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Last Week on My Mac: Struggling with macOS 10.15 already

How to check whether an app, or other executable code, is 64-bit. It wasn’t an easy task despite the tools that macOS provides.

April 7, 2019 Macs, Technology

Getting 64-bit clean: now is the time

Which major apps and parts of macOS are still 32-bit? How to check your own Mac, and how to work around problems in the future.

April 6, 2019 Macs, Technology

How’s the 32-bit cleansing going? Would another tool help?

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A new tool to report the architecture including 64-bit compatibility of any app, code bundle, or command tool. Free of course.

April 5, 2019 Macs, Technology

Apple is killing QuickTime 7 in macOS 10.15: convert old media now

32-bit apps and codecs die with macOS 10.15 later this year. Many video, audio and still image formats will become unusable as a result. Here’s what to do.

March 23, 2019 Macs, Technology

Mojave’s Legacy Software isn’t wrong, it’s just a bit slow

Have you given up with the Legacy Software section in System Information? It’s getting more useful, and probably an escalating nudge on the part of Apple. Here’s why.

January 25, 2019 Macs, Technology

Are we ready to drop 32-bit code yet?

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We are warned that a future release of macOS will not run old 32-bit software. Should we worry? How to find out the scale of your problem.

November 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Don’t believe System Information’s Legacy Software

Mojave’s new feature to show ‘Legacy Software’ is far from complete, and thoroughly misleading.

October 13, 2018 Macs, Technology

Which apps for Mojave?

Natural language parsing, privacy exploring, update investigating, xattr-tweaking, iCloud poking, log browsing: they’re all here for Mojave.

September 24, 2018 Macs, Technology

32-bitCheck is now notarized too

A notarized version, which should benefit all users, and pass Mojave’s Gatekeeper checks in full.

August 2, 2018 Macs, Technology

New versions of Consolation 3, 32-bitCheck, and SystHist: mainly for Mojave

Updates mainly to improve their appearance in Dark Mode, although most Consolation users should find worthwhile improvements too.

June 21, 2018 Macs, Technology

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