Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 254

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 254. Here are my solutions to them.

1: Held for a lockable container and manner to clear caches.

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Shift

Held (Shift is held to enter Safe mode) for a lockable container (a safe) and manner (mode) to clear caches (what Safe mode does).

2: Keys to Web restoration when a local fails you.

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Command-Option-R

Keys (these keys are held for Internet Recovery) to Web (Internet) restoration (recovery) when a local fails you (used when local Recovery isn’t available).

3: Single key for lab tests to check hardware.

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D

Single key (this is the key held for Hardware Diagnostics) for lab tests (diagnostics) to check hardware (what Diagnostics does).

The common factor

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They’re startup key combinations used on Intel Macs, now replaced by the Power button and Recovery on Apple silicon Macs.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.