cwestpha Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I am getting my MacBook PRO on monday and would like to be able to rip out a lot of the PPC code in some universal binaries (like Opera 9). I read somewhere that there is a utility that takes care of removing the PPC code from unibins. Did some searching around and couldnt find it. thanks in advanced Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12426-ppc-code-striper/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualeviathan Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 TrimTheFat Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12426-ppc-code-striper/#findComment-78540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Essential Applications and Utils: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?s=...indpost&p=50008 Very good, other URLs also in this thread. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12426-ppc-code-striper/#findComment-78544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I suggest you only trim the fat off the 3rd party applications. If you decide to trim the ones that come default with the OS, MS, or Adobe, chances are one or two of those applications will break. Try running a search on something like "delocalizer". It will save you a lot of space if you only use a certain language. Please do heed the warnings about using these types of utilities. They will break some systems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12426-ppc-code-striper/#findComment-78635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
quixos Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 stripping ppc from your entire OS partition will break your install. i know, i did it, even though i knew better. i do however strip many of the applications in CoreServices. Dock.app Finder.app SystemUIServer.app etc. for system files like that it is a good idea to strip manually, and making a backup of the files. if worse comes to worse, you can boot into safemode and replace them if you don't get to GUI. example... ditto --rsrc --arch i386 Finder.app Finder.app.i386 -- that produces a file called Finder.app.i386 mv Finder.app Finder.ppc -- backs up your original Finder.app rm Finder.app -- deletes your original Finder.app cp Finder.app.i386 Finder.app -- copies Finder.app.i386 to Finder.app you'll end up with three files. Finder.app.i386, Finder.ppc and Finder.app -- which is now Intel. when i first did this i was sure Finder was peppier, i'm pretty sure now that i was just high off stripping something. hey, free high. stripping large unibin applications might have some speed effect on slower computers. i really have no idea. along with deleting languages, help files, and misc others, it does significantly reduce file size though. below, well stripped iTunes. (i don't have an iPod, so didn't need iTunes Helper) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12426-ppc-code-striper/#findComment-78753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesley Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 I don't expect any perceivable performance improvements from stripping PPC code off UniBin. The OS would only choose the 'right' code for the platform and the 'other' code would not be touched. And you lose the ability to run the app in Rosetta in case of compatibility issues. So while it's possible, my thought is, I guess this strictly for those who need every bit of space. In which case, using it with DeLocalizer would seem to be the logical way to go. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/12426-ppc-code-striper/#findComment-78818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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