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Month: January 2026

Painting the spirits of water: Ondines and their curse

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Invented by Paracelsus, to have an afterlife they must marry a human. But that man must remain faithful to them, or they will die from Ondine’s Curse.

January 25, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: Signs of distress

When something has gone wrong, if you don’t know what to look for in the log, nor when it happened, the log is hostile. It also leaves important entries without the user being aware of them. Here are ideas of how those could be improved.

January 25, 2026 Macs, Technology

Painting the spirits of water: gods and Naiads

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River gods from Rubens, Poussin, Coypel and Boucher, with Naiads from Walter Crane, JW Waterhouse, Henrietta Rae and others.

January 24, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 344

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

January 24, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

How could logging out help?

This takes just a few seconds, and can fix problems that otherwise would require a restart. All depends on which processes need to be restarted.

January 24, 2026 Macs, Technology

Reading Visual Art: 241 Sculptor

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Pygmalion painted by Edward Burne-Jones and Gérôme, the painted frieze of the Parthenon, Eakins and the sculptor Rush, Lovis Corinth’s portrait, and a cheeky monkey by Watteau.

January 23, 2026 General, Life, Painting

How to tell where a file or folder is

It makes a big difference whether an app, file or folder is in the System or Data volume, or maybe somewhere else. Here’s how to tell accurately, rather than according to one of the Finder’s illusions.

January 23, 2026 Macs, Technology

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

Apple has just released an update to XProtect, bringing it to version 5326. As usual, it doesn’t release […]

January 22, 2026 Macs, Technology, Updates

In memoriam Carlos Schwabe: 2 1898-1908

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Two contrasting Virgins of the Lilies, a remarkable scene of the female figure of Death with a fearful gravedigger, a woman poet walking in the Elysian Fields, and other distinctive paintings.

January 22, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Can you still run old App Store apps?

Apps supplied through the App Store aren’t signed by their developer, but by Apple. Many now have certificates that have expired. When will they stop running?

January 22, 2026 Macs, Technology

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