While I was out on leave for the comer of our new child , Kirk McElhearn published a hint here one Friday about how to find the Intel - native apps on your Mac . Today ’s geeky entry is a follow - on to that jot , and it die one pace further . Using an AppleScript , we ’ll in reality apply color labels to each eccentric of diligence .
The playscript will look for the three major type of software : Intel , which is a political platform that will run only on an Intel - powered Mac ; PowerPC , code that will scarper on both PowerPC and Intel ( via Rosetta ) Macs ; and Universal , code which runs natively on either PowerPC or Intel Macs . you’re able to impute a coloration ( or lack of colour ) for any of these program type . As provided , the script will colour Universal applications unripened ( “ green way go ! ” ) , PowerPC applications blue , Intel - only applications programme sensationalistic , and any “ other ” software program types will be orange . you’re able to easily alter this by delete each line this part of the code :
One propose edit is already included — by uncommenting ( remove the – at the head start of the cable ) theset app_type to 0line , and commenting the seam immediately above it ( add the – at the start ) , your Universal applications will have no labels . Why might you want to do this ? On an Intel Mac , most of your apps may be Universal , as see here ( take note also the blue PowerPC app and the two Intel - only apps ):
That may be too much unripened for your orb ; using the above edit , those software would have no label practice . Feel free to shift any of the other colors as well — the code numbers for each color are admit in the body of the script .
Finally , if you run this , then decide you ’d rather not have any labels , change everyset app_type to … occupation to readset app_type to 0 , then execute the playscript again . Zero means “ no recording label , ” so you ’ll pull in everything by coif all applications back to coloring material zero .
