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Re: Any advantage to updating to Big Sur?

From Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Any advantage to updating to Big Sur?
Date 2020-11-14 23:14 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnrr0p6c.2i4v.g.kreme@ProMini.lan> (permalink)
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In message <ropdol$tda$4@dont-email.me> Neill Massello <nmassello@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 2020-11-13 at 17:58:20 MST, "Lewis" <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> wrote:

>> Unneeded, the System tells you all the 32 but apps on your system in the
>> System Information App. I believe the category is "Legacy software".
>> 
>> It's more accurate.

> No, it isn't. That pane in particular does not update properly. On my system
> (10.14.6), it still lists a game app that I deleted months ago and continues
> to list Find Any File (now at 2.2.1) and Google Earth Pro (now at 7.3.3) as
> 32-bit apps. The File menu's Refresh Information command doesn't fix this. 

> In addition, Go64 is much easier to use, because it displays the 32-bit items
> in one pane, whereas System Information splits them among several panes and
> only allows sorting of 64-bit items by column in Applications and Preference
> Panes. 

If you reread the above you will find that you missed some critical
information.

> System Information is very useful, but for the specific task of finding 32-bit
> software on your system, Go64 is better. 

As I said, it showed things that were not an issue a couple of years ago
when this was an issue. But I have no 32 bit apps not any systems
running versions that can run 32 bit apps.

-- 
And there were all the stars, looking remarkably like powered
	diamonds spilled on black velvet, the stars that lured and
	ultimately called the boldest towards them...

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