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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 361

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I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 361. Here are my solutions to them.

1: This second was actually the sixth and bumped up by 20.

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Macintosh II

This second (II) was actually the sixth (there had been five previous Mac models) and bumped up by 20 (its CPU was the first 68020 used in a Mac).

2: Its A5 followed the A4, without any one, and a third thinner.

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iPad 2

Its A5 (its chip) followed the A4 (the chip in the original iPad), without any one (there was no iPad 1), and a third thinner (it was claimed to be about 33% thinner than the original iPad).

3: First with a 750 followed the 604, but there was neither 1 nor 2.

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Power Macintosh G3

First with a 750 (it was one of the first Macs with a PowerPC 750 processor) followed the 604 (previous models had PowerPC 601-604 processors), but there was neither 1 nor 2 (Apple didn’t start naming Power Macs by generation until the G3).

The common factor

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They were each the first model in their series to be numbered, but didn’t start at 1.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 361

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: This second was actually the sixth and bumped up by 20.

2: Its A5 followed the A4, without any one, and a third thinner.

3: First with a 750 followed the 604, but there was neither 1 nor 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 360

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 360. Here are my solutions to them.

1: With parents born in 1984 and 1989, it was born a server and raised with aqua.

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Mac OS X

With parents born in 1984 (Classic Mac OS) and 1989 (NeXTSTEP), it was born a server (first released as Mac OS X Server 1.0 in 1999) and raised with aqua (its initial GUI, explained by Steve Jobs as “when you saw it you wanted to lick it”).

2: First with Face ID and no Home to go to in 2017.

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iPhone X

First with Face ID (it was the first iPhone to feature it) and no Home to go to (it was the first iPhone without a Home button) in 2017 (announced in September, and released in November).

3: It shocked without MIDI in 2009, and ten years later went solo.

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QuickTime X

It shocked without MIDI in 2009 (it first shipped with Snow Leopard, and dropped MIDI support), and ten years later went solo (when Catalina was released in 2019, support for previous 32-bit QuickTime was removed, leaving just QuickTime X).

The common factor

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They each use the Roman numeral X for decimal 10, and should be pronounced ‘ten’ rather than ‘ecks’.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 360

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: With parents born in 1984 and 1989, it was born a server and raised with aqua.

2: First with Face ID and no Home to go to in 2017.

3: It shocked without MIDI in 2009, and ten years later went solo.

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 359

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 359. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Could in theory be 995 or unreal apparatus for running old macOS.

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VM

Could in theory be 995 (Roman numerals VM, although that’s not how the Romans would have done it) or unreal (virtual) apparatus (machine) for running old macOS (one of their purposes).

2: More than a superlative manager at the heart of 1.

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Hypervisor

More than a superlative (hyper) manager (supervisor) at the heart of 1 (it’s central to virtualisation).

3: Unreal input and output from Rusty Russell for 1.

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Virtio

Unreal (virtual) input and output (I/O) from Rusty Russell (it was originally proposed by him) for 1 (it provides the device support for VMs).

The common factor

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They’re all involved in virtualisation on Apple silicon.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 359

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: Could in theory be 995 or unreal apparatus for running old macOS.

2: More than a superlative manager at the heart of 1.

3: Unreal input and output from Rusty Russell for 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 358

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 358. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Thinly dispersed line of people could save lots of space.

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sparse file

Thinly dispersed (sparse) line of people (a file) could save lots of space (what a sparse file can do).

2: Identical copy of rasp when duplicated.

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clone file

Identical copy (a clone) of rasp (a file) when duplicated (what is created when you duplicate a file in the Finder).

3: Steadfast 7.92 inch two-way volume connector.

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firmlink

Steadfast (firm) 7.92 inch (link, an old imperial measure of length equal to this) two-way volume connector (a firmlink is just that, between System and Data volumes).

The common factor

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They’re all distinctive features of the APFS file system.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 358

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: Thinly dispersed line of people could save lots of space.

2: Identical copy of rasp when duplicated.

3: Steadfast 7.92 inch two-way volume connector.

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 357

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 357. Here are my solutions to them.

1: John’s afterword was dropped in 13.

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PostScript

John’s (it was developed by John Warnock and Charles Geschke) afterword (a postscript) was dropped in 13 (deprecated in macOS 12.3, it was removed in macOS 13 Ventura).

2: Painted people who merged with Scots, from QuickDraw to Catalina.

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PICT

Painted people who merged with Scots (the Picts), from QuickDraw to Catalina (the graphics format for QuickDraw, support was largely dropped in macOS 10.15 Catalina).

3: Brisk march for panoramas was lost from X in 2009.

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QuickTime VR

Brisk march (quick time) for panoramas (it introduced many of us to interactive panoramas) was lost from X in 2009 (it was removed from QuickTime X, which came with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in 2009).

The common factor

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They are abandoned graphics-based formats. See: PostScript, PICT, and QuickTime.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 357

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: John’s afterword was dropped in 13.

2: Painted people who merged with Scots, from QuickDraw to Catalina.

3: Brisk march for panoramas was lost from X in 2009.

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 356

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 356. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Lowing and barking as you’d expect to hear from Clarus.

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moof

Lowing and barking (it’s claimed to be a mixture of the lowing of a cow and the barking of a dog) as you’d expect to hear from Clarus (from the original dogcow identified by Scott ‘Zz’ Zimmerman, named Clarus by Mark ‘The Red’ Harlan in 1987. See this brief history).

2: Alert heard in the battle between two Apples was replaced in Big Sur.

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Sosumi

Alert (it was an alert sound introduced in 1991) heard in the battle between two Apples (it was a defiant pun on Apple Computer’s use of music in its products, in conflict with Apple Corps’ claimed trademark for the music of the Beatles) was renamed in Big Sur (when it was replaced by Sonumi, although it’s still named Sosumi in /System/Library/Sounds).

3: Arpeggio or shattering glass heard with a Sad Mac.

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Chimes of Death

Arpeggio (it was originally an upward major arpeggio) or shattering glass (later models made the sound of glass being shattered) heard with a Sad Mac (displayed at the same time to indicate a severe problem that prevents normal startup in a Classic Mac).

The common factor

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They are sounds distinctive to Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 356

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: Lowing and barking as you’d expect to hear from Clarus.

2: Alert heard in the battle between two Apples was replaced in Big Sur.

3: Arpeggio or shattering glass heard with a Sad Mac.

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 355

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 355. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Covid, smallpox, nVIR, but no more.

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virus

Covid (a coronavirus), smallpox (the variola virus), nVIR (a virus affecting Classic Mac OS, first reported in 1987), but no more (viruses are now almost unheard of for macOS).

2: Wooden animal concealing Greeks like DubRobber.

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Trojan

Wooden animal (the original Trojan horse from the Trojan War) concealing Greeks (it did, and ensured they were taken into the city of Troy) like DubRobber (a macOS Trojan also known as XCSSET, identified in 2020).

3: A thief like Amos can arrive by clickfix.

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stealer

A thief (a stealer) like Amos (AtomicStealer, AMOS, or SOMA, identified in 2023) can arrive by clickfix (now one of the most common means of its delivery).

The common factor

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They are types of malware that have affected Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 355

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: Covid, smallpox, nVIR, but no more.

2: Wooden animal concealing Greeks like DubRobber.

3: A thief like Amos can arrive by clickfix.

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 354

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 354. Here are my solutions to them.

1: In favour of a Scot who was mostly the biggest for almost 20 years until last month.

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Mac Pro

In favour (pro) of a Scot (Mac) who was mostly the biggest (apart from the trash can years, it was the largest model of Mac) for almost 20 years until last month (introduced August 2006, discontinued 26 March 2026).

2: Waterproof novel with a magnetic latch until 2019.

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MacBook

Waterproof (a mac) novel (a book) with a magnetic latch (it was Apple’s first laptop with a magnetic lid closure) until 2019 (when it was discontinued).

3: Opening shot for unknown number like a pizza box in a rack.

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Xserve

Opening shot (a serve in tennis) for unknown number (x) like a pizza box (it looks like one) in a rack (it was Apple’s only Mac intended to be mounted in a rack).

The common factor

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They are all discontinued model series.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 354

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: In favour of a Scot who was mostly the biggest for almost 20 years until last month.

2: Waterproof novel with a magnetic latch until 2019.

3: Opening shot for unknown number like a pizza box in a rack.

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 353

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 353. Here are my solutions to them.

1: The future was here 25 years ago when the fastest land animal arrived.

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Cheetah (Mac OS X 10.0)

The future was here (launched under the tagline of ‘the future is here’) 25 years ago (released on 24 March 2001) when the fastest land animal (a cheetah, despite Mac OS X 10.0 being far from the fastest) arrived.

2: This atelier came with more than a marathon four years ago.

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Mac Studio M1

This atelier (a studio) came with more than a marathon (the first Apple silicon Mac to feature an M1 Ultra chip) four years ago (announced 8 March and released 18 March 2022).

3: Wicked fast at 40 MHz, its special effects impressed 36 years ago.

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Macintosh IIfx

Wicked fast (it was dubbed ‘wicked fast’) at 40 MHz (the clock speed of its 68030 CPU and bus), its special effects (FX) impressed 36 years ago (released 19 March 1990).

The common factor

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They each celebrated their anniversaries this month.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 353

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: The future was here 25 years ago when the fastest land animal arrived.

2: This atelier came with more than a marathon four years ago.

3: Wicked fast at 40 MHz, its special effects impressed 36 years ago.

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 352

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 352. Here are my solutions to them.

1: British sister of ANSI is Tahoe’s child of RSR.

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BSI

British sister of ANSI (The British Standards Institution, or BSI, is the UK equivalent of the American National Standards Institute) is Tahoe’s child of RSR (it’s the macOS 26 reimplementation of Rapid Security Responses from Ventura).

2: Puzzle vault in the Da Vinci code contains Safari.

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Cryptex

Puzzle vault in the Da Vinci code (in Dan Brown’s novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, it’s a portable cylindrical vault resembling a combination lock, used to contain secret messages or precious objects) contains Safari (recent versions of macOS include two cryptexes, the App cryptex containing Safari, and the OS cryptex containing dyld caches).

3: The sound of a liquid hitting a surface could be 1 or its parent.

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Splat

The sound of a liquid hitting a surface (a splat) could be 1 or its parent (it’s Apple’s internal name for the cryptex updates in RSRs and BSIs).

The common factor

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They all refer to the sealed disk images used by recent versions of macOS.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 352

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: British sister of ANSI is Tahoe’s child of RSR.

2: Puzzle vault in the Da Vinci code contains Safari.

3: The sound of a liquid hitting a surface could be 1 or its parent.

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 351

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 351. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Show for recording or art, it isn’t as recent as you might think.

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Studio Display

Show (a display) for recording (a recording studio) or art (an art studio), it isn’t as recent as you might think (most recently 27-inch 5120 x 2880 from 2022, but an earlier series of models between 1998-2004).

2: Theatre exhibition was originally the largest of its kind.

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Apple Cinema Display

Theatre (a cinema) exhibition (a display) was originally the largest of its kind (the original model was the largest flat panel display on the market when it was launched in 1999, 22-inch, up to 1600 x 1024).

3: Gallery for pictures of the famous in greyscale only.

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Macintosh Portrait Display

Gallery (a display) for pictures of the famous (portraits) in greyscale only (available between 1989-1992, 15-inch with 640 x 870 in 256 shades of grey).

The common factor

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They’re some of Apple’s displays for Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Saturday Mac riddles 351

✇The Eclectic Light Company
hoakley

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

1: Show for recording or art, it isn’t as recent as you might think.

2: Theatre exhibition was originally the largest of its kind.

3: Gallery for pictures of the famous in greyscale only

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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