The most popular 32-bit programs still preferred by some users are Microsoft Office 2011, MetaTrader, Adobe CS5/CS6, Aperture. Users are faced with a message saying “The developer of this apps needs to update it to work with this version of macOS” or “The App is not optimized for your Mac and needs to be updated”. With this update, some old applications and games can no longer be used in newer versions. Although this change is part of technological development and meant to boost future system performance, a trace of frustration is felt by some of the users. The same trend continued with Mac devices based on the latest Big Sur and M1 Processors. The time Apple released Catalina OS, users had to accept the drop of support for 32-bit apps. The world of Mac evolves rapidly bringing new features as well as leaving some of them behind.
