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Mints can now reveal your Mac’s logic board ID

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This new version helps iMac17,1 owners discover the logic board ID, to help investigate their problems updating firmware.

September 23, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Firmware and the iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late 2015 (iMac17,1): a hardware fault?

Many of this model have been unable to update to newer firmware versions. An appeal for users to report their firmware version and logic board ID.

September 23, 2020 Macs, Technology

A History of Rome in Paintings: 7 Rome saved by a mother

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After his banishment from Rome, Caius Marcius co-led the Volscians and brought them almost to the city’s gates, ready to invade. He was then sent a deputation of women.

September 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Mints now provides two more tools

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One new tool to list capacities on mounted volumes, the other to deliver detailed information on keychains.

September 22, 2020 Macs, Technology, Updates

Watching the second wave: Covid-19 wins yet again

Over the summer, the UK has seen steady rises in the number of new cases, but still hasn’t done anything effective to address its Second Wave. Why not?

September 22, 2020 General, Life, Technology

Goddess of the Week: Hestia (Vesta) and her virgins

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A goddess almost never painted, but her priestesses, the Vestal Virgins, were far more popular. A small selection, ending in one of Gêrome’s grandest arena paintings.

September 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 65

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 65. Here are my solutions to them. 1: To […]

September 21, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Fitting a quart into a pint pot with sparse bundles

How to store a 400 GB sparse bundle on a volume which only has 200 GB free space – provided that you don’t actually use the space that isn’t there.

September 21, 2020 Macs, Technology

Anyone for Badminton? Its early history in paintings 2

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In the mid 1800s, battledore was played by young women rather than children, then gained its characteristic net.

September 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Two thousand yard stare

In just three days last week, Apple released nine major products which demanded the attention of independent developers. How did that work out, then?

September 20, 2020 Macs, Technology

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