I thought that my 27-Inch iMac 2.66GHz Intel Core i5 ran in 64-bit mode by default but I see that it doesn't right now. When I go into the System Profiler and select 'Software', I see:
Power on or restart your Mac (should work for any Mac OS X system). At the chime (or grey screen if your chime is turned off), hold down Command+S on your keyboard to enter single-user mode. This step is optional, but it’s a good idea because it checks the consistency of the hard disk before moving on. Jul 26, 2011 Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update 10.6.8 v1.1 - Combo v1.1. Download the latest versions of the best Mac apps at safe and trusted MacUpdate.
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64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No
Yet, when I look in my Activity Monitor, I see Intel (64-bit) under 'Kind' running for almost all the processes except for a couple. Is this ever royally confusing or what.
I use a couple of FireWire Interfaces for recording and would like to enable 64-bit mode for the extensions they use (for my M-Audio in particular).
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How can I permanently enable 64-bit mode? I could swear that before I updated from 10.6.6 to 10.6.8 a few days ago that I was running in 64-bit mode. Also, does enabling 64-bit mode have any effect on Rosetta?
Is there any disadvantage to running in 64-bit mode (ie: will certain things not work)?
Thanks in advance.
27-Inch iMac 2.66GHz Intel Core i5-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 8 GB RAM
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The user account named ”root” is a superuser with read and write privileges to more areas of the system, including files in other macOS user accounts. The root user is disabled by default. If you can log in to your Mac with an administrator account, you can enable the root user, then log in as the root user to complete your task.
The root user account is not intended for routine use. Its privileges allow changes to files that are required by your Mac. To undo such changes, you might need to reinstall your system software. You should disable the root user after completing your task.
It's safer to use the
sudo command in Terminal instead of enabling the root user. To learn about sudo , open the Terminal app and enter man sudo .
Enable or disable the root user
Log in as the root user
When the root user is enabled, you have the privileges of the root user only while logged in as the root user.
Remember to disable the root user after completing your task.
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