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Writing SparkleCheck in AppleScript: don’t read the manual

Explaining how the script in SparkleCheck works, and why I did it that way – which is not what the documentation might suggest.

September 14, 2016 Macs, Technology

An easy way to check your apps for the Sparkle vulnerability

Trying to work out whether an app needs to be updated because of the Sparkle vulnerability is messy. Here’s an AppleScript app to tell you.

September 14, 2016 Macs, Technology

Adobe updates Flash Player to version 23.0.0.162

Adobe has today updated Adobe Flash Player to version 23.0.0.162, which is now available from its download site. […]

September 13, 2016 Macs, Technology

Apple updates Gatekeeper data again – to version 101

Apple has pushed out another silent update to El Capitan’s Gatekeeper configuration data, which is now at version […]

September 13, 2016 Macs, Technology

James Ward: between Constable and Turner, 1

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One of the major figures in British painting in the first half of the 1800s, but usually ignored today. His oil sketches are exceptional.

September 13, 2016 General, Painting

RIP Demon: the Tenner a Month is finally spent

Nearly 25 years ago, Demon Internet started to provide dial-up services to anyone prepared to pay £10 per month. In 30 days, it will finally be gone.

September 13, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 11 – intent overrides craft

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In America, geographic isolation and growing freedom led to the craft of oil painting being smothered by artistic intent. Here are some results.

September 12, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Should you drop Dropbox?

What do you make of an app which “takes control of your Mac” without asking you, and then refuses to let you disable that?

September 12, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

In William Merritt Chase’s Studio: insights and informal portraits

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His studio was a recurrent motif which tells us much about his promotional activity, and his extended persona.

September 11, 2016 General, Painting

Last week on my Mac: It all rests on October now

Mac users must wait until October to see if Apple is as committed to its computers as it is to its consumer products.

September 11, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

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