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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by mitchty on Thursday April 12, 2018 @12:16AM (#16817941)
The only ones I have that aren't 64 bit are games interestingly enough. And Calculator and DVD Player, which is odd, I'd expect that to have been ported by apple by now. That said the DVD Player app is not a big deal as I don't have any dvd drives any longer I realize, oh wait i bought a usb one, would have to find it.
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by npunt on Thursday April 12, 2018 @12:45AM (#16818059)
Somewhere in the recesses of internal Apple email exchanges, there's probably a debate about whether they should just drop support for DVDs when they do the 32-bit transition. They're ruthless about old formats.

Calculator is 64-bit

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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by mrpippy on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:11AM (#16818419)
Apple still sells a USB CD/DVD burner, I don't think they'll be dropping DVD playback any time soon. I think it's more likely that they've had an intern rewriting DVD Player.app in Cocoa and Swift, and it'll ship in 10.14.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD564LL/A/apple-usb-super...

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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by prewett on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:31AM (#16818494)
Do you suppose it'll support BluRay, by any chance?
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by nsxwolf on Thursday April 12, 2018 @12:25AM (#16817972)
I wonder if they whitelisted Apple 32 bit apps so that they won't trigger the new warning message. It would look a bit janky if they didn't.
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by daphneokeefe on Thursday April 12, 2018 @02:28PM (#16823599)
The current version 1.21 of Kindle is only available in 32-bit.
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by brandon272 on Thursday April 12, 2018 @12:44AM (#16818053)
My report shows Calculator as 64bit. (Version 10.13)
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by mitchty on Thursday April 12, 2018 @01:36AM (#16818292)
So the calculator I had as 32 bit turned out to be from some iOS app I compiled god knows when or how long ago, oops. :)

Calculator:

  Obtained from:	Unknown
  Last Modified:	12/27/16, 9:00 PM
  Kind:	Intel
  64-Bit (Intel):	No
  Location:	/Users/mitch/Library/Application Support/iPhone Simulator/6.0/Applications/610B1057-FF52-4D59-AE7D-DDD406E83F18/Calculator.app
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by ehavener on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:07AM (#16818636)
Looks like you started the Stanford iTunes U course
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Re:Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app... by mitchty on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:10AM (#16821725)
Sounds about right actually, good call.
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