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besides holding keys down, I assume there's a more permanent way to make it always boot 64? (pmset something?)
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> [...] I assume there's a more permanent way to make it always boot 64? [....]
VersionTracker has several listed apps that do just that. (I won't link to any of them, because none have been thoroughly reviewed yet.)
If there's a Terminal command I haven't run across it yet.
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From 64-Bit Transition Guide: Kernel Extensions and Drivers: In both client and server versions, you can boot supported computers into 64-bit mode by holding down the 6 and 4 keys at startup time or by adding arch=x86_64 to your boot-args string using the nvram command. You can also set the machine to boot into 32- or 64-bit mode on the next boot with systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture i386 or systemsetup -setkernelbootarchitecture x86_64as noted in man systemsetup.
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Re: 64 bit?
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looks like a good thing to set as say, a noon root cronjob. or how do you make a shutdown item?
Or... is that a setting ONLY for next boot, or is it persistent?
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Since neither Mac in my household is 10.6-bootable, I'll let you do that research.
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It appears to be a persistent setting, but that set flag is not in the help/man pages and it has no complementary "get" variation to check/confirm.
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Mac OS X Manual Page for systemsetup(8)The "get" variation, oddly, employs slightly different phrasing: -getkernelbootarchitecturesetting as opposed to -setkernelbootarchitecture
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I assume there's a more permanent way to make it always boot 64? You can do it automatically by using this program.
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