
Apps under active development that don’t yet have 64-bit updates available, but almost certainly will before it’s a problem.Apps that already have 64-bit updates available, but which you haven’t updated yet.You may be surprised how many of these are on your drive, but you can likely delete them. Extra copies of old apps for which you’ve already installed 64-bit versions.You will likely have quite a few 32-bit apps, as I do, and they’ll fall into a few categories: Click the header of the rightmost column, labeled 64-Bit (Intel), so that entries marked as No are listed first (if it sorts the Yes entries first, click it a second time).It may take a minute for the list to populate with a list of apps installed on your Mac. In System Information’s sidebar, under Software, click Applications.In the Overview screen, click System Report to launch the System Information utility.
Click the Apple menu and choose About This Mac. Thankfully, it’s easy to see which of your apps are 32-bit: (That could mean more aggressive alert dialog boxes or even a requirement that you set your Mac to run in a 32-bit compatibility mode complete with performance and feature penalties. While Apple hasn’t detailed exactly what “without compromise” means, it’s my understanding that 32-bit apps will run on the successor to High Sierra due this fall… just with some sort of undefined compromise. In fact, Jason Snell of Six Colors says that you probably will be able to run those apps in macOS 10.14: But that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to run those older apps. #1587: iOS 14.8.1, HomePod Software 15.1.1, Monterey upgrade issues, FaceTime screen sharing and SharePlay, temporary iCloud Backup space, Screen Time oddityĪt last year’s WWDC, Apple warned that macOS 10.13 High Sierra would be the final version of macOS to run 32-bit apps “without compromise” (Marc Zeedar commented on this problem for both macOS and iOS in “ The Problem With Abandoned Apps,” 17 July 2017).Īpple is now taking the next step toward deprecating 32-bit apps, displaying a one-time warning when you first launch a 32-bit app in macOS 10.13.4.Īs Apple’s accompanying support article says, you can keep using your 32-bit apps for now, but you should expect problems come macOS 10.14, presumably arriving sometime in September or October of this year.
Beats Fit Pro, ransomware protection, more OCR tools for text in images #1588: Monterey memory leak, third-generation AirPods vs.#1589: New FaceTime features, iOS 15's Weather notifications, Apple's Self Service Repair, iOS 15.1.1 and watchOS 8.1.1, Thanksgiving hiatus.#1590: Demystifying USB-C cables, Apple sues spyware firm, Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking, printer driver quirks, support TidBITS!.#1591: Major OS updates, AirPods firmware update, non-Google accounts in Gmail app, Time Sensitive notifications, Apple Watch Web browser.