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10.6: Run old screen savers on Snow Leopard
Removing the 64-bit code from the binary seems like overkill - what if you sometime get a screensaver that's compiled *only* as 64-bit? The comments (by VK and slippyd) in this hint suggest a safer way to accomplish the same thing: If you felt really inspired, you could probably even modify the script to use the 64-bit version when the selected screensaver has it, and the 32-bit version otherwise. Edited on Nov 05, '10 08:10:28AM by arcticmac
10.6: Run old screen savers on Snow Leopard
Screen savers that contain only 64bit code are rather unusual, though using a script could be a better solution in some cases A quick way to accomplish this is as follows:
Note, the reason we can hardcode the -i386 flag is because you can't be running 10.6 on a ppc machine in the first place. Running the screensaver should now work without removing the x86_64 code from the binary
10.6: Run old screen savers on Snow Leopard
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