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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 199

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 199. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Folder for arched roof locks your data securely.

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FileVault

Folder (file) for arched roof (a vault) locks your data securely (it encrypts the Data volume).

2: Links for unlocking and a store for passwords and certificates.

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Keychain

Links (chain) for unlocking (key) and a store for passwords and certificates (what a keychain is).

3: Leonardo’s vault for a special phone has come to your Mac.

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Cryptex

Leonardo’s vault (name of a fictional device in Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’) for a special phone (originally for Apple’s customised iPhone, its Security Research Device) has come to your Mac (now used to store Safari and other files in Ventura).

The common factor

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They are all forms of protected storage.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.