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Updates for file integrity (Dintch/Fintch), compression (Cormorant) and LogUI build 70

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These updates feature overhauled windows, new app icons for compatibility with Tahoe, and have been rebuilt. LogUI gets a minor tweak that should improve its window controls in Tahoe.

July 14, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

The fleeting brilliance of crimson

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Originally extracted from the madder plant, and turned into a pigment by laking, its colour could fade within months. Later purified to alizarin it proved no better, and is now used as a measure of non-lightfastness.

July 13, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Ghosts in the machine

A mystery volume mounts from nowhere, and its name starts with Creedence. This is a cryptex, also favoured in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Is it a ghost of the past, or harbinger of the future?

July 13, 2025 Macs, Technology

The poisonous permanence of vermilion

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The red that lasts hundreds of years without fading, but it’s a highly toxic salt of mercury. Used in European paintings from the Romans to the late 19th century.

July 12, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 316

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

July 12, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of dial-up Internet connections

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First public Internet service provided by dial-up modem, in 1992. This is how we configured those connections in 2001, and connected via a mobile phone and Bluetooth.

July 12, 2025 Macs, Technology

Changing Paintings: Summary and contents parts 55-74

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From the foundation of Troy, the start of the war with the Judgement of Paris, the death of Achilles, the sack of Troy, and Aeneas journey to found the precursor to Rome, and on to the age of Augustus.

July 11, 2025 General, Life, Painting

What happened to XProtect this week?

A slew of new rules to detect novel malware, four changes to behavioural detection. This has been an unusual week for security data updates.

July 11, 2025 Macs, Technology

Tahoe b3 and Xcode 26 b3 can screw app icons

Want to build in Xcode 26 b3 on macOS 26 b3? You may have problems with Icon Composer icons, which may not work on previous versions of macOS. Here’s a workaround.

July 10, 2025 Macs, Technology

Interiors by Design: Scullery and utility room

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Maids toiling at food preparation and washing clothes in the sculleries and utility rooms in the basement. Among them is Vermeer’s Milkmaid, and some of Degas’ working women.

July 10, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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