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Securing sensitive data

Securing sensitive data from access by others, and safeguarding it from loss of damage, is common. Solutions range from encrypted images to specialist external disks.

December 29, 2020 Macs, Technology

Goddesses of the Week: Horai (Horae), the Seasons or Hours

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They range in number from 3 to more than a dozen, have various names and roles, but in paintings are most commonly followers of the sun chariot.

December 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Christmas Mac riddles (79)

I hope that you enjoyed this year’s special Christmas Mac Riddles, episode 79. Here are my solutions to […]

December 28, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Internal SSDs can read files at extreme speed

Using 140 files of sizes 10 KB – 2 GB, the M1 read files significantly faster than a T2 Mac, but the latter wrote files slightly quicker. Highest read rate on the M1 was 10.8 GB/s, which seems almost incredible.

December 28, 2020 Macs, Technology

Christmas trees in paintings

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Long popular in Germany, Christmas trees spread across Europe and North America in the 19th century. Some seasonal paintings.

December 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Last Year on My Mac: There must be a pony

Shipping the M1 Macs has been a milestone, although how you interpret that depends on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist.

December 27, 2020 Macs, Technology

Nativity: Innovation

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Nine very different nativities, from the apocalyptic warnings of a martyr, through the Emperor Augustus, to Maurice Denis’ nativity in a contemporary French town.

December 26, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Give your Mac (imaginary) unlimited storage thanks to Disk Utility’s bug

Disk Utility in Big Sur can turn a 1 TB external disk into 4.5 TB or more of imaginary containers. Sadly it’s just a bug, and here’s how to work around it.

December 26, 2020 Macs, Technology

Nativity: Invention

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Paintings from 1263 to 1504 show how the traditional Nativity developed. Examples by Duccio, Campin, Botticelli and Fra Bartolomeo.

December 25, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Christmas Mac riddles (79)

Here are this year’s Christmas riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: I […]

December 25, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

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