In a recent blog post, my colleague Kayla Myrhow did an excellent job explaining the 32-bit application issue for users who are considering or have already moved to macOS® Catalina. In this post, I’ll show you how to set up your Mac® to continue to run 32-bit apps. You can do this either before or after you upgrade to macOS Catalina.
There are only two steps, but it does take about 45 minutes to complete this setup:
- Oct 09, 2019 No 32-bit Mac apps allowed Use the Mac’s built-in 32-bit app checker. Photo: Cult of Mac. The biggest change in Catalina is that 32-bit apps will no longer run.
- Sep 11, 2019 Here are 235 apps that will not run with MacOS Catalina. MacOS 10.15 Catalina drops support for 32-bit apps, and that means apps you currently rely on may stop working.
Jan 30, 2020 Mac Hardware Requirements. For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Catalina: MacBook (Early 2015 or newer) MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer) MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer) Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer) iMac (Late 2012 or newer.
- Create a Parallels Desktop® for Mac virtual machine and install an older Mac operating systemin it.
- Install the 32-bit apps you wantinto this new virtual machine.
I made a videoof this entire process—I edited out the boring parts but left all the essentialsteps. The end result is the 5-minute video below. For this video, I chosemacOS High Sierra as the older Mac OS, but you could install Mojave, Sierra oralmost any older Mac OS. I also chose the Office for Mac 2011 suite as the32-bit application, because several users have told me that it contains the setof 32-bit apps that they most want to run in Catalina.
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After you finish this setup, you will be able to run 32-bit apps on your Mac running macOS Catalina.
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Let us know inthe comments which 32-bit apps you need to run on macOS Catalina and how thisis working out for you.
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