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Identifying the state of your Mac: is it dead or alive?

Is that Mac completely dead due to a severe failure, or could it just be in DFU mode? They aren’t easy to distinguish on most Macs.

May 15, 2023 Macs, Technology

A weekend with painters in Skagen 2

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With PS Krøyer, Laurits Tuxen, and a British visitor to the artists’ colony at Skagen, Adrian Stokes.

May 14, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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

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