Netflix wants to start in 32-bit mode

Every time I start Netflix streaming video on my Mac, it wants to restart Firefox 4 in 32 bit mode. I never had this problem with version 3. Can I start Firefox in 32 bit mode/

Seeing this article might solve your problem-
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1142456,1142487

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How can I set Firefix to always start in 32-bit mode?

Running FF 4.0.1 on OS X 10.6.7. Apparently defaults to start 64-bit mode. This doesn't work with an extension needed for Netflix streaming, requiring restart in 32-bit mode. How can I set FF to start in 32-bit mode in the first place? (And what would I miss out on if I did that?)

''Courtesy of cor-el''
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/823873
Other users should note that Firefox has public release versions of 64bit only for Mac And Linux; not for Windows, yet.

How do I set Firefox 4 to automatically start in 16-bit mode?

Certain web sites I use daily require Firefox 4 to be started in 16-bit mode. How do I set Firefox 4 to automatically start in 16-bit mode?

Do you mean 32 bit mode as opposed to the default 64 bit mode?
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# Right click or control-click the Firefox.app icon
# Select "Get Info"
# Select or Deselect "Open in 32-bit mode"
# Close the "Firefox Info" window
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In MountainLion System Preferences, "iCloud", "Mail, Contacts, and Calenders", and "Software Update" all want to open in 32 bit mode. Security and Privacy won't open either.

As stated in the header,
iCloud
Mail, Contacts, and Calenders
Software Update
all want to open in 32 bit mode. Then when System Preferences quits and relaunches IN 32 bit mode, I get a dialog box saying "You can't open (pick one) preferences because it doesn't work on an Intel-based Mac." Moreover, Security and Privacy does the same thing only without the song and dance about quitting and reopening.
Whaaaaat???!!! I've never owned anything BUT an Intel Mac.
The "open in 32 bit mode" is not, and has never been checked in "Get Info"
I tried going to ~Library/Preferences and tossing all com.apple.system preferences files and rebooting. No joy.
It actually looks like some joker has included a bunch of PPC preference panes in my copy of MountainLion, except some of them are new to this OS.
My hardware is a mid 2010 13" MacBook Pro with4 gb of RAM, and a 500 gb hard drive, in three seperate partitions, running three Mac operating systems, one at a time. I have SnowLeopard in a small partition because I still have a few things that don't run in Lion/ML. Lion is still my main use machine in the largest partition, and when ML came out, I redistributed most of the unused space into a 3rd partition into which I did a clean install of ML in it's own partition so I could work through the growing pains without compromising my main computer. I'm glad I did it that way, but I DO want to get ML working properly, and I can't do that if I can't authorize third party software. Gatekeeper is currently in the way, and I can't get it to move.

I dunno, that doesn't make any sense to me.
I just shut down and rebooted into the SnowLeopard partition and took a peek at the preference panes. There are only 3 that run in 32 bit only. They are all 3rd party, and none of the prefpanes are non Intel. Like I said, I have never owned a PPC machine. Anyhow, SnowLeopard doesn't even have an iCloud prefpane, or a combined mail, contacts, and calenders prefpane, and the ML security and privacy prefpane is all new as well. The software update prefpane is Intel and 64 bit in both SnowLeopard and Lion.
As to the triple boot, unless I'm totally mistaken, what I have here is, in essence, 3 seperate descrete computers in one box. All using the same hardware. but one at a time. I wouldn't know how to get more than one running at the same time, without using a virtual machine, even if I wanted to. (Which I don't) I do sometimes transfer files from one to another using the shared folder, but other than that, they do not interact. How could ML system preferences be trying to launch prefpanes from a totally different machine?

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thanks, alex

still doesn't work for me always says itunes has stopped working
Problem Event Name:
APPCRASH
Application Name:
iTunes.exe
Application Version:
11.1.0.126
Application Timestamp:
52394b24
Fault Module Name:
KERNELBASE.dll
Fault Module Version:
6.1.7601.18229
Fault Module Timestamp:
51fb1116
Exception Code:
c06d007e
Exception Offset:
0000c41f
OS Version:
6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID:
1033
Additional Information 1:
0a9e
Additional Information 2:
0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:
0a9e
Additional Information 4:
0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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go here:
http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/otherversions/
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I want to open in 32-bit mode

to watch movies in Firefox, I need tobe in 32-bit mode. How do I get there from here?

On a Mac, Firefox 4 is a 64 bit application.<br />
Not all plugins support 64 bit and if not then you need to start Firefox in 32 bit mode to use that plugin.
# Close Firefox
# Open the Applications folder in Finder
# Right click or control-click the Firefox.app icon
# Select "Get Info"
# Select or Deselect "Open in 32-bit mode"
# Close the "Firefox Info" window
# Restart Firefox

Logic X won't start in 32-bit mode

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...and in addition..
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Since installing Lion I get the above message on starting iTunes; any reason iTunes is not Lion compatible?

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Users&groups preferences pane wants to open in 32-bit mode

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Using snow leopard and can't get it to stay in 32 bit mode so I can watch movies on Netflix

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Hello mlbeverly
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OS X: Starting up with the 32-bit or 64-bit kernel
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773
Regards,
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What is going on ?!?!? I can't start logic pro in 64-bit mode

I have been struggling with this issue for a while now, but I haven't made any progress. I am unable to start Logic Pro 9 in 64-bit mode. And when I say that, I mean that if I select the Logic Pro app in Finder, and say "Get Info," there is no "Start in 32-bit mode" option like all of the tutorials say to do. It used to show up, and I was able to start in 64-bit mode just fine, but suddenly, the option is not there, and the app is starting in 32-bit mode.
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10GB RAM
4 SATA HDDs
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Steinberg UR22 audio interface (USB)
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Press the Go button.
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Be sure and use the ~ character in the path name.

How do I reset Firefox to 64 Bit mode?

Netflix required a reset to 32-bit mode, but now that I'm here, I can not reset it in Mac OS 10.6. I can get into FF's information, and check the "start in 32-bit mode" box, but I'm stuck. I can't get it OUT of 32-bit mode.

Is this in your Google search results? You might need to delete the cookies Google has set on your Firefox.
First, save any pending work (e.g., draft Gmail messages). While viewing a page on the site, try either:
* right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
* Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
In the dialog that opens, you can remove the site's cookies individually.
Then try searching again. Does that help?

I set firefox to open in 32-bit mode but it doesn't.

Netflix instant streaming still asks me to restart in 32-bit mode even tho I followed the instructions to ALWAYS start in 32-bit mode. I even reinstalled firefox. On Netflix when I click on the button to restart in 32-bit mode, it goes in a loop and just keeps asking for the 32-bit mode. This is a new problem, since in the past restarting in 32-bit mode always worked.

This is a known problem with Netflix and Microsoft Silverlight right now. You can try the following:
See if there is an update for Microsoft Silverlight.
After checking for updates, Go to Finder, then Applications. Right click on Firefox, then click "Get Info". Then check the box that says "open in 32-bit mode". Restart your PC, and test again. Does it work now?

Why does Firefox ignore 32-bit mode setting?

I'm running Firefox 18.0.1 in Mac 10.8.2, but I've had this problem in other versions too. I need FF to run in 32-bit mode, because I often use Google Voice, which requires that. I've already gone to the information window for the application and checked the box that says "Open in 32-bit mode." Seems like that should solve the problem. But it doesn't. Every time I open FF and log in to Gmail, I get a message saying it uses plug-ins that can only run in 32-bit mode, and asking if I want to restart in 32-bit mode. If I just want to check my email it's fine, but if I want to use Google Voice I have to restart the browser. That's annoying, given that there already is a setting for starting in 32-bit mode, and that I've already selected it. Is that setting non-functional, or is there some way to make it actually work?

Firefox may need to use a plugin (possibly Silverlight) that is only present in a 32 bit version if that happens.
Not all plugins support 64 bit and if not then you need to start Firefox in 32 bit mode to use that plugin.

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