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Isolation Photo Project : Day 147

I bought my 27" iMac seven years ago. It has only required one trip to the Apple Store to replace a failed logic board. It is the best Mac I have owned, but it won't run macOS 11 ( Big Sur ), and Apple may be switching to ARM very shortly.

I like to save up for my big purchases, so I specked one of the current Intel-based 27" iMacs to get an estimate of prices. I noticed that I could choose between a standard display and a "nano-texture glass" display ($500 more). Here's what I learned about that.

To remove dust or smudges from the nano-texture glass screen, use only the polishing cloth that came with your Pro Display XDR or iMac.Apple Support Document HT210229

Apple is the only company selling these specific cleaning cloths. The "Apple Cloth" is $9 each.

The standard iMac glass can be cleaned with a regular microfibre cloth and a small amount of water. On Amazon.com a pack of 10 microfibre cloths is $10.

Submitted for the 100DaysToOffload project.

Isolation Photo Project : Day 144

Things were broken, and now they are not.

This week WordPress 5.5 "Eckstine" was released. I upgraded my website, and things immediately went sideways. But the problems started earlier, on 6 August, after I upgraded to JetPack version 8.8.1.

I didn't suspect JetPack 8.8.1 as the cause at the time, but my website was slower, and unknown to me, the upgrade broke the connection between VaultPress and my site was broken. JetPack is required to use VaultPress properly. Still in the dark on the issue, on 11 August, I upgraded to WordPress 5.5, and everything broke. My website went offline until 15 August when I recovered manually from a backup I downloaded from VaultPress.

I want to express my gratitude to the web designer and WordPress consultant Daniel Brinneman for his help in brainstorming avenues of troubleshooting.

At some point, after I calm down, I'll write up a longer post on what I think happened, what I did to recover the website, and lessons learned.

Submitted as part of the 100DaysToOffload project.

52 Week Smartphone Challenge : Week 32 : Frame within the frame

Using only natural elements frame your subject. No actual picture frames allowed.

onlyD800inthehameau found natural framing for photographing some horses in his neighbour's field.

Submitted as part of my 52 Week Smartphone Challenge.