4 Cast shadows in landscapes

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How to paint a landscape with faithful and coherent cast shadows, why most painters don’t do so, and a few get it wrong.

May 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

How help works and how it doesn’t

All about helpd and HelpViewer, how they index and maintain Help books. And what has gone wrong recently, including an odd difference between Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

May 11, 2023 Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 55 Lions

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In the Roman arena, with a runaway slave, sparing the life of Daniel, at the feet of St Jerome and St Rufina, and snoring gently on the rug.

May 10, 2023 General, Life, Painting

How macOS now tracks the provenance of apps

Which extended attributes are attached to downloaded archives and apps? How do they fit in with provenance tracking?

May 10, 2023 Macs, Technology

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