What’s the best and most reliable way to tell what 32-bit code won’t run in macOS 10.15? Time is now running short before first betas ship.
64-bit
How reliably does Legacy Software detect 64-bit compatible upgrades? For some apps, it doesn’t notice at all, it appears, and continues to give wrong information.
Before we worry about new apps to manage and play media, replacing iTunes, shouldn’t we think about the loss of 32-bit software, including QuickTime, and requirements for hardening and notarization?
First full release version of a tool to check whether apps, code bundles, command tools, and any other executable code is 64-bit clean.
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.
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.
A new tool to report the architecture including 64-bit compatibility of any app, code bundle, or command tool. Free of course.
A broken Combo updater, and total lack of release notes (even for developers) may make 10.14.3 look bad, but as development of 10.15 gathers pace, prospects are good for macOS.
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.
Choose whether you want the Folder textbox cleared when you scan, and improvements to default location to save reports.
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