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Give your old Mac software eternal life

“It’s been a long time coming, but having your Mac tell you that some of your apps will stop working brings some immediacy to the issue: If there’s a 32-bit Mac app you rely on to get work done, and it’s no longer being updated, on forthcoming versions of macOS it will only work with compromises, and ultimately it won’t work at all,” Jason Snell writes for Macworld.

“Don’t fear the…

How to find which apps on your Mac are 32-bit

“Apple has been warning developers for some time that 32-bit apps would be deprecated on macOS, as they have already been on iOS. macOS High Sierra is now displaying a warning whenever you launch a 32-bit app, informing you that the app is ‘not optimized for your Mac,'” Kirk McElhearn writes for Kirkville.

“If you click OK, the app will launch, and if you click Learn More, you’ll be…

Mac users will start getting 32-bit app warnings today

Today “at midnight PT, Apple will begin issuing an alert box when you open a 32-bit app in MacOS 10.13.4,” Brian Heater writes for TechCrunch. “It’s a one-time (per app) alert, designed to help macOS make the full transition to 64-bit. At some unspecified time in the future, the operating system will end its support for 32-bit technology… meaning those apps that haven’t been updated just won’t…

32-Bit Games ‘Plants Vs Zombies’, ‘Peggle Classic’, and ‘Solitaire Blitz’ disappear from Apple’s App Store

“The 32-bit scythe has claimed 3 more games today, PopCap’s Solitaire Blitz, Peggle Classic, and the paid version of Plants vs Zombies,” Tasos Lazarides reports for TouchArcade.

“PopCap just announced that it will remove those three games from the App Store and Google Play today, but the games are already gone (at least from the App Store),” Lazarides reports. “So, if you were hoping…

Apple’s brilliant move: Apple’s iOS sheds its 32-bit legacy this fall

“One thing that’s quite interesting about iOS 11 is that it will totally remove support for 32-bit iOS applications — from here on out, only 64-bit applications will be allowed in the Apple App Store,” Ashraf Eassa reports for The Motley Fool.

“Although this might seem like something of an inconvenience for app developers, as well as for iOS users who want to upgrade to the new version…

Apple: High Sierra will be last macOS release to support 32-bit apps ‘without compromise’

“We know that iOS 11 marks the end of the road for legacy 32-bit apps and now we’re learning about Apple’s new 64-bit requirement for Mac apps,” Christian Zibreg reports for iDownload Blog.

“In an advisory on Dev Center yesterday, the Cupertino giant announced that macOS High Sierra will be the last macOS release to support 32-bit apps ‘without compromise,'” Zibreg reports. “Apple…

“Roughly two weeks after it first acknowledged the problem, Apple has restored many of the services that were taken offline when its developer site servers were accessed by an “intruder” on July 18,” Andrew Cunningham reports for Ars Technica.

“Develop…