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Into the Light: Harriet Backer, inside and out 2

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Her paintings take you beyond the instant optical gratification of Impressionism, into a great painterly discourse between the inside and outside.

May 11, 2016 General, Painting

The 501 orphan problem: why you shouldn’t delete the primary admin user

To OS X’s Unix heart, you are not a name but a user ID. The first admin user account is 501, and something rather special.

May 11, 2016 Macs, Technology

Into the Light: Harriet Backer, inside and out 1

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Balanced explorations of the play of light inside rooms, and the glorious colours of the intense Norwegian summer.

May 10, 2016 General, Painting

Setting up a new Mac: migrate or scratchbuild?

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Maybe when I replace this iMac, I should build my next startup drive from scratch.

May 10, 2016 Language, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Peter Nicolai Arbo, Valkyries and Mermen

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We now associate Valkyries with Wagner and the Vietnam War. They actually come from Norse myth, which Arbo specialised in.

May 9, 2016 General, Painting

Some App Store apps don’t migrate properly

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The OS X Server and Xcode apps had apparently migrated, and ran normally. But the App Store didn’t think that they were installed. A bug?

May 9, 2016 Macs, Technology

Brief Candles: Giorgione, 1505 on

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Despite difficulties over attribution and other mysteries, he was key to the development of the Venetian style.

May 8, 2016 General, Painting

How to restore your iTunes Music library after Apple Music

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When you unsubscribe to Apple Music, does it really trash your tracks, or just leave them in a mess?

May 8, 2016 Macs, Technology

Brief Candles: Giorgione, to 1504

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We know almost nothing about his life, and very few works can be robustly attributed to his hand. But he was one of the most important artists in history.

May 7, 2016 General, Painting

How to uninstall complex software

Using Installer to see what was installed, and manually removing the different components.

May 7, 2016 Macs, Technology

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