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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 329

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 329. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Two credentials or 762 should be superseded by passkeys.

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2FA

Two credentials (two-factor authentication uses two secrets, such as a password and a PIN code sent separately) or 762 (0x2FA in decimal) should be superseded by passkeys (a modern and more secure replacement).

2: Notably from Autodesk but once by Claris, it’s 3,245.

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CAD

Notably from Autodesk (vendors of AutoCAD and other computer-aided design software) but once by Claris (ClarisCAD, 1989-1991), it’s 3,245 (0xCAD in decimal).

3: From the Mac II until replaced by USB, 2,779 was quite enough.

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ADB

From the Mac II (Apple Desktop Bus, introduced as the peripheral interface for Mac II and SE) until replaced by USB (it was, with the iMac), 2,779 (0xADB in decimal) was quite enough (it didn’t support hot-swapping, which could result in electrical damage).

The common factor

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They are all hexadecimal numbers as well as abbreviations.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.