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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 332

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 332. Here are my solutions to them. 1: I […]

November 3, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Why old installers may not work

Certificates in an installer must be valid when the installer is run. Six years ago, all Apple’s ran out, and it had provide new versions. How to cope with that.

November 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

The way of the Spartans 2

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How Lycurgus got the Spartans to keep his laws, the 300 at Thermopylae, a Spartan poet supporting warriors in the 2nd Messenian War, and the role of Sparta in the start of the war against Troy.

November 2, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: What do those CPU frequencies mean?

Given what we know about the base M5, is it really a significant improvement on the base M4. What features should we be looking at?

November 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

The way of the Spartans 1

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The remarkable story of how Lycurgus laid down the oral laws of Sparta, to create the perfect male warrior. Paintings by Degas, Delacroix, David and others.

November 1, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 332

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: I came […]

November 1, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: Preferences

Hundreds of app preferences are hidden away in ~/Library/Preferences and elsewhere. What do they contain, how do they work, and how can they crash an app before it’s even running fully?

November 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

Gustave Doré’s paintings: After the war

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The first portrait of Sarah Bernhardt, scenes of the Franco-Prussian War, two huge religious paintings, and two superb views of the Scottish Highlands. Doré as you’ve not seen him before.

October 31, 2025 General, Life, Painting

When time is out of joint, the log falls over

When the clocks went back, looking in the log for entries at 01:49:02 brought a very great surprise: in one Mac, nearly 4 million entries in a single second.

October 31, 2025 Macs, Technology

Gustave Doré’s paintings: Before the war

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Known today only for his prolific illustrations of major European narratives and the Bible, he was also an accomplished and well-received painter in oils.

October 30, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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