Hey curious if anyone have had any experience with this program? I was considering trying it out, but it does seem a bit risky... how you delete the Intel or PowerPC code from you programs. Is it safe?
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No need to drop the cash for Xslimmer, Monolingual does the same thing for free (can remove languages and architectures).
Monolingual: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7758
As to removing platform specific architecture code, yes, it is quite safe. As long as the application is Universal Binary. If you strip out PowerPC code of an application that can only be run or was compiled only in PowerPC, it will no longer be usable.
Monolingual: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7758
As to removing platform specific architecture code, yes, it is quite safe. As long as the application is Universal Binary. If you strip out PowerPC code of an application that can only be run or was compiled only in PowerPC, it will no longer be usable.
Like TPAM said, it's plenty safe, and I don't know about Monolingual, but I know Xslimmer will backup the apps you "slim" and won't let you remove code native to the processor you're on.
Xslimmer scans the applications before removing the code you don't need so if there's a PPC only program on your computer it'll skip it. Xslimmer will also blacklist some apps so they don't get changed because if they do, they no longer work. I don't know if Monolingual does this or not. I personally use both to do my space-saving: Monolingual for removing worthless languages on my iBook and Xslimmer for removing UB code.
I've used both. I feel safer with XSlim, but if its not 2am and your careful, Mono will be just fine.
I had the bad expeirence of deleting my keyboard map (or whatever the term is) and could not type in English for my life after using Mono. It look Arabic or something completely foreign. Was not a fun day let me tell you that.
I had the bad expeirence of deleting my keyboard map (or whatever the term is) and could not type in English for my life after using Mono. It look Arabic or something completely foreign. Was not a fun day let me tell you that.
