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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 173

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 173. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Vigilant window you have to dismiss.

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Alert

Vigilant (alert) window you have to dismiss (what you do with an Alert).

2: Symbolic flag slides past at the top right.

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Banner

Symbolic flag (banner) slides past at the top right (what a notification banner does).

3: Distinctive emblem appears docked in red.

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Badge

Distinctive emblem (badge) appears docked in red (shown as a red circle on the app’s icon in the Dock).

The common factor

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They’re all interface elements used by macOS Notifications.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.