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Where are all those extended attributes?

I claimed (from a guess) that there might be 0.8 GB of xattrs in my Home folder. I was wildly wrong: there are actually over 3.8 GB. Here’s how xattrs are distributed.

February 14, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

Apple updates its malware removal tool, MRT

Apple is in the process of pushing an update to its malware removal tool, MRT, bringing it to […]

February 14, 2018 Macs, Technology

Painting and Photography: the work of Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret 1

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Working alongside Jules Bastien-Lepage, he was a brilliant painter who in his early career experimented with different styles.

February 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Getting better document thumbnails and previews

Getting the best out of Quick Look’s document previews and thumbnail icons, in the Finder and the Open File dialog.

February 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 74 – The Shrinking Sibyl

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Two interlinked stories about the Sibyl, who will live for a thousand years but age until she is just a voice. Painted by Turner (three magnificent works shown), and Claude.

February 12, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Can macOS tell how large a file really is?

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Many files in macOS are more than just their data, and contain metadata in extended attributes. Does macOS know the true size of any file, taking into account those attributes?

February 12, 2018 Macs, Technology

The Rise of the Clinic: 2, hospitals

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For painters, hospital medicine was spectacle, and its doctors actors on a stage. As time progressed, artists and doctors looked more closely at the patient.

February 11, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Here comes macOS 10.14

Apple should name macOS version with literary references. Here’s the justification for macOS 10.14 Gormenghast.

February 11, 2018 General, Macs, Technology

The Rise of the Clinic: 1, family medicine

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The role and work of the family physician was painted not infrequently in the late nineteenth century. Starting with a Rembrandt, here are some examples.

February 10, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Hazel and SearchKeyLite bring order to your documents

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My screenshots are now tagged with metadata supporting Spotlight search, and Hazel uses that to sort them into folders automatically.

February 10, 2018 Macs, Technology, xattr

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