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November 2026

1. 7 NovPainting the whole truth, and nothing but the truth 1
2. 7 NovSaturday Mac riddles 385
3. 7 NovA brief history of Recovery Mode
4. 6 NovPainting with impaired vision: Claude Monet
5. 6 NovInstall an older version of macOS on an Apple silicon Mac
6. 5 NovmacOS updates are already waiting for the newest Macs
7. 5 NovPainting a good story: Nicolas Poussin
8. 5 NovWhy your Mac may not scan for malware
9. 4 NovCommemorating the death of Albin Egger-Lienz: work and war
10. 4 NovWhy your Mac may struggle to update XProtect
11. 3 NovApple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS
12. 3 NovPortraits of trees: City dwellers
13. 3 NovTrackpad and touch input in macOS Golden Gate
14. 2 NovHero or hooligan: Orestes and the Furies
15. 2 NovSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 384
16. 2 NovLightest-weight macOS virtualisation with Vimy, an update
17. 1 NovA painted weekend in Egypt 2
18. 1 NovLast Week on My Mac: An insecure world built on trust stores

October 2026

1. 31 OctA painted weekend in Egypt 1
2. 31 OctSaturday Mac riddles 384
3. 31 OctNew products for new species, revisited
4. 30 OctPainting with impaired vision: Vincent van Gogh
5. 30 OctFrom click to action: how macOS does what you want
6. 29 OctPainting a good story: Peter Paul Rubens
7. 29 OctDo you ever use curl? How recent vulnerabilities could affect you
8. 28 OctCommemorating the death of Albin Egger-Lienz: early realism
9. 28 OctSolve macOS update problems
10. 27 OctPortraits of trees: Forest of Fontainebleau
11. 27 OctDaylight saving time, hieroglyphics, and LogUI 1.3
12. 26 OctApple has just released updates to Golden Gate 27.2, 26.7.2. and 15.8.2
13. 26 OctHero or hooligan: Orestes murders his mother
14. 26 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 383
15. 26 OctHow free space has been changing, with an update to DeltaFree
16. 25 OctAmerican expatriates: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
17. 25 OctLast Week on My Mac: The Wit and Wisdom of the Log
18. 24 OctAmerican expatriates: Benjamin West
19. 24 OctSaturday Mac riddles 383
20. 24 OctReviewing the Desktop metaphor
21. 23 OctBriefly better than Turner: Thomas Girtin
22. 23 OctWhy Golden Gate may not change focus correctly
23. 22 OctPainting with impaired vision: Camille Pissarro
24. 22 OctLocal network privacy is getting better
25. 21 OctApple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator
26. 21 OctPainting a good story: References and timing
27. 21 OctTesting iCloud Drive with Cirrus 1.17
28. 20 OctLogUI 1.2 fixes selection and focus in macOS 27
29. 20 OctPortraits of trees: Palm
30. 20 OctHow Spotlight indexes in Golden Gate
31. 19 OctHero or hooligan: Death of Orpheus
32. 19 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 382
33. 19 OctCan I browse log entries from 2 weeks ago?
34. 18 OctPaintings of gales 2
35. 18 OctLast Week on My Mac: Selection and focus in Golden Gate
36. 17 OctPaintings of gales 1
37. 17 OctSaturday Mac riddles 382
38. 17 OctHow Ask Siri constructs and uses context
39. 16 OctMasaccio’s six years
40. 16 OctChanging developer certificates might affect installers next year
41. 15 OctPainting with impaired vision: Edgar Degas
42. 15 OctCirrus 1.17: an update for this unique iCloud Drive utility
43. 14 OctPainting a good story: Polymythic
44. 14 OctWhere to look for Mac help: Tips or AI?
45. 13 OctApple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS
46. 13 OctPortraits of trees: Klimt’s forests
47. 13 OctPin files in iCloud Drive
48. 12 OctHero or hooligan: Orpheus in the underworld
49. 12 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 381
50. 12 OctWhen to expect updates to macOS 27 Golden Gate
51. 11 OctThe artist who died alongside Scott
52. 11 OctLast Week on My Mac: When is it safe to upgrade macOS?
53. 10 OctThe artist who died crossing Australia
54. 10 OctSaturday Mac riddles 381
55. 10 OctTry on-device AI with fm
56. 9 OctThomas Fearnley the brief Wanderer
57. 9 OctHow the macOS System has changed over 7 years
58. 8 OctPainting with impaired vision: Introduction
59. 8 OctWhat controls access to files?
60. 7 OctPainting a good story: Multi-frame
61. 7 OctExplainer: Keychains
62. 6 OctApple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS
63. 6 OctPortraits of trees: Birch
64. 6 OctPrivacy, Full Disk Access and AI agents
65. 5 OctHero or hooligan: Heracles killed by the hydra’s blood
66. 5 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 380
67. 5 OctWhen and how to migrate to your Mac
68. 4 OctLeaf peeping: painting autumn 1900-1945
69. 4 OctLast Week on My Mac: The AI on the AIRer is drying
70. 3 OctLeaf peeping: painting autumn 1650-1899
71. 3 OctSaturday Mac riddles 380
72. 3 OctWhat changed in macOS Tahoe 26.4? (Take 2)
73. 2 OctGiorgione’s few brilliant years of painting
74. 2 OctHow to copy login keychains that can be unlocked
75. 1 OctPainting a good story: Multiplex returns
76. 1 OctBrowse Apple Intelligence Reports with AIRer, a new app

September 2026

1. 30 SepPortraits of trees: Pine
2. 30 SepHow does APFS handle encryption keys?
3. 30 SepApple has released another update to XProtect for all macOS
4. 29 SepHero or hooligan: Heracles wrestles for a wife
5. 29 SepApple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS
6. 29 SepCreate an external boot disk in Golden Gate
7. 28 SepApple has just released updates to Golden Gate 27.0.1, 26.7.1 and 15.8.1
8. 28 SepIn memoriam Helen Allingham and her paintings of a lost England
9. 28 SepSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 379
10. 28 SepSilently updated security data files in Golden Gate
11. 27 SepCritics against art: How John Singer Sargent was erased
12. 27 SepLast Week on My Mac: Spinning plates
13. 26 SepCritics against art: How British landscape painting was killed
14. 26 SepSaturday Mac riddles 379
15. 26 SepAI at work: Privacy, PCC and prompts
16. 26 SepApple has just released an update to XProtect for macOS Sequoia and later
17. 25 SepAmerican in Paris, the brief paintings of Susan Watkins
18. 25 SepXProtect Remediator 163 doesn’t run
19. 24 SepPainting a good story: Multiplex peak and decline
20. 24 SepDeep-reading an Apple Intelligence Report with pccvre
21. 23 SepBrushstrokes: a summary history
22. 23 SepLogUI 1.1 build 90 fixes a menu glitch in macOS 27
23. 23 SepChecking an SSD trims in Golden Gate
24. 22 SepPortraits of trees: Willow
25. 22 SepRead an Apple Intelligence Report
26. 21 SepHero or hooligan: Heracles in drag
27. 21 SepSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 378
28. 21 SepWhen to use a new container, volume or folder
29. 20 SepPainting la Manche: le Havre to Ouessant
30. 20 SepLast Week on My Mac: Is AI worth 30 GB?
31. 19 SepPainting la Manche: Calais to Étretat
32. 19 SepSaturday Mac riddles 378
33. 19 SepmacOS Tahoe 26.4 changed boot volume structure
34. 18 SepApple has released an update to XProtect Remediator
35. 18 SepHenri Regnault’s too brief history paintings
36. 18 SepHow did Golden Gate affect free disk space?
37. 17 SepApple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS
38. 17 SepPainting a good story: Multiplex to 1600
39. 17 SepSpotlight indexing bug fixed in Golden Gate
40. 16 SepBrushstrokes: Avant-garde and the psychology of perception
41. 16 SepWhat has happened with XProtect
42. 15 SepPortraits of trees: The Fallen
43. 15 SepFinding your feet in Golden Gate
44. 14 SepApple has released macOS Golden Gate, and security updates to Tahoe 26.7, Sequoia 15.8
45. 14 SepHero or hooligan: Heracles’ labours 9-12
46. 14 SepSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 377
47. 14 SepHow can you copy or restore keychains?
48. 13 SepAnarchy in paint: the politics of Neo-Impressionism 2
49. 13 SepLast Week on My Mac: Still a surprise
50. 12 SepAnarchy in paint: the politics of Neo-Impressionism 1
51. 12 SepSaturday Mac riddles 377
52. 12 SepWhich of my apps for macOS Golden Gate?
53. 11 SepDennis Miller Bunker, American Impressionist
54. 11 SepKeychain copying, migration and upgrading VMs
55. 10 SepPainting a good story: Series after 1800
56. 10 SepPrepare to update or upgrade macOS

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