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saispas

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    Comment #48398238

    It's a fully functional MacOS computer: you install the same software on it that you can any Mac laptop. That means it will run third-part software. (Obviously, it won't run some h…

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    Comment #48237494

    There's a 'Mac App Store' FAQ on the support page, but you're right, it's given undue prominence elsewhere ;-)

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    Comment #48236724

    As a matter of interest, there is a setting `Allow tab key to indent text blocks` (in Settings > Keyboard) – doesn't that do what you're describing?

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    Comment #48236472

    BBEdit is still in the App Store – you can download Version 16 today if you want. If you buy it that way, then there is a single setting which authorises access to the sandboxed di…

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    Comment #46742451

    Other way round, IMO of course … For me the books have depth that the TV series doesn't – and can't – have: some of the plots are dumbed down a bit to give more visual impact, and …

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    Comment #45762931

    I don't think anybody seriously suggests that the medieval period was incapable of developing anything new or of building some stunning things – it's clearly nonsense. They had as …

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    Comment #45759682

    I chose Roman Britain because I live in a city (Deva) which was once meant to be the capital of the whole province, where the evidence of lost glories would have been glaringly app…

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    Comment #45759494

    Did they? For example, the Roman formula for waterproof concrete was lost and only rediscovered (in the 15th Century) when a manuscript came to light. I think it's more than just a…

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    Comment #45758531

    The subtitle is "The Art of the Ancient Mirror", so perhaps not so surprising…

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    Comment #45758522

    I think that's true (particularly about the Dark ages not being uncultured), but in some places, the signs that what came before was vastly superior technologically (and culturally…

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    Comment #45758429

    I'm not sure every era did think it was the apex of human progress, though, because sometimes they had physical or cultural evidence that previous generations could do things that …

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    Comment #45566631

    Unless I've misunderstood what you're asking for (in which case, apologies…) then there's a setting in `Settings > Desktop & Dock > Mission Control` to govern this behaviour. Turn …

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