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Title: Go64 review: Free utility preps Mac users for 64-bit Catalina app-ocalypse
Post by: HCK on July 16, 2019, 04:05:17 pm
Go64 review: Free utility preps Mac users for 64-bit Catalina app-ocalypse

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<p>As you’ve probably heard, Apple is finally eliminating support for 32-bit Mac applications (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3269007/what-apples-32-bit-app-phase-out-on-mojave-means-to-you.html) this fall. That means older software which hasn’t moved to 64-bit code won’t work on the latest macOS Catalina and although Cupertino has provided guidance on the impending “app-ocalypse,” identifying and taking action on affected apps is a hassle.</p><p>A free (donations accepted) Mac utility called <a href="https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/index.html" rel="nofollow">Go64[/url] aims to ease the 64-bit transition by performing a quick scan of your applications and creating an inventory of those where 32-bit code is still present. It’s fast and painless—Go64 took less than 45 seconds to scan 1,586 apps (?!) on my iMac Retina 5K startup disk.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3409097/go64-review.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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