Check if your Mac is 64 bit

Here’s an easy way to determine whether or not your Mac is 64 bit capable. Open Terminal.app, which is located in /Applications/Utilities and type in

sysctl hw |grep 64bit.

If your machine is 64 bit capable, the result will be

hw.cpu64bit_capable: 1

If your machine is not 64 bit capable, the result will be

hw.cpu64bit_capable: 0

Tip source: OSXDaily.com

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2 Responses to “Check if your Mac is 64 bit”

  1. Charlie, on December 1st, 2009 at 8:00 pm Said:

    This only appears to indicate that your Mac can run 64-bit applications. It does not indicate whether you can run Snow Leopard’s 64-bit kernel.

  2. James Barclay, on December 5th, 2009 at 5:09 pm Said:

    Thanks for the heads up, I wasn’t aware of this.

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