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How macOS runs background activities: 4 Using XPC Activity

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How scheduling concurrent and background tasks using XPC Activity works, and compares with alternatives such as NSBackgroundActivityScheduler.

May 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Beyond Scripting in Swift: Dates, Steppers, and parsing log entries

How T2M2 analyses Sierra’s log to assess how backups have been working. With insights into using NSDate, NSStepper, and more.

May 23, 2017 Macs, Technology

Figures in a Landscape: introduction to a new series

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A landscape without human or animal figures often looks eery or unnatural. This new series looks at how figures are used in landscape paintings, with copious examples.

May 22, 2017 General, Painting

Time Machine problems? Try T2M2: it’ll tell you what’s wrong

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Whether you just want to check that Time Machine is backing up properly, or want to diagnose a suspected problem, this is the tool.

May 22, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fake News 2: Did the Horatii kill the Curiatii?

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Six men fight to the death to settle a whole war. But that is only part of a story which seems too good to be true. And a great masterpiece by David.

May 21, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Sierra 10.12.5, a shoddy update

The good thing about the Sierra 10.12.5 update is that it seems to have caused few problems. But what did it actually address?

May 21, 2017 Macs, Technology

Fake News 1: Did Horatius Cocles Save Rome?

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According to legend, he held the bridge which kept the Etruscans out of the city, while the bridge behind was demolished. Some wonderful paintings.

May 20, 2017 General, Life, Painting

An easier way to check Time Machine: T2M2

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One of the original reasons for my tools to open access to macOS Sierra’s new unified log system […]

May 20, 2017 Macs, Technology

Edvard Munch: The Frieze of Life 5, Death

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Last of the four sections in the Frieze, it consists almost entirely of paintings added since the first version. These show episodes from Munch’s own life.

May 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Moving a blog to Tinderbox: Guiding decisions

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Transferring a decision-making guide from a quick flowchart into Tinderbox notes.

May 19, 2017 General, Macs, Technology

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