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Explainer: Pixel density and display resolution

If you don’t know the difference between display resolution and pixel density, and want to know why Retina displays work, here’s an introduction.

July 30, 2022 Macs, Technology

Sunrise on Impressionism: 1 Introduction

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On 15 April 1874, thirty artists showed 165 works in an empty photographer’s studio in Paris. One of their paintings led to their name: Impressionists.

July 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Preparing your Mac for Trade In or passing on

If you plan to trade in or pass on your old Mac when you upgrade to a new one, there are pitfalls in ensuring you don’t lose any data, while ensuring your old Mac is completely wiped.

July 29, 2022 Macs, Technology

Pastel paintings of Eugène Delacroix

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After his death, over 1500 of his pastels were sold, the great majority of which have since disappeared. Here are some of the finest of the survivors.

July 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 6 Support limits

Although Monterey supports lightweight virtualisation of macOS guests, it has some significant limitations, and doesn’t support GUI Linux. Full details are here.

July 28, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Paul Signac 15: Watercolours 1925-35

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For this final decade, he was prolific, painting a series of ports of France in 1929-31, and many other views of the coast of France and of Corsica.

July 27, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The State of Mac Security

The silly season is upon us, and a perfect time to check your Macs are fully up to date and protected, and to plan any macOS updates before the autumn/fall.

July 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 8: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2

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Titania, Queen of the Fairies, falls in love with Bottom, whose head has been turned into that of an ass. All ends well, after a farcical play within a play/

July 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

How to find it in the log: 2 Navigation

Time and timestamps, landmark events, activities like clicks, subsystems as predicates, Find, and bar charts – all aids to navigating the log.

July 26, 2022 Macs, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1

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His most popular comedy inspired a new sub-genre in painting, ‘faery painting’ in the 19th century. Here’s the first act and a bit, with paintings by Dadd and Paton.

July 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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