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Show me your metadata: extended attributes in macOS Sierra

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They’re responsible for determining Gatekeeper’s checks, contain Finder information, and much more. With a new free tool too.

August 14, 2017 Macs, Technology

Danseuses: 2 The social message

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Lurking in the shadows were well-dressed, affluent men, wearing top hats, white ties and gloves. They weren’t just there to chat.

August 13, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Apple updates Gatekeeper data again

Apple has pushed another silent update to the security data files for macOS Sierra and OS X El […]

August 13, 2017 Macs, Technology

Last Week on My Mac: We need to document macOS

macOS is now largely undocumented. It’s time to do the job ourselves: what about an open collaborative project?

August 13, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

Danseuses: 1 Largely innocent

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Putting Degas’ many paintings and drawings of the ballet and its dancers into context – here are contemporary paintings.

August 12, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Logging in and out in Sierra’s log

Signposts from Sierra 10.12.6 recording key steps when logging in, out, and fast user switching. And a fascinating process which serialises its log entries.

August 12, 2017 Macs, Technology

Degas’ Circle: Mary Cassatt, 2 Painter and print-maker

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The evolution of her painting in oils and pastels, and the start of her print-making – which was to become so important in her later work.

August 11, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Launch Services database problems: correcting and rebuilding

What do you do when you open a document, only to find that the wrong app opens it? Here’s how to tackle that and more.

August 11, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 37 Aeacus and the Myrmidons

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An unusual myth told vividly by Ovid, which appears never to have been painted. But there are some fine engravings, and a marvellous watercolour by Blake.

August 10, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Recent Items, Launch Services, and SharedFileLists

Digging into macOS Sierra and its logs to examine how Recent Items works. Useful insights into Launch Services, and potential historical info about documents opened.

August 10, 2017 Macs, Technology

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