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Last Week on My Mac: Mojave’s half-baked Quick Actions

Unsupported by developer documentation or Xcode, Quick Actions can only be seriously useful when reversible. Or are they just an embellishment to Finder?

February 10, 2019 Macs, Technology

The Sight of Sibyls 1

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From 1450-1650, paintings of ‘Christian sibyls’ who foretold the birth of Christ, became important motifs for painting. Here’s a selection.

February 9, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Finder can’t total file sizes correctly: how hard links confuse

Hard links can’t be readily distinguished by macOS or the Finder, and can lead to strange anomalies, as they’re seen as additional files, not links.

February 9, 2019 Macs, Technology

John Ruskin, Godfather to the Pre-Raphaelites, was born 200 years ago today

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He became the most influential critic of painting in Britain, providing the Pre-Raphaelites with strong support. But that proved capricious, and eventually destructive to landscape painting.

February 8, 2019 General, Life, Painting

What has changed in the Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update?

macOS Mojave’s Supplemental Update for 10.14.3 is claimed to fix three security vulnerabilities: The widely-described Group FaceTime bug […]

February 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Quick Actions 4: How they work

The built-in Quick Actions and those bundled in installed apps are managed by the daemon pkd, and PlugInKit. Not so Automator workflows, though.

February 8, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper’s data – additional to Mojave Supplemental Update

Apple has just pushed an update to the data used by Gatekeeper, bringing its version number to 162, […]

February 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

macOS Mojave 10.14.3 Supplemental Update fixes Group FaceTime bug (updated)

Apple has just released a Supplemental Update to macOS Mojave 10.14.3, which fixes the recently-reported vulnerability affecting Group […]

February 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

The only Austrian Impressionist: Theodor von Hörmann

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Claimed to be the only Austrian Impressionist, he didn’t start painting full-time until he was 43, and died twelve years later. Here are some superb paintings.

February 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Quick Actions 3: The problem of Undo

The problem of Undo is a major consideration when building or using any Quick Action, Automator workflow, AppleScript, or other lightweight solution.

February 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

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