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Cause of Death – how disks become corrupted and crash

Disk errors and crashes may be terminal, rescuable, or fully repairable. Understanding their nature enables you to choose how to tackle them.

May 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Dead Mac recovery

My husband was still using my ancient G3/G4 tower when it froze, apparently dead. It refuses to start up now. How can we recover what is left on its hard disk?

May 8, 2015 Macs, Technology

Tell Mac speak human

We who forge words into documents lack anything as powerful as Illustrator or Photoshop are to graphics.

May 8, 2015 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Words, meaning, and thought 2: a poverty of primes

Semantic primes represent “the complete inventory of simple universal concepts that are embedded in the lexicons of all (or most) human languages.” Do they suffice?

May 7, 2015 General, Language

Thanks for the Memory

Memory capacity is a major determinant of your Mac’s performance, and a significant proportion of its cost. But how complex it has become…

May 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Q&A: Time Machine backups for iCloud

I am considering putting some key spreadsheets containing our business accounts into iCloud. But what if I accidentally trash them using my iPad: can I use Time Machine to restore them?

May 7, 2015 Macs, Technology

Fashion Victims

Computers and devices like iPhones and iPads are a fashion market in themselves. Not only have we chosen a fairly exclusive fashion label in Apple, but we engage in all sorts of accessorising too.

May 7, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Safari versions 8.0.6, 7.1.6, and 6.2.6

Apple has released a security update for Safari, bringing it to version 8.0.6 (Yosemite, OS X 10.10), 7.1.6 […]

May 7, 2015 Macs

Beyond the French Impressionists: 2 The Macchiaioli, Giovanni Boldini

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Apart from his early years as a somewhat atypical member of the Macchiaioli, Boldini remained on the periphery of those other movements and kept his distinctive style as the Master of Swish.

May 6, 2015 Painting

Under The Spotlight: local search

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Yosemite’s extended search reaches out to Bing, Maps, and more. But how can you get the best out of its local search facility?

May 6, 2015 Macs, Technology

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