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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 228

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 228. Here are my solutions to them.

1: First person seed vessel brought mobile music for 21 years.

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iPod

First person (I) seed vessel (pod) brought mobile music for 21 years (what iPods did, from 2001-2022).

2: Current objects buried for the future and where you could restore from.

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Time Capsule

Current objects buried for the future (in a time capsule) and where you could restore from (what you could use a Time Capsule backup for). Apple’s appliance NAS backup storage systems were introduced in January-February 2008, and discontinued in April 2018.

3: Checked by optometrists, this camera died from lead poisoning 17 years ago.

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iSight

Checked by optometrists (who check eyesight), this camera (what it was) died from lead poisoning 17 years ago (it was discontinued at the end of 2006 because it couldn’t be made using lead-free solder).

The common factor

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They were popular hardware products that have been discontinued.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.