So in your opinion, If I have:
Intel Core 2 Duo (meaning 64bit) and
uname -a (i386)

what package should I install, package for 32 or for 64?)

Thanks,

Sypou

Thank you

In your terminal, enter this: (:; is the prompt)

:; uname -a

See a i386 on the end? Your kernel is 32-bit… if you see x86_64 then you’re running a 64-bit kernel.

Currently Apple has black listed any 64 bit capable machine that has a 32 bit EFI,
you could technically boot into a 64 bit kernel, but it would not be able to use NVRAM
from the EFI/Bios that called it, this might present some problems.

Apple has also (as noted up above) artificially blocked out some machines that could do
this but aren’t ‘pro’ enough to allow it (i.e. unibody macbooks, displayport minis)

from CLI/Terminal issue a uname -a if you get something that ends with I386 your in 32 bit mode, if you get K64 your in 64 bit mode, the implications are not as big as you would think and in some cases 32bit kernel is what you want anyhow as a lot of third party drivers will not work in 64 bit mode, load up the process monitor and look, if you have a Core 2 duo or above you will/should see 32 bit mode, 64 bit mode and Universal code running all at the same time. If your machine is *capable* of booting 64 bit but does not by default and you want to, you can hold down the 6 and 4 keys on a cold start up to see if that does the trick, conversely you can hold down the 3 and 2 keys to boot 32 bit mode for the above mentioned driver issues.

Randall

This does not run in 64 bit mode.

Correction: x86

yes you shud…