- Apple actually started to warn people about the change with macOS 10.13 High Sierra. If you launch a 32-bit app in High Sierra, an alert pops up to tell you that your app needs to be updated.
- Aug 17, 2019 Checking which apps are 32-bit and thus won’t work when Catalina is installed is pretty easy to do, but you’ll need to make sure that none of them are important to you before updating. Here’s how to check which apps are 32-bit before it’s too late. Step 1: Hold the Option key and click on the Apple Menu. Then click System Information.
- Here’s how to get to the list of all the 32-bit apps installed on your Mac: Click on the Apple logo at the top-left corner of your screen and select About This Mac. On the following screen, click on the button that says System Report beneath your Mac details. By default, you’ll be in the Hardware tab in the report utility.
There's a quick and easy way in macOS Mojave to see if your current apps are 32-bit or 64-bit. Even if your apps are 32-bit in macOS Mojave, the app's developers might have a 64-bit version ready.
We recently reported that Apple is now beginning to warn users about 32-bit applications potentially not working in a future version of macOS. The alert that appears on macOS is surprisingly vague and doesn’t give much detail on what to do next.
Follow along as we guide you through how to check which apps are currently 32-bit.
How to check your Mac for 32-bit apps before Apple drops support
- In the top left corner click on the logo, hold down the Option key on your keyboard, while holding it down, click on System Information…
- Scroll down on the left sidebar until you get down to Software. Expand the menu if necessary, and then tap the Applications option. It may take a few moments for it to load, especially if you have a ton of apps.
- Up top, there should be a menu option to sort by 64-Bit (Intel). Click on that, and you’ll now have a list of apps that aren’t 64-bit (that are 32-bit only). The 32-bit apps will be labeled No instead of Yes.
Your list will likely be fairly small with only a handful of apps needing updates to 64-bit. Ironically, for most people, the 32-bit list will be dominated by Apple apps. Apple’s DVD player, and InkServer applications still lack native 64-bit support. These are first-party, pre-installed applications that come bundled with every Mac. But that’s not all, some of Apple’s Mac App Store apps such as Compressor aren’t updated for 64-bit systems as well.
Unfortunately, the only way around 32-bit apps is to notify the developers behind the app, asking to see if they would consider updating their apps for 64-bit. Otherwise, they will be left in the Mac app graveyard as newer versions of macOS potentially kill off support entirely.
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Are there any of your favorite apps that are still not updated for 64-bit? Let us know in the comments below. For more help getting the most out of your Apple devices, check out our how to guide as well as the following articles:
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Apple last month started warning users of 32-bit apps that future versions of macOS would not run ‘without compromise.’
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It was a vague warning, but suggests that Apple does have a plan to allow 32-bit apps to continue to run even after macOS has nominally switched to a 64-bit-only environment …
One possibility is that it will, for a time, offer a virtual machine running an older version of macOS silently in the background.
But even if Apple does eventually cease support for 32-bit apps altogether, as seems likely, a virtual machine could provide a DIY solution, as MacWorldsuggests. (Though the piece does mix up version numbers rather!)
It’s not widely known, but VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop can run virtual versions of macOS, too. There are a few limitations. First off, you can only emulation [sic] macOS on hardware running macOS. Second, there are some specific versions of macOS that are allowed for virtualization […]
You’re free to virtualize Mac OS X 10.7 Mavericks, Mac OS X 10.8 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.9 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.10 Sierra, and macOS 10.11 High Sierra. (Presumably Apple will continue allowing future versions of macOS to run in virtualization on Mac hardware.)
So if you have old software that you’re afraid isn’t going to work in a future macOS version, fear not: You should be able to install macOS in VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop and keep using that app. You can even set the virtualization software to open in a full-screen space on your Mac, so you can swipe on a trackpad from High Sierra to Mavericks and back.
If you’re not sure whether you’re still using any 32-bit apps, here’s how you can find out.
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