Ok...to continue the discussion on Macs and 64 bit boot mode, I just
grabbed SM 2.1b3 and did a "Get Info" on it under OS 10.6.7 on my
MacBook Pro booted with the 64 bit kernel and found the "Launch in 32
bit mode" option displayed and unchecked as I expected.
BUT - when I did the same thing on my iMac running 10.6.7 booted with
the 32 bit kernel (which is the only way I can boot this machine) I
still had the "Launch in 32 bit mode" option displayed and unchecked
which I didn't expect - I would have expected it to be checked by
default, or not there at all. (I had actually expected it to not be
there at all...)
So - my assumption that the OS takes care of this for the app was
obviously wrong. I don't know how SM tells if the machine is running in
64 or 32 bit kernel, but it must, and the beta doesn't appear to be
handling it appropriately to the machine as far as setting the default
goes...unless it does so only after first launch?
My thinking would be that at this time the majority of Intel based Macs
out there are probably still running in 32 bit boot and will be for some
time (it going to be interesting to see if Lion is actually going to run
on these older machines that aren't 64 capable/supported), and that the
SM default would/should be to launch in 32 bit with the user opting to
turn that off if SM isn't actually making the determination itself.
BTW - what am I going to screw up if I try installing/running the beta
on the same machine with 2.0.13 still installed?
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- Rufus
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