When in doubt go with 32bit. You could download the 64bit version and
see if it runs and if it is any faster, but I doubt it. My impresion of
64-bit was that it primarily allowed use of memory sizes larger than
4GB, not so much on computational performance. That said, I think you
have to have a 2008 or newer hardware with Core2 Duo or better 64 bit
processors and 64 bit EFI. You can check your firmware version by
running this command from terminal:
ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi
my MacBookPro is 3 years old so it came back
| | "firmware-abi" = <"EFI32">
where the important part is EFI32, which means no 64-bit for me. If you
do have what it takes I think you still have to reboot and hold down the
6 and 4 keys. You can find some more info here:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090902100235176
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/09/02/inside_mac_os_x_snow_leopard_64_bits.html
CB
Courtney Curran wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering which version of Handbreak to get. I'm not sure whether I have
a 32 or 64 byte processor. Is there a binary version? And since I don't have
Switch, would Amadeus Pro work to convert the files?
Thanks,
Courtney
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