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A painted weekend in the Alhambra 1886-1914

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Spectacular landscapes and details painted by John Ferguson Weir, Laurits Tuxen, Joaquín Sorolla, John Singer Sargent, Théo van Rysselberghe, and others.

January 18, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Local network privacy revealed

Local network privacy protection, introduced in macOS Sequoia, doesn’t use TCC as most others do, but sets up a packet filter in Network Extension. Here are details.

January 18, 2026 Macs, Technology

A painted weekend in the Alhambra 1767-1883

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Exquisite Arabic Muslim art and architecture in Granada, painted in topographic views, and by Franz von Lenbach, Henri Regnault, Martín Rico, Childe Hassam, Tom Roberts and others.

January 17, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 343

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

January 17, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

What’s happening with code signing and future macOS?

An overview of code signing and certificate requirements to come when macOS 27 is released in a few months, supporting only Apple silicon Macs. How Intel Macs will be affected in the near future.

January 17, 2026 Macs, Technology

In memoriam Carlos Schwabe: 1 1890-96

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Originally a designer of wallpaper and book illustrator, his strikingly original paintings accompany works by Zola and Charles Baudelaire.

January 16, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Can you disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?

If you don’t want any of their services, you can turn Siri off in its settings, and disable indexing and search in Spotlight settings. Or you can use mdutil, if you know its limitations.

January 16, 2026 Macs, Technology

The Dutch Golden Age: Mills

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Watermills by Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema, and a selection of windmills by Rembrandt, Jan van Goyen, and a later copy by John Constable.

January 15, 2026 General, Life, Painting

How Time Machine backups can fail silently

When I started my Mac up, its external backup storage was present as expected, but couldn’t be opened. It turned out that Time Machine had stopped backing up after 12:35 the previous day, but hadn’t reported the problem.

January 15, 2026 Macs, Technology

Medium and Message: Oil on copper 1620-1926

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Later examples as it declined in popularity, from David Teniers the Younger, Gerard ter Borch, and most recently from Claude-Joseph Vernet and Joseph Stella.

January 14, 2026 General, Life, Painting

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