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Mac Mini returns EFI64
I got my Mac Mini in April, so I think it's the latest or at least only 1 iteration behind. I ran your command and got EFI64 back. I've SuperDuper'd my system to an external drive so I'm ready to give it a try.

Unless...

Will all my apps install to a 64-bit system?
Posted by: wuulfgar   Posted on: 08/18/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Mac Mini returns EFI64  wuulfgar | 08/18/09
Good question.  Rick_K | 08/18/09
Kernel or Applications?  Richard Flude | 08/19/09
So no impact?  bmonsterman | 08/19/09
Right, very little  Richard Flude | 08/19/09
Yes you can install all your 32 bit apps.  AdventTech67 | 08/19/09
another snow job from the authors above  gennx30 | 08/20/09
This is an artificial limitation imposed by Apple, most likely to ...  de-void | 08/24/09
This is SOOOO confusing!  NonZealot | 08/18/09
Keep it simple then  Richard Flude | 08/18/09
Let me help !  Jkirk3279 | 08/19/09
@jkirk3279  Axsimulate | 08/19/09
@Axsimulate  WarhavenSC | 08/24/09
LOL-NT  mathcreative | 08/25/09
Not Confusing  robertmro | 08/19/09
The key to good humor or satire  frgough | 08/19/09
Please don't feed the trolls.  Jason D. O'Grady ZDNet Moderator | 08/19/09
But he has a point, at least  GuidingLight | 08/19/09
No...  olePigeon | 08/24/09
Confusion is understandable  Jonathan D Rowson | 08/19/09
Point three is in error.  ye | 08/19/09
iBook owner? right. nice try  gennx30 | 08/20/09
Honestly, why do OSX users tolorate this?  JoeMama_z | 08/18/09
what restrictions?  veggiedude | 08/19/09
Apple Stores depend on users' honesty?  NonZealot | 08/19/09
Why?  macgroover | 08/24/09
Yeh And  David Turner | 09/02/09
No wonder Snow Leopard is so cheap!  eqpc | 08/19/09
Deja Vu?  nanchatte | 08/19/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xserve  jwspicer | 08/19/09
Same for me...MacBook Pro 07  dcristof | 08/19/09
My iMac has been happily booting 64 bit Snow Leopard for some time now.  AdventTech67 | 08/19/09
Bummer. I hope this information turns out to be in error.  ye | 08/19/09
I guess you missed the part where  frgough | 08/19/09
No, I did not miss it. But until they do I have to assume...  ye | 08/19/09
And if Apple refuses to release,  GuidingLight | 08/19/09
I used to be  applegod | 09/01/09
Is there no way to change something to make it boot 64  HollywoodDog | 08/19/09
Fat32  Jkirk3279 | 08/19/09
Apple copied MS, again.  NeoGeneration | 08/19/09
you got it wrong  Mectron | 08/19/09
Logic  Jkirk3279 | 08/19/09
Urh, no.  JoeOreilly | 08/19/09
Follow the links, booting the 64 bit kernel is as simple  HollywoodDog | 08/19/09
MacBook Air returns EFI64  NtroP | 08/19/09
this isn't a major deal  doh123 | 08/19/09
Why is 64bit EFI important?  NonZealot | 08/19/09
Non xserve users of 64 bit CPUs have to press 6 and 4 with the current beta  nanchatte | 08/19/09
It affects any computer using EFI...  olePigeon | 08/24/09
I guess all the Apple fans...  JasonJD48 | 08/19/09
Name one.  KWRussell | 08/19/09
OK: vulpine  ye | 08/19/09
Windows: "You can not run 32-bit software in 64-bit."  KTLA | 08/19/09
What???  James T. Kirk | 08/19/09
Ye was quoting Vulpine  tikigawd | 08/19/09
Photoshop 32 bit  ccutright | 08/21/09
Adobe have to port Photoshop to run on Cocoa to go 64-bit  de-void | 08/24/09
Wrong...  dcristof | 08/19/09
Do you people know how to read?  ye | 08/19/09
Maybe with XP (I'm not sure)...but not with Vista or Win 7  bmonsterman | 08/19/09
Sounds like FUD to me  NonZealot | 08/19/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xs  msingh5649@... | 08/19/09
Not relevant to this Mac Book user  veggiedude | 08/19/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xserve  phatkat | 08/19/09
Correction  brunerd | 08/19/09
Bit confused by this article...  Ben_E | 08/19/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xs  brunerd | 08/19/09
You & Your Mac are DOOMED...  thepixeldoc@... | 08/19/09
You give us a bogus link-as was intended; You people are SO transparent!  gennx30 | 08/20/09
I call FUD! iMacs (at least 8.1 ) are A-OK; recent Mac Pros too  jdickey | 08/21/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xs  mlawson66 | 08/24/09
MacBook Pro just fine  satelshawn | 08/24/09
Most people should NOT boot into 64-bit anyway  macgroover | 08/24/09
2 year old iMac shows EFI64  satelshawn | 08/25/09
32/64 bit EFI Transition  psquare11 | 08/25/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xs  bob.wilcox | 08/28/09
RE: Will your Mac boot 64-bit Snow Leopard by default? Not unless its an Xserve  dingox | 09/13/09

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