How can users check if their mac is 64-bit-capable?
How can users check if their mac is 64-bit-capable?
- Subject: How can users check if their mac is 64-bit-capable?
- From: Russ <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:07:50 -0800 (PST)
Is there an official Apple-supplied list of which Macs (PPC and Intel) are capable of running 64-bit applications? I need something to refer customers to so they can verify whether their machine is 64-bit capable or not. Obviously I could supply a tiny app to tell them, but it's a bit pointless and politically incorrect to have to have a download for this.
So even better, is there a convenient GUI-based way for a user to check this? I don't see anything in "About this Mac". Since there are no running 64-bit processes by default, I can't tell them to check Activity Monitor. A standard app that will always start in 64-bit mode so it can be checked from Application Monitor? (These are ordinary users, no Developer Tools or command-line methods).
It's important for this information to be readily available --- it's hard to push 64-bit apps if no one can tell if their machine can really run one or not.
Also: how can a customer easily choose to run the 32-bit version of a 32/64 universal app? This may prove occasionally necessary to accommodate missing QTKit functionality.
Thanks.
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