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johannnn

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Nov 20, 2009
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I have read on multiple websites that macOS will warn the user about installed 32 bit apps before the user upgrades to Catalina. Is this not true?

I just upgraded to Catalina. Prior to it I had run Go64 and found that I have nothing of use that is 32 bit. However, I have 32 bit apps:
  • iPhoto.app (it's an 2013 machine..)
  • Various Adobe apps (even though I've uninstalled my Adobe apps, some .app files are still lurking around like Adobe Air Uninstaller, AAM Updates Notifier, Adobe Application Manager, AAM Registration Manager, Setup, Uninstall Products, Adobe Air Updater). This is exactly why I stopped using Adobe products.
  • Canon printer utility
  • EndNote X7 (used for reference management when writing papers)
At least iPhoto and EndNote were directly in /Applications.

Why wasn't I notified of these 32 bit apps? I'm 100% sure there was no popup about it.
 

dictoresno

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Apr 30, 2012
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I was getting notified like every 30 days since updating to Mojave that my 32 bit apps would cease to work once I downloaded the next version, Catalina. ive been seeing them like all year long here and there, notably when opening the apps. so you may have not seen the notifications if you never used the apps, but I was definitely being notified a lot. and I think it prompted me as an FYI as I was downloading Catalina one last pop up as well.
 

johannnn

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Nov 20, 2009
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I was getting notified like every 30 days since updating to Mojave that my 32 bit apps would cease to work once I downloaded the next version, Catalina. ive been seeing them like all year long here and there, notably when opening the apps. so you may have not seen the notifications if you never used the apps, but I was definitely being notified a lot. and I think it prompted me as an FYI as I was downloading Catalina one last pop up as well.
Ah, wasn't aware of that. No I definitely didn't use these apps.

Still, a reminder during upgrade would be nice. Don't want to know how many people have 32 bit apps that they only run occasionally.
 
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