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How to Learn Which Apps Will Stop Working on Your Mac When 32-Bit Support Ends

I don't mind updating apps, but since Apple doesn't have an updated Mac Mini (mine is 2012...and you know what I mean), looks like Mojave will be the last update I do. Didn't do High Sierra as the concerns from users was a show stopper for me.
 
Unfortunately one non critical software I use regularly is called Freecell and it looks like the old school MS version. IT was developed by a software company called Random Oracle by an Alisdair Mcdiarmid. I did once try emailing him but the email is dead. I can’t find any way of reaching the guy to update it. It was last updated in 2012 but it’s still only 32 bit.

I guess I’ll have to find a new game to play when I kill time eventually. Unless he’s a user on here? Seems most Mac developers have an account here.
 
Of the ones on my list, Audacity claims a 64-bit version is coming. QuickTime Pro 7 is going to be the hardest to replace, since some of its most useful capabilities are missing in QuickTime X.
 
GGJstudios said:
QuickTime Pro 7 is going to be the hardest to replace, since some of its most useful capabilities are missing in QuickTime X.
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Indeed. I suggest that you submit feedback to Apple if you haven't already, detailing the features you need.
 
Webex, Adobe CC crap and Audacity. Audacity is just a carryover from when I was primarily a desktop Linux user and I'm sure I can find something better. Cisco will have to update Webex. As for Photoshop, it's about time I switched to Affinity anyway. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
 
GGJstudios said:
When you do, please let us know.
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I should probably have been specific and said "I'm sure I can find something better for my needs". My requirements are very basic trimming and re-ordering of clips. I'll probably just use quicktime for basic trims and GarageBand for anything more complex. If I actually needed a full-blooded DAW (for free), I'd probably take a look at Ardour.
 
Please update this article as the System Report no longer looks quite the same as the way you've described above. The vital column is now headed 'kind' and you have to toggle the heading to reveal groups of now several kinds of app - iOS for mobile devices, Universal, Intel, 32-bit, Silicon, and the mysteriously titled 'Other'. I realise this is an old article, but it still appears high in google search for 'safely remove Mac apps', and there are lots of useful comments underneath it so it will continue to attract readers.

Here's how the System Report > Software > Applications window looks as of today 10.8.22, running Monterey 12.4. I've already toggled the Kind column here, obvs. (My old 32-bits you can see at the top of the list are from a old back-up drive - hadn't spotted them before 😬)

 
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When you do, please let us know.
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I'm a professional VoiceOver artist in the UK, and I love using TwistedWave in my home studio - I have to create broadcast quality recordings for the BBC, so the quality's undoubtedly there. It's not free, but it's nothing like ProTools silly money. It's very reasonably priced imo at £80 (c$100) for a lifetime licence.

It's intuitive, fast, and I believe there's a Twisted Wave Lite available in the App Store, as well as a browser version which is free for very short clips. You can test it properly in their fully-functioning free trial for 30days, which is pretty good, I think.

I also found audacity rather lumpy, personally, so making the switch was a joy.
 
I haven't checked this since bumping up to Monterey, and I'm a bit surprised to see only "No information found" under this listing. Several other items under Software also show this (Developer, Legacy Software, and a couple others). Is there some SP database that needs to be rebuilt?
 
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