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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 314

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 314. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Expedition for a panther now in visionOS too.

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Safari

Expedition (a safari) for a panther (it was first bundled with Mac OS X Panther in 2003) now in visionOS too (it’s now bundled in visionOS).

2: Polished plate is now 1’s most serious competitor.

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Chrome

Polished plate (chrome) is now 1’s most serious competitor (on Apple’s platforms, it is Safari’s main competitor).

3: Web pet only lasted a year before the exploder.

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Cyberdog

Web (cyber) pet (dog) only lasted a year before the exploder (released in 1996, it was dropped the following year, for Microsoft Internet Explorer to become the bundled web browser in Mac OS X).

The common factor

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They’ve each been web browsers for Mac OS.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.