64 Bit and 32 Bit Snow Leopard
A friend of mine just purchased a current 17" Macbook Pro (Core i5 2.53GHz, Mac OSX 10.6.4).
He also purchased an Mbox 2 with Pro Tools LE 8, with the intent of using it with the new Macbook Pro. I came by his place to help him install the software and get up and running.
I instantly ran into problems upon trying to boot Pro Tools. While loading the included plugins, I received error after error. I have yet to head over to Digidesign's website and do a search for the particular error code but I already have a good idea as to where the problem lies.
My guess was that it was a 64 Bit/32 Bit compatibility issue.
I launched Activity Monitor and sure enough, the Finder was listed as running in 64 Bit mode. Pro Tools is not 64 Bit compatible, I know this for a fact.
I have heard of people forcing their Mac to boot into the 64 Bit Snow Leopard kernel. It seems like this machine does it by default.
My answer was to force it to boot into 32 Bit mode.
I followed the steps found here to try and force the machine to boot with the 32 Bit kernel:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773
However, I could not get the Mac to boot into 32 Bit mode. Holding "3" and "2" during the boot sequence didn't do it. Executing the sudo command from the Terminal didn't do it.
So, the question is:
Why can I not force this machine to boot 32 Bit? All of the drivers and kernel extensions installed with Pro Tools are 32 Bit. Nothing works right now.
Is it possible that the new Macbook Pros only run in 64 Bit mode?
He also purchased an Mbox 2 with Pro Tools LE 8, with the intent of using it with the new Macbook Pro. I came by his place to help him install the software and get up and running.
I instantly ran into problems upon trying to boot Pro Tools. While loading the included plugins, I received error after error. I have yet to head over to Digidesign's website and do a search for the particular error code but I already have a good idea as to where the problem lies.
My guess was that it was a 64 Bit/32 Bit compatibility issue.
I launched Activity Monitor and sure enough, the Finder was listed as running in 64 Bit mode. Pro Tools is not 64 Bit compatible, I know this for a fact.
I have heard of people forcing their Mac to boot into the 64 Bit Snow Leopard kernel. It seems like this machine does it by default.
My answer was to force it to boot into 32 Bit mode.
I followed the steps found here to try and force the machine to boot with the 32 Bit kernel:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773
However, I could not get the Mac to boot into 32 Bit mode. Holding "3" and "2" during the boot sequence didn't do it. Executing the sudo command from the Terminal didn't do it.
So, the question is:
Why can I not force this machine to boot 32 Bit? All of the drivers and kernel extensions installed with Pro Tools are 32 Bit. Nothing works right now.
Is it possible that the new Macbook Pros only run in 64 Bit mode?
