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Startup and shutdown key combinations for macOS Sierra

Safe mode, or Recovery? Which type of Recovery? How to engage all those useful modes at startup, and when shutting down.

August 29, 2017 Macs, Technology

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 40 Daedalus and Icarus

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The popular story told concisely by Ovid, and painted brilliantly by van Dyck, Leighton, Rubens, Brueghel, and others.

August 28, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Reliability of macOS Sierra: diagnostics

As macOS gets more complex, diagnostic and control tools provided by Apple have become less accessible. This makes macOS harder to diagnose and support.

August 28, 2017 Macs, Technology

Painting pure colour: a short history of pastels 2

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More superb pastel paintings from Vigée Le Brun, Eva Gonzalès, Manet, Helleu, and Odilon Redon bring us to the 20th century.

August 27, 2017 General, Painting, Technology

Last Week Off My Mac: Taking a break

Everyone needs to get away from it all, but you may not realise just how badly you need a break until you are taking time out.

August 27, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Painting pure colour: a short history of pastels 1

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The early history of pastel, from Robert Nanteuil, through the brilliant portraits of Rosalba Carriera, to Maurice Quentin de La Tour, and the hyperrealism of Liotard.

August 26, 2017 General, Painting, Technology

Reliability of macOS Sierra: scheduled and background activities

Scheduling background activities like making backups has moved from cron to launchd, and now to a more complex system. This has reduced the reliability of macOS and made it harder to support.

August 26, 2017 Macs, Technology

Apple has pushed silent updates to MRT and XProtect

Apple has recently pushed another set of silent updates to the data files for security systems in macOS […]

August 25, 2017 Macs, Technology

Coast: On a clear day – from the cliff, Homer to Hills

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Including superb coastal views by Winslow Homer, Monet, Seurat, Sorolla, and van Rysselberghe. The clifftop is a great place from which to paint.

August 25, 2017 General, Life, Painting

A Mac on the edge of Europe

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Barriers to living in more remote areas with high quality of life are being removed, but self-sufficiency is important. Changes in macOS do not help.

August 25, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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