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How to find your remaining 32bit apps
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<blockquote data-quote="Ratsima" data-source="post: 1819717" data-attributes="member: 402210"><p>I got curious about this whole topic, so I searched around for ways to find 32 bit apps without having to use System Information. (Note that I am no expert when it comes to using the command line, mdfind or grep. If you spot errors, please let me know.)</p><p></p><p>If you want to see all the 32 bit apps on your machine and are comfortable with the terminal, you can use this:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]mdfind "kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == '*i386*' && kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != '*x86*'"[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>That will list them all. Note that this command will find every executable file, some of which are buried in strange folders and don't show up in System Information.</p><p></p><p>The following just tells you how many there are in the Applications folder that end with ".app":</p><p></p><p>[CODE]mdfind "kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == '*i386*' &&</p><p> kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != '*x86*'" | grep ^/Applications | grep -c .app$[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>110 in my case.</p><p></p><p>The following creates a file with all 32 bit apps that are in the Applications folder. The file is called 32bit.txt and is in your Documents folder:</p><p></p><p>[CODE]mdfind "kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == '*i386*' &&</p><p> kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != '*x86*'" | grep ^/Applications | grep .app$ > ~/Documents/32bit.txt[/CODE]</p><p></p><p>I've tested the above several times on my machine. But, I'm old and clumsy and error-prone, so use at your own risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ratsima, post: 1819717, member: 402210"] I got curious about this whole topic, so I searched around for ways to find 32 bit apps without having to use System Information. (Note that I am no expert when it comes to using the command line, mdfind or grep. If you spot errors, please let me know.) If you want to see all the 32 bit apps on your machine and are comfortable with the terminal, you can use this: [CODE]mdfind "kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == '*i386*' && kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != '*x86*'"[/CODE] That will list them all. Note that this command will find every executable file, some of which are buried in strange folders and don't show up in System Information. The following just tells you how many there are in the Applications folder that end with ".app": [CODE]mdfind "kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == '*i386*' && kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != '*x86*'" | grep ^/Applications | grep -c .app$[/CODE] 110 in my case. The following creates a file with all 32 bit apps that are in the Applications folder. The file is called 32bit.txt and is in your Documents folder: [CODE]mdfind "kMDItemExecutableArchitectures == '*i386*' && kMDItemExecutableArchitectures != '*x86*'" | grep ^/Applications | grep .app$ > ~/Documents/32bit.txt[/CODE] I've tested the above several times on my machine. But, I'm old and clumsy and error-prone, so use at your own risk. [/QUOTE]
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