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Why SSDs slow down, and how to avoid it

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/17/why-ssds-slow-down-and-how-to-avoid-it/

Published: March 17, 2025 07:30

Covering thermal throttling, extended coverage of SLC write cache depletion and how long it takes to empty the cache, Trimming, and more.

Napoleons of paintings: 2 Defeat

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/16/napoleons-of-paintings-2-defeat/

Published: March 16, 2025 12:30

After his divorce, his son the King of Rome. Disaster on the retreat from Moscow, and exile on the island of Saint Helena. The rapid rise of Napoleon III and his military failure against Prussia in 1870.

Last Week on My Mac: The myth of liquid detection

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/16/last-week-on-my-mac-the-myth-of-liquid-detection/

Published: March 16, 2025 08:00

What was this new background service that suddenly appeared in Sonoma 14.1, liquiddetectiond? Why wasn't it documented until a year later, and is Apple really gathering data about damp USB-C ports?

Napoleons of paintings: 1 Victories

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/15/napoleons-of-paintings-1-victories/

Published: March 15, 2025 12:30

Emperor Napoleon I, a Corsican of Italian origin who died on a remote British island in the South Atlantic. Paintings of his early military successes, and the Empress Joséphine before their divorce.

Saturday Mac riddles 299

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/15/saturday-mac-riddles-299/

Published: March 15, 2025 09:00

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

A brief history of installing Mac OS: Mac OS 9.1

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/15/a-brief-history-of-installing-mac-os-mac-os-9-1/

Published: March 15, 2025 08:00

Installing and maintaining Mac OS 9.1 was a complex process that could easily occupy you for several hours getting all its components right.

Interiors by Design: Wallpaper

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/14/interiors-by-design-wallpaper/

Published: March 14, 2025 12:30

A cheap substitute for tapestries, they came of age in the 19th century when paper could be made in long rolls and colour printing had improved.

Browse your Mac’s log with LogUI

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/14/browse-your-macs-log-with-logui/

Published: March 14, 2025 07:30

Get started browsing your Mac's log using this lightweight and friendly utility. A walkthrough looking at what happened when I launched an app.

The bicentenary of Hans Gude: 2 Painting Abroad

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/13/the-bicentenary-of-hans-gude-2-painting-abroad/

Published: March 13, 2025 12:30

More detailed and faithful landscapes of Wales, Scotland, and his native Norway. Teacher of Christian Krogh, Frits Thaulow and others.

USB ports on Apple Silicon Macs: Accessory Security and liquid detection

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/13/usb-ports-on-apple-silicon-macs-accessory-security-and-liquid-detection/

Published: March 13, 2025 07:30

How laptop Apple silicon Macs help prevent attack by malicious USB and TB devices using Accessory Security, and why some of them also have liquid detectors in their USB-C ports.

The bicentenary of Hans Gude: 1 Painting Norway

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/12/the-bicentenary-of-hans-gude-1-painting-norway/

Published: March 12, 2025 12:30

Born in what is now Oslo, he trained in Düsseldorf, Germany, and painted faithful and highly detailed landscapes, mainly in his native country.

Why all this privacy protection? An overview

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/12/why-all-this-privacy-protection-an-overview/

Published: March 12, 2025 07:30

The difference between security and privacy, how consent and intent are obtained, how this works with command tools, important links, lists of protected resources and tccutil arguments.

Apple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/11/apple-has-released-an-update-to-xprotect-for-all-macos-3/

Published: March 11, 2025 18:32

Apple has just released an update to XProtect for all supported versions of macOS, bringing it to version […]

Apple has just released macOS Sequoia 15.3.2

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/11/apple-has-just-released-macos-sequoia-15-3-2/

Published: March 11, 2025 18:13

Apple has just released an update for macOS Sequoia bringing it to version 15.3.2. There are currently no […]

Reading Visual Art: 197 Pain

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/11/reading-visual-art-197-pain/

Published: March 11, 2025 12:30

How expression of pain became stereotyped in narrative paintings from Caravaggio to Böcklin, a very early Rembrandt and the anguish of a ewe on the death of her lamb.

XProtect Remediator has changed its behaviour

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/11/xprotect-remediator-has-changed-its-behaviour/

Published: March 11, 2025 07:30

Since the update to XProtect Remediator version 151, many have seen warnings of a plugin being cancelled. This explains how that happens, and what you can do about it.

Changing Paintings: 61 Sacrifice of Polyxena

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/10/changing-paintings-61-sacrifice-of-polyxena/

Published: March 10, 2025 12:30

Achilles' ghost demands the sacrifice of Hecuba's daughter in appeasement. Hecuba then blinds Polymestor for killing her son. Finally Aurora laments the death of her son Memnon.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 298

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/10/solutions-to-saturday-mac-riddles-298/

Published: March 10, 2025 09:00

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 298. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Causing […]

Manage privacy protection for network devices and others

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/10/manage-privacy-protection-for-network-devices-and-others/

Published: March 10, 2025 07:30

Survey of other privacy controls, including those involved in scripting and for development. Details of the new control on access to devices on the local network.

Strolling the Valèncian shore with Sorolla’s paintings: 2 Ladies

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/09/strolling-the-valencian-shore-with-sorollas-paintings-2-ladies/

Published: March 9, 2025 12:30

In the early years of the 20th century, Sorolla started painting well-dressed young ladies strolling along the beaches of his native València.

Last Week on My Mac: Increasingly insecure in Sequoia

https://eclecticlight.co/2025/03/09/last-week-on-my-mac-increasingly-insecure-in-sequoia/

Published: March 9, 2025 08:00

XProtect's updates are now less timely and reliable than they were in previous versions of macOS, leaving some Macs not updated for over 48 hours after release of a new version.