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Hero or hooligan: Jason and the Golden Fleece

Brought up by the centaur Chiron, he challenged Pelias for his throne, so was sent to get the Golden Fleece with his Argonauts. He married Hypsipyle and they had twins before he abandoned her and promised to marry Medea in return for her help.

Last Week on My Mac: What’s in a name?

Apple is addicted to naming features and subsystems in its operating systems, and has named each major version of Mac OS X since Cheetah. Is it seriously intending to leave macOS 27 without a name?

Explainer: Getting a location

Without GPS and cellular connections in iPhones, Macs have a more limited choice of methods for estimating their location. Most important and accurate information comes from nearby Wi-Fi access points.

In the shadow: Introduction

The story of Dibutades who painted the outline of her boyfriend's shadow, leading to early struggles with the optics of cast shadows, their use as cues to depth and shape, and appearance in landscapes. Paintings of shadow play.

Portraits of trees: history to 1630

Piero della Francesca's common walnut tree, several types by Giorgione, mixed woodland by Albrecht Altdorfer, wonderful examples from the Brueghels, and two plein air oil sketches by Velázquez.

Hero or hooligan: Theseus’ later years

After feasting with Achelous, he got involved in the battle between Lapiths and centaurs. then struck disaster with incest, suicide and violent death, before abducting Helen, and being thrown from a cliff.

What Location Services do in macOS

Although included in Privacy & Security settings, it has nothing to do with TCC or tccutil, but is run largely by its own service locationd. This is what it does, and how to control it.

In memoriam Mary Cassatt: 1, 1868-1880

One of the four great ladies of the Impressionist movement, she was born in Pennsylvania, then moved to train in Paris. She joined the Impressionists in 1877, and soon adopted the style in her painting.

Last Week on My Mac: Razzle and dazzle

macOS Tahoe is about to be replaced. After 8 months of improvements to rectify problems in its redesigned interface, what has changed, and is that sufficient to upgrade from Sequoia?

Protect files with the Locked or Immutable flag

How to use the Finder's Lock feature, and as the Immutable flag in Terminal. What its effects are, and how well it's retained. How iCloud Drive can't cope with it, and how you can use it in your own lightweight versioning system.

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