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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 280

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 280. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Third prime should run at twice three or four, and four times two.

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(Thunderbolt) 5

Third prime (5) should run at twice three or four (Thunderbolt 5 should deliver 80 Gb/s speed, twice that of TB3 or TB4), and four times two (and four times that of TB2).

2: The third of XV brought AI for some.

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(macOS) 15.1

The third (version of macOS 15, which is shipping in last week’s new M4 Macs) of XV (macOS 15) brought AI for some (it did).

3: If E > P and E + P = GPU what does E equal?

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6

If E > P (6 > 4) and E + P = GPU (Macs with the full base M4 chip have 10-core GPUs) what does E equal? (6, the number of E cores in the full base M4 chip.)

The common factor

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They are properties of the new M4 Macs announced last week.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 280

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Third prime should run at twice three or four, and four times two.

2: The third of XV brought AI for some.

3: If E > P and E + P = GPU what does E equal?

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 279

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 279. Here are my solutions to them.

1: The first year it goes from London to Leeds with the First Eleven on its arm.

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2020

The first year (2020, the year Apple silicon Macs were released) it goes from London to Leeds (the M1 motorway in England) with the First Eleven (launched with macOS 11.0 Big Sur installed) on its arm (they use Arm CPUs).

2: When intel brought the fifth big cat in a solo or duo.

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2006

When intel (Intel) brought the fifth big cat (they came with OS X Tiger 10.4.4) in a solo or duo (they had Intel Core Solo or Duo processors in 2006).

3: When 6100-8100 came from the aim of seven.

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1994

When 6100-8100 (first PowerPC models were Power Mac 6100, 7100 and 8100 of 1994) came from the aim (the processors were developed by the AIM Alliance of Apple, IBM and Motorola) of seven (they shipped with System 7.1.2).

The common factor

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They are the years in which Apple released the first Macs in each of its new architectures.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 279

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: The first year it goes from London to Leeds with the First Eleven on its arm.

2: When intel brought the fifth big cat in a solo or duo.

3: When 6100-8100 came from the aim of seven.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 278

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 278. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Platform executive arranges props and lighting for window groups.

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Stage Manager

Platform (a stage) executive (a manager) arranges props and lighting (what a stage manager does) for window groups (it manages window groups in macOS).

2: Blank characters open in parks for multiple desktops.

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Spaces

Blank characters (spaces) open in parks (open spaces) for multiple desktops (what it provides in macOS).

3: Regulate operational flight to exposé them all.

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Mission Control

Regulate (control) operational flight (a mission) to exposé them all (it does for all apps what Exposé did for single apps, in displaying all open windows).

The common factor

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They are all tools for advanced window management.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 278

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Platform executive arranges props and lighting for window groups.

2: Blank characters open in parks for multiple desktops.

3: Regulate operational flight to exposé them all.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 277

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 277. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Volatile anaesthetic to catch fish over coaxial cable.

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Ethernet

Volatile anaesthetic (ether) to catch fish (net) over coaxial cable (used for most Ethernet connections, although twisted pair and fibre-optic are also used).

2: Flight terminal for wireless in cards and base stations.

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AirPort

Flight terminal (an airport) for wireless (it’s wireless networking) in cards and base stations (first available in base stations and cards from 1999).

3: Neighbourhood chat between a twisted pair came with the LaserWriter.

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LocalTalk

Neighbourhood (local) chat (talk) between a twisted pair (it used twisted-pair cables) came with the LaserWriter (released with and supported by Apple’s LaserWriter printer in 1985).

The common factor

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They are all physical network systems that have been supported by Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 277

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Volatile anaesthetic to catch fish over coaxial cable.

2: Flight terminal for wireless in cards and base stations.

3: Neighbourhood chat between a twisted pair came with the LaserWriter.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 276

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 276. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Armour, postal matter or electronic message delivered in 2001.

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Mail

Armour (as in chain mail), postal matter (general meaning) or electronic message (mail) delivered in 2001 (it first appeared in the first version of Mac OS X, inherited from NeXTMail).

2: Originally Minotaur, from first release in 2004 it reads the news as well as the Andersons’ puppets.

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Thunderbird

Originally Minotaur (its original name), from first release in 2004 (version 1.0) it reads the news as well (it’s a news reader too) as the Andersons’ puppets (Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s TV series ‘Thunderbirds’).

3: Those attending the important came with a PIM in 2000, but was replaced by outlook 10 years later.

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(Microsoft) Entourage

Those attending the important (an entourage) came with a PIM (it included personal information manager features) in 2000 (when it was released, in Office 2001), but was replaced by outlook 10 years later (it was tragically replaced by the inferior Outlook in 2010).

The common factor

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They have all been major mail client apps for Mac OS.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 276

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Armour, postal matter or electronic message delivered in 2001.

2: Originally Minotaur, from first release in 2004 it reads the news as well as the Andersons’ puppets.

3: Those attending the important came with a PIM in 2000, but was replaced by outlook 10 years later.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 275

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 275. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Traced in epidemics and in emergencies, it replaced 2.

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Contacts

Traced in epidemics (contact tracing) and in emergencies (emergency contacts), it replaced 2 (Contacts replaced Address Book in Mountain Lion in 2012).

2: Formal speech and memory location publication until superseded by 1.

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Address Book

Formal speech (an address) and memory location (an address) publication (book) until superseded by 1 (from the first beta of Mac OS X until 2012, when Contacts replaced it).

3. Packed lunch came in 2008 to integrate 2 with a table of dates.

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Bento

Packed lunch (in Japan, bento) came in 2008 (first released by FileMaker in 2008, and discontinued in 2013) to integrate 2 with a table of dates (what it did so well: it was a lightweight database that integrated address book and calendar data).

The common factor

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They all work with address book data.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 275

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Traced in epidemics and in emergencies, it replaced 2.

2: Formal speech and memory location publication until superseded by 1.

3. Packed lunch came in 2008 to integrate 2 with a table of dates.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 274

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 274. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Exam success with a group of letters like open sesame.

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Passwords

Exam success (a pass) with a group of letters (a word) like open sesame (a famous fictional password).

2: 1 in 2007 and 16 this year like raid 1 for a new pairing.

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iPhone Mirroring

1 in 2007 (the year of the first iPhone) and 16 this year (iPhone 16) like raid 1 (also known as mirroring) for a new pairing (this app pairs your Mac with your iPhone).

3: Dumping grounds for gratuities and little hints.

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Tips

Dumping grounds (waste tips) for gratuities (tips) and little hints (what they are). (Note that although this app has been in /System/Library/CoreServices in previous macOS, it has now graduated to the main Applications folder.)

The common factor

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They are all additions to the main Applications folder in macOS Sequoia.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 274

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Exam success with a group of letters like open sesame.

2: 1 in 2007 and 16 this year like raid 1 for a new pairing.

3: Dumping grounds for gratuities and little hints.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 273

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 273. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Resign, stop and almost quite is final.

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Quit

Resign (quit a job), stop (quit) and almost quite (it’s quite without the last letter) is final (it’s the last command).

2: Almost all round opens a window first.

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About

Almost (about a number) all round (about a location) opens a window (it opens the About window) first (it’s the first command).

3: Past preferences when celestial bodies sink below the horizon.

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Settings

Past preferences (what it used to be called) when celestial bodies sink below the horizon (when the sun/moon/planets/stars set in the sky).

The common factor

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They are all standard commands in the app menu.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 273

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Resign, stop and almost quite is final.

2: Almost all round opens a window first.

3: Past preferences when celestial bodies sink below the horizon.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 272

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 272. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Used by courting birds with a haven for video and audio to replace the others.

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DisplayPort

Used by courting birds (a courtship display) with a haven (a port) for video and audio (it can carry both) to replace the others (intended to replace the answers to 2 and 3, as well as VGA and others).

2: 506 Romans can handle analogue and digital to display.

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DVI

506 Romans (DVI in Roman numerals = 506) can handle analogue and digital (has both DVI-I for analogue support, and DVI-D digital-only) to display (it’s for video output to displays and TVs).

3: With CTA-861, 19 pins and five connectors, it’ll carry all your media, even HDCP.

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HDMI

With CTA-861 (the standards it uses for video and more), 19 pins (in its connectors) and five connectors (it supports five different connectors now), it’ll carry all your media (it will), even HDCP (a form of DRM for use over HDMI).

The common factor

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They are all video interfaces that have been supported by Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 272

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Used by courting birds with a haven for video and audio to replace the others.

2: 506 Romans can handle analogue and digital to display.

3: With CTA-861, 19 pins and five connectors, it’ll carry all your media, even HDCP.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 271

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 271. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Table of chapters as the top-level directory.

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Contents

Table of chapters (contents of book) as the top-level directory (it’s the top-level folder in a macOS app bundle).

2: Real estate inventory, personal possessions or XML.

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Property list

Real estate (property) inventory (list), personal possessions (a property list) or XML (how it’s coded in the Info.plist file).

3: Reserves that could be human, such as strings and images.

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Resources

Reserves (resources) that could be human (human resources), such as strings and images (what goes inside the Resources folder in an app).

The common factor

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They are all key parts of a macOS app bundle.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 271

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: Table of chapters as the top-level directory.

2: Real estate inventory, personal possessions or XML.

3: Reserves that could be human, such as strings and images.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 270

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 270. Here are my solutions to them.

1: The periodical is secure when charged through this attractive force.

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MagSafe

The periodical (mag or magazine) is secure (safe) when charged through this attractive force (it’s a charging lead attached by magnetism).

2: Quick flash followed by thunder for power adaptor and more.

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Lightning

Quick (lightning) flash followed by thunder (lightning) for power adaptor and more (what it’s for).

3: Might of military planes would have been magic for 8 and X until cancelled because of heat.

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AirPower

Might of military planes (air power) would have been magic for 8 and X (it was a wireless charging system announced with iPhones 8 and X in 2017) until cancelled because of heat (Apple cancelled it in 2019 apparently because it got too hot).

The common factor

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They have been used to charge Macs and Apple devices, although the last never made it to market.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 270

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.

1: The periodical is secure when charged through this attractive force.

2: Quick flash followed by thunder for power adaptor and more.

3: Might of military planes would have been magic for 8 and X until cancelled because of heat.

To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.

I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.

Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.

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