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Louveciennes landscapes: Before the war

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In the summer of 1869, Renoir was living at his parents’ house in Louveciennes, and Monet was living near Bougival. Together they painted the works that set out the manifesto of Impressionism.

October 25, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 331

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

October 25, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

Explainer: How does macOS recognise file types?

For the last 10 years, macOS has relied on Uniform Type Identifiers to recognise different types of files, for opening in apps, QuickLook, Spotlight and in other features.

October 25, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 232 Alchemy

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Popularly intended to transform base metals like lead into gold, alchemy relied on special glassware like alembics, and is included with other ‘dark arts’ in paintings.

October 24, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Be careful when interpreting APFS timestamps

Two confounding factors to take into account when interpreting timestamps on files: what updates the Last opened time, and access via QuickLook.

October 24, 2025 Macs, Technology

The Dutch Golden Age: Johannes Vermeer 2

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A stolen painting of a concert, a girl with a pearl earring, ladies with a maid and writing a letter, an astronomer and a geographer.

October 23, 2025 General, Life, Painting

A Spotlight bug affecting all recent macOS: the LG error

From Ventura (if not earlier) to Tahoe, Spotlight appears unable to index text files that start with two specific letters. Although those are exceedingly rare, this could still catch you out.

October 23, 2025 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an additional out-of-cycle update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5321. As usual, it […]

October 23, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

The Dutch Golden Age: Johannes Vermeer 1

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Finding form with his famous compositions of figures lit by daylight from windows on the left. His use of maps, curtains, and his unique depth of field effects.

October 22, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Gain access to a locked Mac with Recovery Assistant

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You’ve tried entering your password, but it doesn’t work. Should you try guessing? As that imposes increasing waiting times of up to 8 hours, maybe not. Try this instead.

October 22, 2025 Macs, Technology

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