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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 174

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 174. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Opening address or tonic to show your slides.

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Keynote

Opening address (a keynote) or tonic (a musical keynote) to show your slides (what the app does).

2: Government promontory makes a socket for presentation.

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(Microsoft) PowerPoint

Government (a power) promontory (a point) makes a socket (a powerpoint) for presentation (what the app does).

3: This favourite tree factory included it for six years before death.

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AppleWorks

This favourite tree (an apple) factory (works) included it for six years before death (the presentation module was added to AppleWorks version 6 in 2001, and lasted until Apple discontinued the product in 2007).

The common factor

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They’re all presentation apps for Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.