Today I hunted down all of the 32bit applications on my Mac. The most critical were drivers for my scanner. I couldn’t find a driver for my exact scanner. But, I found a driver for an “almost my scanner”. I hoped it would work and it does. I use my scanner 3 or 4 times a week. And I like my little scanner. I don’t want to replace it. The scanner dates from 2013.
The most annoying thing is Office. My copy is from 2011 and is not upgradeable to 64 bit. Now, I don’t “need” MS Office anymore. But Excel/123/Visicalc is like a member of the family. I actually use most of the esoteric features in Excel. At the Office. Not at The Asylum. I am going to try to make do with Google Sheets and/or Libre Office for my personal spreadsheets. Which really aren’t that fancy. No Pivot Tables in my personal life.
If I miss Excel to the point of tears, I will get the Student/Home version for $150. I refuse to spend $7/month to rent Office. I rent Photoshop and Lightroom. But I use that software every day.
So, that is it for my major 32-bit problems. I am not sure about the printer driver. (ca. 2015). And I have of a handful of little niceties that are 32bit without a 64bit version so I just removed them.
Now, I will be pissed if Apple actually releases Catalina with 32 bit support.
And, I got my Pen-F boxed up and ready to go to the shop.
