I just upgraded from Rev 2.7.1 to 2.7.4 and am impressed by the ability to build for so many Macs, including Intels, but am a bit confused by the wealth of options: On the Standalone settings, one is given the options to build for a. Mac OS (Classic, for which there is a notation, "Build for Mac OS Classic will be available in 2.7.x") b. Mac OSX (Universal) c. Mac OSX (Power PC only) d. Mac OSX (Intel only) e. Windows
Once the application is built, the folders have the titles: a. Mac OSX (which I assume refers to Universal) b. Mac OSX PowerPC-32 (which I assume refers to Power PC only) c. Mac OSX x86-32 (which I assume refers to Intel only, since I do not have an Intel Mac and it won't open on my computer) d. Windows My question is this. If the Universal version will work both on Intel Mac computers as well as non-Intel Mac OS X computers, what would be the advantage of including the "Power PC only" or "Intel only" versions when distributing one's application, since the Universal version would seem to work on both kinds of computers? While one could just take a shotgun approach and distribute all the versions, it would take up less CD space to include only those that are necessary. So perhaps one could just distribute the Universal version (not the Power PC only or Intel only versions) since it would work on Power PC and Intel Macs; or one could distribute just the Power PC only and Intel only versions, without including the Universal version. Is it necessary to include all the options when distributing a built application? Perhaps someone can enlighten me further on this. Thanks. Steve Goldberg _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
