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Saturday Mac riddles 306

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Where I […]

May 3, 2025 General, Macs, Technology

A brief history of fonts in Mac OS

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From initial FONT bitmaps, PostScript Type 1 in the LaserWriter, and the release of TrueType in 1991, to data-fork format TrueType suitcases and OpenType in Mac OS X.

May 3, 2025 Macs, Technology

Urban Revolutionaries: 12 Parks

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From the Royal Parks in London at the turn of the 19th century, through the parks of Paris, Rome, Vienna, New York City and Brooklyn.

May 2, 2025 General, Life, Painting

What isn’t backed up?

Backups don’t include everything. Here are details of those items excluded from Time Machine backups, and why they’re excluded.

May 2, 2025 Macs, Technology

Interiors by Design: Music rooms

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The sound of music from Vermeer, Menzel, James Tissot, Hanna Pauli, Edouard Vuillard and others, from palaces to the homes of the middle class.

May 1, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Versions in motion: how to preserve document versions

The rules for preserving document versions are based on their being associated with the document’s inode number, and on the same volume. Here are the details and a way to preserve them whatever.

May 1, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 206 Colour codes B

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Ultramarine blue for Mary’s cloak, red for the Passion, cardinals and the scarlet woman. Other colour codes, including their importance in multiplex narrative.

April 30, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Why some apps sometimes launch extremely slowly

Most could live with slight delays when launching major apps. But when they’re as long as 30 seconds, and it’s an Apple silicon Mac, an explanation is required.

April 30, 2025 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 205 Colour codes A

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How ancient Egyptians painted women white and men more swarthy in colour. Separately, colour coding of devils brought similar distinctions.

April 29, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Document versioning: unused power in macOS

It has been built into macOS and many apps over the last 14 years, but must be one of its least used features. How versions can empower your editing of documents.

April 29, 2025 Macs, Technology

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