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Saturday Mac riddles 78

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

December 19, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Measuring performance of different SSDs using Stibium 1.0b3

A new version using Mach absolute time brings accuracy to a few microseconds, and a Help page. Tests progress well, and continue to make interesting comparisons.

December 19, 2020 Macs, Technology

The Art in Painting: 1 art and craft

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Latest in a succession of techniques, AR can guide someone to draw, just the camera obscura, photography and projectors did. Do these detract from the art in a painting?

December 18, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Is it not possible to boot an M1 Mac from an external disk?

It’s a commonplace task: make a bootable external disk for emergency use, containing your diagnostic and repair tools. On a new M1 Mac? Should be simple.

December 18, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to XProtect

Apple has just pushed an update to the data files used by XProtect, bringing its version number to […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates

Apple released macOS Big Sur 11.1 on 14 December. Although yesterday it finally posted standalone installers for the […]

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

Paintings of 1920: Genre and landscapes 1

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A party of landsfolk riding in horsedriven hay wagon, the artist’s mother sewing in Nabi style, tennis in Rhode Island, and a deserted table by the sea.

December 17, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Comparing SSD performance between T2 and M1 Macs with Stibium

Developing an app to assess the real-world performance of SSDs: initial results from a T2 Mac and an M1 Mac mini are different but there’s no simple answer to which is the faster.

December 17, 2020 Macs, Technology

The Faerie Queene 18: Sir Artegall’s quest, and the fate of a horse thief

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Artegall’s origins and the nature of his quest are revealed. He and his iron servant Talus deal with a knight who killed his lady, a Saracen extorting money as a bridge toll, and a horse thief is revealed at a wedding.

December 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

How did that update eat so much free disk space?

Have you checked how much free space is on your startup volume after the last update? Do you wonder where it has all gone?

December 16, 2020 Macs, Technology

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