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32-bit app support has been removed. I'm guessing this will allow them to remove 32-bit support from future processors. It might already be gone in the A11 chip
by pohl 9y ago
32-bit app support has been removed. I'm guessing this will allow them to remove 32-bit support from future processors. It might already be gone in the A11 chip.
High Sierra will be the last version of macOS to support 32-bit apps, so this same transition will happen next year on the desktop.
- favorited 9y agoMore importantly, it means you don't need to ship 32-bit copies of system frameworks, and those 32-bit versions don't take up RAM just because 1 app needs to load them into the cache.