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Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 339

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 339. Here are my solutions to them.

1: The favourite of many removed AppleTalk and added a store later.

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Snow Leopard

The favourite of many (it remains the favourite version of Mac OS X for many) removed AppleTalk (it removed support for it) and added a store later (10.6.6 introduced the Mac App Store).

2: Two to four put the E in the first Apple silicon Macs.

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Icestorm

Two to four (M1 chips have either 2 or 4 of them) put the E (it’s the internal code name for the CPU Efficiency cores) in the first Apple silicon Macs (in the M1 family).

3: Both followed 2 from Strood to Faversham.

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Avalanche and Blizzard

Both followed 2 (these are the internal code names for the CPU cores of the M2 family) from Strood to Faversham (the route of the M2 motorway in Kent, England).

The common factor

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It’s that time of year again for snow and ice (in the northern hemisphere).

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.