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Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released its weekly update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5320. As usual, it doesn’t […]

October 21, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Medium and Message: Sticks and crayons

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Modern and mixed media such as wax crayons, pencils, oil pastels, oil sticks and oil bars have become increasingly popular, although many age poorly and most have to be kept under glass.

October 21, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Rewriting a file’s history

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How to create a new file with a creation date 4 months ago and versions dating back to 3 months before that Mac even existed. All without changing any clocks.

October 21, 2025 Macs, Technology

Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 13 Treachery

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Fraudsters, the incestuous Myrrha, mother of Adonis, a counterfeiter, Potiphar’s wife, then the treacherous who betrayed their kin.

October 20, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 330

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 330. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Sounds […]

October 20, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

LogUI build 77 improves readability of log entries

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Displays emoji to indicate the type of each log entry, improves export as Rich Text, and augments fields when copying entries.

October 20, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

A painterly family: the Alma-Tademas 1884-1943

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Lawrence and his second wife Laura were successful painters, and taught their older daughter Anna to paint. He was knighted, and after his death was interred with great honour in St Paul’s Cathedral.

October 19, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The quiet firmware revolution

Ten years ago, a firmware worm that could have inserted malware into Mac boot flash storage was demonstrated, and shortly afterwards many Macs were found to be running outdated firmware. We’ve come a long way since.

October 19, 2025 Macs, Technology

A painterly family: the Alma-Tademas 1836-81

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1869 was a disastrous year for Lawrence: his wife died suddenly, leaving him to care for their daughters, and he also had a medical problem that defied diagnosis. He went to London and fell in love at first sight.

October 18, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 330

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

October 18, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

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