I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 297. Here are my solutions to them.
1: Can still spin a disc with five between two five-hundreds.
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DVD Player
Can still spin a disc (although now hidden away, it can still play DVDs) with five between two five-hundreds (Roman numeral V between D and D).
2: Joins overhead and face together in shared video.
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Desk View
Joins overhead and face together (it’s used to merge overhead desktop and face-on views) in shared video (for FaceTime in particular).
3: Railway inspector for the hound of Hades.
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Ticket Viewer
Railway inspector (who checks tickets by viewing them) for the hound of Hades (it’s used to check Kerberos tickets, named after the multi-headed dog that guards the underworld in classical myth).
The common factor
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They’re all apps now hidden away in /System/Library/CoreServices/Applications
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.
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