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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 75

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 75. Here are my solutions to them.

1: I could be cutting a cake into parts, or letting you access what’s mine. What am I?

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Sharing

I could be cutting a cake into parts (sharing it out), or letting you access what’s mine (what the macOS pane enables). What am I?

2: I could arrange it, or update your iPhone’s firmware, but now I’ve got a new and different purpose. What am I?

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Configurator

I could arrange it (make a configuration), or update your iPhone’s firmware (one of its original purposes), but now I’ve got a new and different purpose (reviving and installing firmware and macOS in M1 Macs). What am I?

3: George, son of a shoemaker, says that I’m right or wrong, one or the other. What am I?

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Boolean

George (Boole), son of a shoemaker (he was), says that I’m right or wrong (true or false), one or the other. What am I?

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.