How do I return to Safari 64-bit?

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How do I return to Safari 64-bit?

Hello everyone,

I just tried the new beta version of Coolirirs ( http://www.cooliris.com/) and in the installation it said I had to run Safari in 32-bit mode so that I could use the Cooliris plugin.

I clicked ok, so that the installation would configure Safari to run in 32-bit mode.
And it runs in 32-bit mode with Cooliris enabled.

But I don't want to quit Safari 64-bit so that I could use Cooliris.

How do I return to Safari-64 bit mode?

Black MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Oct 4, 2009 2:53 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 4, 2009 2:59 PM in response to jasgaravito

Greetings,

Why would you give up the use of CoolIris just because you don't want to run Safari in 32-bit mode? Think about that. You gain no performance increase in 64-bit mode, but you lose the ability to run Input Managers, which nearly all only run in 32-bit mode. If you were to run Safari in 64-bit mode, CoolIris would cause it to hang/or crash.

Since you can't have it both ways, you need to decide what's more important: the psychological belief that running in 64-bit mode is giving you more performance, or the reality that you can't run Input Managers if you do that?

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Answer 2

jasgaravito Author

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Oct 4, 2009 3:12 PM in response to Golden Shoes

I mean, I wan't to be able to use Safari in 64-bit mode having Cooliris disabled.

And if there is an option too, I want to know how to switch Safari between 32 and 64 bit modes so that I would run Cooliris when I really need it and I would use Safari 64-bit mode the rest of the time

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Answer 3

Oct 4, 2009 3:29 PM in response to jasgaravito

I wan't to be able to use Safari in 64-bit mode having Cooliris disabled.

Again, I have to ask why, since you gain absolutely nothing at all. If you want to disable CoolIris, you need to move it to a folder named "Input Managers (Disabled)" in Home/Library/InputManagers.

If your Mac is running in 64-bit mode, you can use the Get Info window on Safari to enable/disable running in 64-bit mode. However, if you do that and run it in 32-bit mode, you still can't run any Input Managers, as they require your Mac to be running in 32-bit mode. Like I said, you can't have it both ways, and you gain abolutely nothing by running in 64-bit mode.

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call-151

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Oct 29, 2009 3:03 AM in response to Golden Shoes

That's not entirely accurate. In 32 bit mode you lose Safari's "sandboxing" feature. Cooliris pulled a fast one on me, and installed itself and forced Safari into 32 bit mode even thought I declined it's offer to do so. Not good form.

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Answer 5

Oct 29, 2009 3:27 AM in response to jasgaravito

HI,

Right or control click the Safari icon in the Applications folder, then click: Get Info.

In the Get Info window click the black disclosure triangle next to General so it faces down. You can deselect 32-bit mode there.

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 6

Dec 10, 2009 4:26 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Hi,

I guess it's a bit late for this one but after installing Cooliris on Safari and restarting in 32 bits, my Safari works well but NO SIGN of Cooliris. I use OS X Snow Leopard latest version...

Meanwhile Cooliris does show in the Help Menu as an installed Plug-in...

Anyway, I have now shifted to Firefox as my main browser with Cooliris working there perfectly well.

Frederic

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