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Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 6 Money and anger

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They descend past Plutus to the circle of misers and spendthrifts rolling boulders around, then down to the Stygian lake of the angry and miserable. They cross the Styx in Phlegyas’ boat.

September 1, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 323

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 323. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Well-guarded […]

September 1, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

How large is that file?

When the numbers simply don’t add up. How some extended attributes may be included in quoted file sizes, but others are ignored, and Sequoia hasn’t really changed this since Classic Mac OS of 25 years ago.

September 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

Paintings of windmills after 1850

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Some of the most famous Impressionist paintings celebrated their role and their distinctive beauty, and how they show Mondrian becoming modern.

August 31, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Keeping up appearances in Tahoe

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Appearance modes and the effects of Accessibility settings exhibit different behaviours in Tahoe, compared with Sequoia. Illustrated in a simple app.

August 31, 2025 Macs, Technology

Paintings of windmills to 1850

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Once widespread across Europe and many other lands, they used to grind all the grain into flour, provide power to sawmills, make paper and more.

August 30, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 323

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

August 30, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of the Secure Enclave

Originally the ‘security enclave’, and subject of a series of patents, it was introduced in the iPhone 5s in 2013, then the T2 in 2017, and blossomed in M-series Macs from 2020.

August 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 224 Gate

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Gates opened in time of war, entered by Christ in triumph, those of hell in Dante and Milton, separating lovers, and marking the start of an elopement.

August 29, 2025 General, Life, Painting

What happens during startup?

Explains the sequence of events from Boot ROM to FileVault login, what storage is accessible at different times, and where the code is.

August 29, 2025 Macs, Technology

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