How do you know if you Apps are running Natively on the Intel chip?

[jprupas]

Here are the programs I am running. They don't seem that fast on this new Mac Book Pro.

Photoshop 7, CS, CS2
Aperature
Fincal Cut HD 4.5

Do I need to wait for the new releases down the road for them to speed up?

 

[Mikuro]

Photoshop is definitely PPC-only. I'm not sure about the others. There's an easy way to tell: In the Finder, select the application and choose "Get Info" from the file menu. It will say "Kind: Application", and then the type of application. If it says "Intel" or "Universal", then it's native. If it says "PowerPC", then it's not.

 

[jprupas]

Thanks Mikuro I will try that. I knew there must be an easy way like that.

 

[jprupas]

Photoshops (PPC)

Aperature (universal)

Final Cut 4.5 (PPC)

Even the latest Final Cut Studio 5 is (PPC) explains why the rendering times are no quicker

 

[Captain Code]

Final Cut Studio 5.1 is universal but is not free. Not expensive either though.

 

[fryke]

More generally, "Activity Monitor" will show you a "ppc" or "intel" label for running processes.