rosemary009

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Q: How do I please restart my Mac as 64 bit? It was started as 32 bit to accommodate a programme no longer used on this Mac. Many thanks.

How do I please restart my Mac as 64 bit? It was started as 32 bit to accommodate a programme no longer used on this Mac. Many thanks.

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Oct 9, 2016 2:18 AM

I have this question too

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Restart the machine while holding down the 6 and 4 keys.

Posted on Oct 9, 2016 5:28 AM

Q: How do I please restart my Mac as 64 bit? It was started as 32 bit to accommodate a programme no longer used on this Mac. Many tha ... more

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by QuickTimeKirk,Solvedanswer

QuickTimeKirk Oct 9, 2016 5:28 AM in response to rosemary009
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Oct 9, 2016 5:28 AM in response to rosemary009

Restart the machine while holding down the 6 and 4 keys.
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by BobHarris,

BobHarris Oct 9, 2016 6:44 AM in response to rosemary009
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Oct 9, 2016 6:44 AM in response to rosemary009

Yosemite runs ONLY as a 64-bit operating system.

It will happily run both 32 and 64-bit programs.

If you have a 32-bit System Preferences Panel, you will need to restart System Preferences as 32 bits, but only while you are running that 32-bit preference panel
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rosemary009 Oct 9, 2016 12:41 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk
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Oct 9, 2016 12:41 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Thank you so much, perfect.
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by rosemary009,

rosemary009 Oct 9, 2016 12:42 PM in response to BobHarris
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Oct 9, 2016 12:42 PM in response to BobHarris

Thank you so much, also perfect.
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