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Saturday Mac riddles 287

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

1: Comfort for the organ cabinet and shows entries from 2.

2: Mass of wood measures a ship’s speed for the jottings of your Mac.

3: Guide points the way to measure performance in 2.

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 286

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 286. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Keeps an eye on exercise for checking 2, 3, memory and more.

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Activity Monitor

Keeps an eye on (monitor) exercise (activity) for checking 2, 3, memory and more (what Activity Monitor does).

2: Champion’s reward in disarray for the heart of your Mac, shown in 1.

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CPU

Champion’s reward (a cup) in disarray (rearranged to cpu) for the heart of your Mac (its CPU), shown in 1 (it is).

3: Endless high status in hiding place for treasure can be shown in 1.

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Cache

Endless high status (cachet without the last letter) in hiding place for treasure (a cache) can be shown in 1 (when Content Caching service is enabled, it’s one of the tabs or panes in Activity Monitor).

The common factor

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The latter two are tabs or views in the first.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 286

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

1: Keeps an eye on exercise for checking 2, 3, memory and more.

2: Champion’s reward in disarray for the heart of your Mac, shown in 1.

3: Endless high status in hiding place for treasure can be shown in 1.

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 285

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 285. Here are my solutions to them.

1: This Scot with a volume was a notebook closed in 2019.

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MacBook

This Scot (Mac) with a volume (book) was a notebook closed in 2019 (it was a notebook Mac discontinued in 2019).

2: Ledger for baptismal water manages typefaces.

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Font Book

Ledger (book) for baptismal water (a font) manages typefaces (what this app does).

3: Root -1 with bound paper as a companion to the iMac with a handle.

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iBook

Root -1 (in maths, i) with bound paper (a book) as a companion to the iMac (it was) with a handle (it’s one of the few computers that features a handle).

The common factor

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They each include the word book into their name.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 285

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

1: This Scot with a volume was a notebook closed in 2019.

2: Ledger for baptismal water manages typefaces.

3: Root -1 with bound paper as a companion to the iMac with a handle.

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 284

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 284. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Unsolicited crypto, supplies by parachute, or wireless file transfer.

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AirDrop

Unsolicited crypto (an airdrop), supplies by parachute (an airdrop), or wireless file transfer (what it does).

2: Atmospheric schools of whales pop into the ears.

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AirPods

Atmospheric (air) schools of whales (pods) pop into the ears (they do).

3: Ethereal hardcopy is driverless press standard.

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AirPrint

Ethereal (air) hardcopy (print) is driverless press standard (what it is).

The common factor

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They all start with Air- and in their current releases can use wireless connections.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 284

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

1: Unsolicited crypto, supplies by parachute, or wireless file transfer.

2: Atmospheric schools of whales pop into the ears.

3: Ethereal hardcopy is driverless press standard.

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 283

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 283. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Hidden folder of indexes for a beam of light on stage.

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Spotlight or .Spotlight-V100

Hidden folder of indexes (the .Spotlight-V100 folder) for a beam of light on stage (a spotlight).

2: Written exam preparations conceal saved versions.

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Document Revisions or .DocumentRevisions-V100

Written (document) exam preparations (revisions) conceal saved versions (the hidden .DocumentRevisions-V100 folder).

3: Invisible happenings record changes to files.

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FSEvents or .fseventsd

Invisible (hidden) happenings (events) record changes to files (in the hidden .fseventsd folder).

The common factor

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Each has its own hidden folder at the top level of each regular Mac volume.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 283

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

1: Hidden folder of indexes for a beam of light on stage.

2: Written exam preparations conceal saved versions.

3: Invisible happenings record changes to files.

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 282

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 282. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Scrambled coach or underwater vessel came with the first iMac.

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USB

Scrambled coach (‘bus’ rearranged) or underwater vessel (‘sub’ rearranged) came with the first iMac (it was first introduced with the original iMac in 1998).

2: Burning telegraph was best with DV cameras but couldn’t compete with 1.

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FireWire

Burning (fire) telegraph (wire) was best with DV cameras (it was standard with most of them) but couldn’t compete with 1 (Macs abandoned it in favour of USB and Thunderbolt).

3: Could sound seedy or sexy, so it was terminated by 2000.

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SCSI

Could sound seedy (it’s pronounced the same as the word ‘scuzzy’) or sexy (it had originally been intended to be pronounced like that), so it was terminated (one of the bugbears with SCSI is using its special bus terminators) by 2000 (Apple discontinued support in 1999).

The common factor

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In their day, they were each high-speed external interfaces for Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 282

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

1: Scrambled coach or underwater vessel came with the first iMac.

2: Burning telegraph was best with DV cameras but couldn’t compete with 1.

3: Could sound seedy or sexy, so it was terminated by 2000.

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 281

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 281. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Second major version in 20 years came from the south near Carmel.

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Big Sur

Second major version in 20 years (it was the first increment to the Mac OS version number since Mac OS X 10.0) came from the south (Spanish ‘sur’) near Carmel (Big Sur is a section of rugged coast near Carmel, California).

2: Last stand for 32 is the desert with the valley of death.

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Mojave

Last stand for 32 (it’s the last version of macOS to support 32-bit code) is the desert (it’s one of the major deserts in North America) with the valley of death (it’s where Death Valley is located).

3: Fastest and first of ten sounds like a fraudster.

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Cheetah

Fastest (it’s the fastest land animal) and first of ten (first version of Mac OS X) sounds like a fraudster (a cheater).

The common factor

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They were each prominent versions of Mac OS X and later.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 281

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

1: Second major version in 20 years came from the south near Carmel.

2: Last stand for 32 is the desert with the valley of death.

3: Fastest and first of ten sounds like a fraudster.

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 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.

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