Ariadne's Corona Borealis, a difficult reading from Tintoretto, celestial spheres, constellations of summer, and signs of the zodiac. | Continue reading
Fixes a bug that could in some circumstances incorrectly report that everything is OK, when it isn’t. Recommended for all, Monterey and later only. | Continue reading
Ursa Major, often the only constellation people know today, the Milky Way, the Pleiades, and Sagittarius. | Continue reading
AirPlay, SharePlay, Universal Control, VNC, Target Display and Target Disk: which does what, and how do you enable and use them? | Continue reading
Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, bringing it to version 2185. Apple doesn’t release information about what security issues this u… | Continue reading
Jupiter rapes an Arcadian nymph and follower of Diana, who is then cast out, turned into a bear by Juno, and almost killed by her son. | Continue reading
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 242. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Plane writing surface for ready-use documents. Click for a solution Desktop Plane writing surfac… | Continue reading
Can your Mac be protected from a forced upgrade to Sonoma by disabling the upgrade notification? What are the risks now? | Continue reading
From 1890, he painted views of Paris in increasingly loose style. Recognised internationally, he served on the jury for the Carnegie, and competed at the 1912 Olympics. | Continue reading
PC users will get 20 Gbit/s and SMART health indicators from this new external SSD, but Mac users will only see half that speed and no SMART without reducing security. | Continue reading
Initially a social realist, he painted those on the edge of Paris society, including rag pickers and a garlic seller, but was rejected by Monet. | Continue reading
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Plane writing surface for ready-use documents. 2: Hidden collection of books for app use.… | Continue reading
In the first 6 weeks of this year, Apple has released 5 updates to XProtect containing 11 completely new detection rules for malware. Why? | Continue reading
Contents with links for each article in the series, with lists of mountains and locations covered. | Continue reading
No scans? Malware detected and remediated? Or just an odd report that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere? How to deal with each of them. | Continue reading
Apple has just released an update to bring macOS Sonoma to version 14.3.1. This fixes bugs, the most notable of which results in confusion of text when composing messages in Mail. Although that did… | Continue reading
Ten domestic interiors, places we take for granted, but Vallotton makes them thoroughly unsettling, with oddities and open narratives. | Continue reading
Played by warriors including Paris of Troy and Achilles, also by Saint Cecilia, angels, and a siren. And with only one string left, in Watts’ allegory of Hope. | Continue reading
When you start your Mac up, the fans blow full on, and you see CGPDFServices taking lots of CPU %. Is this malware? No, but it’s new in Sonoma. | Continue reading
In classical times, they were strummed like a guitar rather than plucked. Apollo, Orpheus and lyric poets from Raphael, Rubens, Waterhouse and others. | Continue reading
Virtualisation of macOS on Apple silicon does deliver performance that’s impressively close to that of the host. Here are the figures to demonstrate it. | Continue reading
Apple has just released updates to XProtect Remediator security software (Catalina or later), bringing it to version 125, and to XProtect (for all macOS from El Capitan or so) bringing it to versio… | Continue reading
Young Phaëthon challenges the god of the sun, Phoebus, to prove he is his father, and takes his chariot on a ride to disaster and death. | Continue reading
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 241. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Energy unit and a pin for your washing is still most common for images. Click for a solution JPE… | Continue reading
Adds a detailed Help book, supports macOS betas, can disable log checks for use in standard user accounts, checks log times, and has auto-update. | Continue reading
By the end of the 18th century, remains of Pompeii were being excavated and inspired painters to re-imagine life and death in the city. | Continue reading
The new number format could bring huge speed gains, as well as reducing storage space. But when an instruction was tested, Xcode wouldn’t support it. | Continue reading
When Pompeii was buried by debris from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE, many fine Roman paintings were preserved. Here’s a selection. | Continue reading
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Energy unit and a pin for your washing is still most common for images. 2: Petty quarrel … | Continue reading
Where can you look if you can’t find it in System Information? What if you need that value or setting in a script or app? Here are some suggestions. | Continue reading
Mountain paintings by JMW Turner, John Ruskin, John Brett, and Georg Janny. | Continue reading
How are snapshots made, and what do they contain? How are they sized, and can they grow? How can you copy a snapshot, or remove a file from one? | Continue reading
Best-known for his watercolours of Venice, he was a Post-Impressionist, and an early promoter of the art of Cézanne and Matisse in the US. | Continue reading
Searching the text content of PDF documents often doesn't work well, sometimes not at all. And recovering what you can see is text can also fail miserably. | Continue reading
An early Rembrandt, chiaroscuro lighting, one of Adam Elsheimer's oil on copper paintings, above Frederick the Great, and adorning Goya's painting hat. | Continue reading
Overnight, Apple released an update to XProtect for all versions of macOS from El Capitan or so, bringing it to version 2183. Apple doesn’t release information about what security issues this… | Continue reading
If you run a Mac with more than one boot system, this update should enable it to check the SSV, although some Macs remain different. | Continue reading
Candles in Candlemas, as votives, at pardons and funerals, and snuffed out as part of excommunication. Used in sorcery, allegory, and Vanitas. | Continue reading
An article published in The Mac 30 years ago to celebrate the Mac’s tenth birthday, with a glance back at the realities, and some predictions of the future in 2004. | Continue reading
Jupiter wants Io, but after raping her turns her into a cow for safe-keeping. Juno suspects, though, and puts the cow under the watchful hundred eyes of Argus. | Continue reading
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 240. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Before the driver’s eyes with a measure of spirits for a display image. Click for a soluti… | Continue reading
Checks 8 key settings and functions essential for your Mac’s security and well-being, from whether SIP is enabled to XProtect. Runs automatically every hour, or as a single-shot. | Continue reading
She tricks the daughters of King Pelias to murder him, then flees to Corinth, where Jason abandons her. She murders his bride with a poisoned wedding dress, then kills her two children. After that, she tries to kill the young Theseus. | Continue reading
We excel at ignoring and forgetting. While Apple is very keen to get us to upgrade macOS, it's less concerned that its security protection is up to date and running as expected. Here's my answer: Skint. | Continue reading
She agrees to help Jason complete his three tasks and take possession of the Golden Fleece, in return for which Jason will marry her. | Continue reading
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Before the driver’s eyes with a measure of spirits for a display image. 2: Person s… | Continue reading
Safeguard your Mac, take screenshots, capture the logs in a logarchive or with sysdiagnose, make a written record, then repair and recovery. | Continue reading
Declining health, tuberculosis and riding accidents, but he still painted the Epsom Derby, Mazappa, and ten portraits of those with psychiatric illness. | Continue reading