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Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits

From Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits
Date 2018-06-05 11:11 +0000
Organization Miskatonic U
Message-ID <slrnphcrvg.1tdk.g.kreme@Snow.local> (permalink)
References <CuWQC.187747$T14.7054@fx44.iad> <slrnphco12.1e03.g.kreme@Snow.local> <1npy1uz.3zsmbk12fuoN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>

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In message <1npy1uz.3zsmbk12fuoN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <CuWQC.187747$T14.7054@fx44.iad> JF Mezei
>> <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> > Is there a way to get the "bitness" status of an individual app either
>> > on finder or command line ?
>> 
>> You have been told at least a half-dozen times how to find out if an app
>> is 32 bit or not.
>> 
>> > Or is parsing thorugh multiple copies of same app in the System
>> > Information app (or whatever it is called in High Sierra) the only way?
>> 
>> Why do you have multiple copies of the same app?

> That was mentioned in an earlier thread. He has multiple clones of the
> startup drive on other drives, all normally mounted. System Information
> lists all applications it can find, therefore there are multiple
> instances of each application in the list.

I assume many people have told him this is a terrible stupid thing to
do?

> The obvious way to deal with that is to eject all the other drives,

Of course, that is why cloning software has options to auto
mount/dismount clones to prevent problems.

No one he has so many weird issues with his computer.

> run
> System Information and save a profile which can be referred to later
> without having to fiddle with the other drives again. I already
> suggested that yesterday.

Did you make a similar suggestion to a brick wall and a dead cat?
Because either of those is more likely to learn.


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Get Info vs 32/64 bits JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-06-03 14:32 -0400
  Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2018-06-03 15:24 -0400
  Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-06-04 12:59 +1200
    Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-03 20:02 -0700
    Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-06-04 15:25 +0000
  Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-05 10:04 +0000
    Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-06-05 22:58 +1200
      Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-06-05 11:11 +0000
        Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2018-06-06 01:59 +1200
        Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-05 07:13 -0700
    Re: Get Info vs 32/64 bits Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-06-05 04:03 -0700

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