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miknos

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Mar 14, 2008
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I noticed my mac was taking too long to boot up; one minute for the apple logo appear. After the usual 30 seconds.

The problem was because I tried to enable 64bit kernel in my Macbook 4,1 model. When I put back to 32 bit the boot went back to 30 seconds.

My processor and EFI is 64bit compatible but not my intel GMA graphic card. I think 10.6.2 update will enable 64 bit kernel.

Anyways, here's a application to enable/disable 64bit kernel. It's a nice freeware app. A verbose mode is included (in case you want to see whats happening while booting).


Snow Leopard System Mode Configurator Preference Pane - 32/64 bit boot selector
http://www.thrull.com/corner/mac/SystemModeConfigurator/
 
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