My iMac is not "64-bit clean". Can it run 64-bit software?

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo iMac that is about 4 years old. Apparently it cannot boot into the 64-bit kernel. Can it still run 64-bit software?

How have you determined your machine will not run Snow Leopard in 64 bit mode?
To tell whether it can or cannot open Terminal and run:
ioreg -l -p IODeviceTree | grep firmware-abi
It will return either “EFI32″ or “EFI64.” If it's EFI64 congratulations it will run in 64 bit.
However please remember there are still very few applications that take advantage of 64 bit architecture so even the newer machines that can run 64bit apps don't see any advantages.
Regards,
Roger

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