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October 2026

1. 31 OctSaturday Mac riddles 384
2. 31 OctNew products for new species, revisited
3. 30 OctPainting with impaired vision: Vincent van Gogh
4. 30 OctFrom click to action: how macOS does what you want
5. 29 OctPainting a good story: Peter Paul Rubens
6. 29 OctDo you ever use curl? How recent vulnerabilities could affect you
7. 28 OctCommemorating the death of Albin Egger-Lienz: early realism
8. 28 OctSolve macOS update problems
9. 27 OctPortraits of trees: Forest of Fontainebleau
10. 27 OctDaylight saving time, hieroglyphics, and LogUI 1.3
11. 26 OctApple has just released updates to Golden Gate 27.2, 26.7.2. and 15.8.2
12. 26 OctHero or hooligan: Orestes murders his mother
13. 26 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 383
14. 26 OctHow free space has been changing, with an update to DeltaFree
15. 25 OctAmerican expatriates: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
16. 25 OctLast Week on My Mac: The Wit and Wisdom of the Log
17. 24 OctAmerican expatriates: Benjamin West
18. 24 OctSaturday Mac riddles 383
19. 24 OctReviewing the Desktop metaphor
20. 23 OctBriefly better than Turner: Thomas Girtin
21. 23 OctWhy Golden Gate may not change focus correctly
22. 22 OctPainting with impaired vision: Camille Pissarro
23. 22 OctLocal network privacy is getting better
24. 21 OctApple has just released updates to XProtect and XProtect Remediator
25. 21 OctPainting a good story: References and timing
26. 21 OctTesting iCloud Drive with Cirrus 1.17
27. 20 OctLogUI 1.2 fixes selection and focus in macOS 27
28. 20 OctPortraits of trees: Palm
29. 20 OctHow Spotlight indexes in Golden Gate
30. 19 OctHero or hooligan: Death of Orpheus
31. 19 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 382
32. 19 OctCan I browse log entries from 2 weeks ago?
33. 18 OctPaintings of gales 2
34. 18 OctLast Week on My Mac: Selection and focus in Golden Gate
35. 17 OctPaintings of gales 1
36. 17 OctSaturday Mac riddles 382
37. 17 OctHow Ask Siri constructs and uses context
38. 16 OctMasaccio’s six years
39. 16 OctChanging developer certificates might affect installers next year
40. 15 OctPainting with impaired vision: Edgar Degas
41. 15 OctCirrus 1.17: an update for this unique iCloud Drive utility
42. 14 OctPainting a good story: Polymythic
43. 14 OctWhere to look for Mac help: Tips or AI?
44. 13 OctApple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS
45. 13 OctPortraits of trees: Klimt’s forests
46. 13 OctPin files in iCloud Drive
47. 12 OctHero or hooligan: Orpheus in the underworld
48. 12 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 381
49. 12 OctWhen to expect updates to macOS 27 Golden Gate
50. 11 OctThe artist who died alongside Scott
51. 11 OctLast Week on My Mac: When is it safe to upgrade macOS?
52. 10 OctThe artist who died crossing Australia
53. 10 OctSaturday Mac riddles 381
54. 10 OctTry on-device AI with fm
55. 9 OctThomas Fearnley the brief Wanderer
56. 9 OctHow the macOS System has changed over 7 years
57. 8 OctPainting with impaired vision: Introduction
58. 8 OctWhat controls access to files?
59. 7 OctPainting a good story: Multi-frame
60. 7 OctExplainer: Keychains
61. 6 OctApple has just released an update to XProtect for all macOS
62. 6 OctPortraits of trees: Birch
63. 6 OctPrivacy, Full Disk Access and AI agents
64. 5 OctHero or hooligan: Heracles killed by the hydra’s blood
65. 5 OctSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 380
66. 5 OctWhen and how to migrate to your Mac
67. 4 OctLeaf peeping: painting autumn 1900-1945
68. 4 OctLast Week on My Mac: The AI on the AIRer is drying
69. 3 OctLeaf peeping: painting autumn 1650-1899
70. 3 OctSaturday Mac riddles 380
71. 3 OctWhat changed in macOS Tahoe 26.4? (Take 2)
72. 2 OctGiorgione’s few brilliant years of painting
73. 2 OctHow to copy login keychains that can be unlocked
74. 1 OctPainting a good story: Multiplex returns
75. 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
57. 9 SepBrushstrokes: Lovis Corinth’s narratives
58. 9 SepTake control of snapshots
59. 8 SepPortraits of trees: Monet’s poplars
60. 8 SepWhat does Safe mode do, and when to use it?
61. 7 SepLogistician version 1.5 fixes a crashing bug
62. 7 SepHero or hooligan: Heracles’ labours 4-8
63. 7 SepSolutions to Saturday Mac riddles 376
64. 7 SepWhat happens when a Mac’s boot volumes run out of space?
65. 6 SepPaintings of caves: beauty and reality
66. 6 SepLast Week on My Mac: Storage crisis management
67. 5 SepPaintings of caves: myth and religion
68. 5 SepSaturday Mac riddles 376
69. 5 SepWhen the Finder’s size ‘on disk’ is misleading
70. 4 SepPainting a good story: Series to 1800
71. 4 SepLogistician 1.4 has improved charts and plots
72. 3 SepOrient: the bicentenary of Alberto Pasini 2
73. 3 SepVersion, snapshot or backup: which is best for reverting edits?
74. 2 SepBrushstrokes: Henri-Edmond Cross
75. 2 SepApple has released an update to XProtect for all macOS

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