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Bug in El Capitan: Power management ignores setting to not sleep hard disks

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On some iMacs at least, the settings in Energy Saver are partly ignored. This must be a bug.

March 4, 2016 Macs, Technology

Action Fraud: it might help if you used a valid security certificate

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You’d hope that the UK police online fraud reporting system would use a valid security certificate. But they don’t.

March 3, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Hogarth’s progress

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The series A Harlot’s Progress and A Rake’s Progress told detailed and complex narratives using paintings alone.

March 3, 2016 General, Painting

Checking your drives with DriveDx

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How much is the data stored on your Mac’s drives worth? DriveDx is a utility which could save you from that loss.

March 3, 2016 Macs, Technology

Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 6 The bigger picture

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Putting some of Homer’s best watercolours together to tell the story of the fisherfolk of Cullercoats – the last in this series.

March 2, 2016 General, Painting

What to do when your Mac starts up all wrong

Something odd has happened to your Mac. Last time you used it, it worked fine, but doesn’t any more.

March 2, 2016 Macs, Technology

Winslow Homer in Cullercoats: 5 Puzzles and achievements

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Initial reception to his paintings from Cullercoats was lukewarm at best, and most critics were dismissive.

March 1, 2016 General, Painting

The ethics of pushed updates

Apple needs to demonstrate that its checks and balances can protect the services on which we now depend.

March 1, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Apple brought my iMac to its knees, with a broken security update

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I cannot remember ever wishing that I did not use Macs, but unless Apple sorts itself out, I will.

February 29, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Amazon wants me to stay in

Thanks, Amazon. I guess I’ll just have to stay in for the next two weeks, then.  

February 29, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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