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Saturday Mac riddles 311

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

June 7, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of local search

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From AppleSearch and Find File in 1994, demand for search has grown with rising storage capacity. Sherlock was released in 1998, then replaced by Spotlight in 2005. Twenty years later it’s still going strong.

June 7, 2025 Macs, Technology

Modern Stories of Lovis Corinth: 1891-97

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He moved to Munich, second only to Paris at the time. There he co-founded the Secession, experimented in his painting, and drank lots of red wine and champagne.

June 6, 2025 General, Life, Painting

How to search successfully in Spotlight: Query languages

Entering search queries directly into a Spotlight search box, using the raw query attribute in the Find window’s search bar, and using mdfind. Which is best?

June 6, 2025 Macs, Technology

Interiors by Design: Church

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St George’s Chapel, Windsor; a Spanish sacristy; Church of St Francis of Assisi; Basilica of St-Denis; Tanum and Uvdal Stave Church; Lincoln Cathedral; Reims Cathedral.

June 5, 2025 General, Life, Painting

LogUI build 58 reads and writes JSON, and more

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You can now save log extracts to JSON files, which LogUI can read in as a log extract. Also a new Reduce tool to filter unwanted log entries.

June 5, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

June 4, 2025 Macs, Technology, Updates

Reading Visual Art: 215 Wrestling

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Hercules wrestling with Achelous, Jacob wrestling with the Angel, the young Samson wrestling with a lion, and wrestlers from Courbet, Bazille and Friant.

June 4, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Prepare your Mac for safe disposal

You’ve set up your new Mac, and now need to prepare the old one for disposal, maybe to a friend, relative or someone buying it, or to go for recycling. What to do next,

June 4, 2025 Macs, Technology

Modern Stories of Lovis Corinth: 1880-90

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Born near Königsberg/Kaliningrad, he trained there and in Munich before studying at the Académie Julian in Paris. Prolific in all genres, he’s one of the greatest modern German painters.

June 3, 2025 General, Life, Painting

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