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32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector

32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector - 1.1

Check your system & set the kernel's startup mode.

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Version 1.1: Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version: 1.1
Release Date: 2009-08-25
License: Freeware
Downloads (version 1.1): 1,022
Downloads (all versions): 15,169

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Product Description:

This program is free though donations are welcome. 50% of all donations go to the relief project "India's Street Kids" (for more info on the relief project see http://www.veronikawinter.de/Indien/

MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is 64-bit - or is it?

Well, actually MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is both 32-bit and 64-bit, and what that means for you depends on both your hardware and your settings.

I put up an accompanying website which should answer most of your questions at

http://www.ahatfullofsky.comuv.com/English/Programs/SMS/SMS.html

What does this app do?

  • it shows whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit processor
  • it shows whether you have a 32-bit or a 64-bit EFI
  • it shows whether the MacOS X Kernel is set to boot in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode
  • it allows you to select whether you want to start the MacOS X Kernel in 32-bit or in 64-bit mode (might not work on MacBooks, depending on how Apple implements the restriction)
  • accompanying webpage explains what the whole commotion about 32-bit and 64-bit in MacOS X Snow Leopard is about

Requirements:

To check your configuration:

  • Intel Mac
  • MacOS X 10.4 Tiger or higher

To set the kernel's startup mode:

  • Intel Mac
  • MacOS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or higher
  • Admin rights (as a system file needs changing)

What's new in this version:

  • Graphic now displays actual running mode of kernel, not just the boot mode
  • corrected help texts
  • expanded website info
  • added german website

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel

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32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector CommentaryFrom the developer - Version: 1.3.3, 9/9/2009 01:15AM PST

(9 of 9 users found this comment useful)

MarkusWinter
First off I wrote a little program. Nothing special but useful. Have done it before (Transform, Safari 4 Modifier) and put it out as donationware. Not that I got many.

So I think I might as well give 50% of the donations to my mothers charity. Might even result in a rise in donations. Win-win either way.

Works indeed - except that some people donate a LOT (1x $250, 1x $100, 6x $50) and it just doesn't feel right to keep 50% of that. So I decide to give everything to the relief project.

I have a website which should answer all questions about the program, and even has my home address and landline phone number. The relief project has my mother's address and landline phone number. So we are easily traced. The address of the banks and the acoount details are on there. So people can contact me, my mother, the bank if they have any doubts about the project. I put my name and reputation behind it.

And I'm getting a bit sick of people who do not read the information provided, who do not do any background checks, but think it is ok to insinuate wrongdoing on my part.

And to the ones who complain about me asking for donations - I wonder how many of you actually have donated. I have a feeling I know the answer.

Dr. Markus Winter
Im Fasanenwäldchen 4
69126 Heidelberg
Tel: +0049 (0)6221 187 0869
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32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector CommentaryNow that's just ridiculous - Version: 1.3.3, 9/8/2009 01:05PM PST

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MarkusWinter
@quaoar

You could have contacted me. On my website you find my home address and landline number. You could have found out that I'm well known (by actual name, not some anonymous alias) in the REALbasic community. You could have done a LOT to simply substantiate or disprove your "warning" - instead you chose neither and rather rely on a dubious website and go around besmirching others (not just this page but others as well).

That is extremely shoddy.
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32- or 64-bit Kernel Startup Mode Selector CommentaryWarning? - Version: 1.3.3, 9/8/2009 10:12AM PST

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quaoar
FYI

Wheel of Trust (WOT) <http://www.mywot.com/>, conjoined to a Firefox add-on, gives this site a very poor rating. Don't know if it's deserved. Just saying.

Still, why put out an app that encourages the uninitiated to mess with something that doesn't really need messing with? And who really wants to go messing around with the kernel unless you really, really know what you're doing?

Not this cautious old guy.
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