Need advise on how to change settings to run Safari in 32 bit mode on Ipad2. 32-bit mode is required for my daughter's online assignments. Not sure about OS - should be factory setting since it was not upgraded.
iPad 2
You can't set Safari to run in 32 bit mode on the iPad. You can't configure Safari like that on the iPad. If that is required for her online assignments - she will have to stick with a computer. More than likely, her online assignment wouldn't work on the iPad.
You can switch to 32 bit mode on Safari on a Mac running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and Safari 5.1.
Right or control click the Safari app in the Applications folder then click Get Info.
Select: open in 32-bit mode
Quit then relaunch Safari.
Demo wrote:
You can't set Safari to run in 32 bit mode on the iPad.
Does this mean Safari via an iPad runs in 64 bit mode? Just curious.
I'm making an assumption on this because frankly I don't now .... Since the iPad iOS is a totally different operating system than either Windows or OS X, I would say, No- that it doesn't mean that. Safari is rendered differently in iOS - exactly how - again - I have no clue.
What? iOS has [completely] different architecture from MAC OS X. I've never heard about 32 or 64 bit apps for any tablet or mobile device.
I have never seen or heard of a message that stated I have to use a 32-bit version of my internet browser on whatever operating system. As basically it should not matter as web sites should operate an all platforms (except for those using ActiveX or Flash).
So you should check again for the online assignment, if this statement is really true and ask them for an alternative. Or try this from a computer.
The iPad 2 uses Apple's A5 processor which is based on the ARM Cortex-A9 CPU. ARM processors are 32-bit only CPUs, so all software that runs on these CPUs is, by definition, 32-bit. There's nothing to set.
If your daughter's homework requires a 32-bit version of the browser, then it's not the browser she's using. Web browsers themselves simply render HTML and interpret Javascript. In the browser, there's no sense of 32-bit or 64-bit; they'd be indistinguishible. The only time 32-bit versus 64-bit applies would be for a plug-in to the browser. Mobile browsers don't typically support plug-ins; Mobile Safari certainly doesn't.
Your daughter is not using the web-browser for her assignments, but rather another application that uses the browser to present it. In that case, you're going to need a desktop computer (or virtual machine) and operating system that meet that plug-in/application's requirements. Your iPad will not suffice.
How do I run Safari in 32 bit mode on Ipad2?
