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I know how to bring up the System Report and sort the dozens and dozens of files, most of which aren't apps, but weirdly named support files, but how do I go to where they actually are so that I can remove them. Most are buried deeply in obscure system libraries. A location column in the system report would be useful.
It doesn't do that, but assuming the general release will behave the same as the beta, it tells you straight out which apps must be replaced. I got the following. There's only one window, but two screen shots since I had to scroll.
Other apps that are 64 bit aren't guaranteed to work, either. Such as, I wanted to see if Encore CS6 would run in Catalina. It is a 64 bit app, but when I try to launch Encore, the OS says, "You cannot use this application in this version of macOS."
Is that because the app calls for OS dependencies that no longer exist? Or in the case of Encore, does it say that because you can't really legally use it anymore? Much of what's under Encore's interface is actually third party code that Adobe had a license for. The company that owed the code stopped development and its associated license. Did the refuse to sell the code to Adobe? Did Adobe not care since, like Apple and its killing of DVD Studio Pro, consider optical disks dead enough to no longer bother maintaining an app to produce them?
Encore CS6 was the only old app I tried since that's the one I use for authoring disks. I don't know if you'd get the same message for any CS6 or older app.
I understand. I’m just gathering intel for when Catalina inevitably comes. I know a lot of apps and system files will be updated for that without my direct intervention, but I can see some really old apps and artifacts that are already past due with no updates planned. So I thought I’d do some investigating and clear out some of the actual crud pre-Catalina.
My initial mistake was to lengthen the list menu if the System Report all the way to the bottom of the window, so I could see more, not thinking that I’d be losing the view of each item I highlighted in the list, showing me where they resided.
What I’m hoping for is that Apple creates something like a quarantine folder and moves all apps and files that will not function under Catalina into that folder. They’ve done something like that before with an Incompatible Software Folder.
Their Location is listed when you click on them. Also on the bottom of the System Report window.
You're welcome.
That being said it would not be a good idea to delete those files at this time. Unless and until you are ready to upgrade to Catalina 10.15.x removing those files may cause you unforeseen problems.
FWIW, lkrupp has a point, you don't want to uninstall anything unless you know it won't affect anything.
How to actually REMOVE 32-bit files found in the System Report?
