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Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 53 – Pygmalion and his statue

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An unusual transformation, from statue to person, which has been widely retold. A superb series from Burne-Jones, more from Gérôme, and Regnault – fine paintings.

October 30, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Why did my Mac stop making Time Machine backups? An investigation with Woodpile 0.6a1

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This new version lets you select which log file to analyse, and to add custom processes to examine within log files. Lots of power with elegant simplicity.

October 30, 2017 Macs, Technology

Coast: Maine 2, twentieth century

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More superb paintings of the coast of Maine, here by Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, and George Bellows.

October 29, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Time Machine and APFS

For now, Time Machine can’t back up to an APFS volume. There are many problems with backing up APFS to HFS+, though. Time Machine needs to be revised.

October 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Coast: Maine 1, nineteenth century

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Paintings of the spectacular coast of Maine, from Thomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, Winslow Homer, and others.

October 28, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Why the spinning beachball?

Is there anything more irritating than that spinning coloured wheel, or beachball, which stops you from getting on with a task? This explains why, and what to do about it.

October 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed an update to Gatekeeper data

Apple has just pushed an update to Gatekeeper configuration data, which brings it to version 133. As is […]

October 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 52 – Hyacinthus killed by a discus

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Struck by a ricocheting discus, the young man’s blood is transformed into hyacinth flowers.

October 27, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Has anyone got the time? How High Sierra has changed time synchronisation

High Sierra has done away with the ntpd daemon for keeping your Mac’s clock in sync with a standard time server. This now works as in iOS, using the timed daemon.

October 27, 2017 Macs, Technology

The Artist as Explorer: François Auguste Biard 2 – Tropics

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Two notable paintings about slavery, some genre scenes of travel, and a final expedition to South America.

October 26, 2017 General, Life, Painting

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