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By. 7:10 am, July 31, 2012. Even though Apple’s Pages app is a pretty solid word processing tool, a lot of Mac users still love to use Microsoft Word. If you’re one of them, that’s cool, we won’t judge you. The biggest problem with using Word on a new MacBook Pro with Retina display is that it looks pretty ugly because it hasn’t been updated to take advantage of the Retina display yet. The great news for Word fans is there’s a really easy work around that will force your Microsoft Word app to use your MacBook Pro’s Retina display, which makes the app look a lot better. All you got to do is follow these quick steps and you’ll be on the path to more Retina goodness.
Backup Word. Go to Applications folder via Finder, right click on Word, select “copy”. Paste on your desktop. Rename the Word on your Desktop to something.
Mac: If you depend on any older software, you’ve probably seen a cryptic message today. “This application is not optimized for your Mac,” says the warning. “This app needs to be updated by its developer to improve compatibility.” What does that mean? That the app in question is 32 bits. Apple plans to eventually stop supporting 32 bit applications entirely, and this warning is just one step along that path. RELATED: The current version of macOS, High Sierra, will be the last version of to run 32-bit apps “without compromise,” according to Apple.
Here’s Jason Snell,: While Apple hasn’t detailed exactly what “without compromise” means, it’s my understanding that 32-bit apps will run on the successor to High Sierra due this fall just with some sort of undefined compromise. (That could mean more aggressive alert dialog boxes or even a requirement that you set your Mac to run in a 32-bit compatibility mode complete with performance and feature penalties. Or something else. We just don’t know.) Whatever this all means, it’s likely your 32-bit applications will keep working on the macOS version coming this autumn, but possibly not on the release after that in the autumn of 2019. Might be related, but that’s just speculation.
Whatever the case turns out to be it’s a good idea to know how many apps you depend are 32-bit. We explained last year. We suggest you check now and, if possible, find out if developers plan on releasing 64-bit versions.
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If not, you’ll eventually need to replace that software. Guess I’ll have to find a new version of Tetris.