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Go at your own pace – you can start small and add what you need when your school is ready
The new version of Go64 is a universal app that natively supports both Intel and Apple Silicon powered Macs. It still scans all of your installed applications to tell you which ones are 32-bit, meaning that they won’t work on macOS Catalina or Big Sur. To be the best managed state, providing high-quality services at the lowest possible price to taxpayers. Tennessee has a proud tradition of being a fiscally conservative state, and the administration is working hard to ensure state government continues to be well managed with.
Starter Version
Data collection, quality assurance, analysis and intervention planning – plus implementation and monitoring – all in one online system.
The Starter Version gives the whole school instant access to key information that helps improve student outcomes by informing strategy, supporting teaching and learning, and boosting engagement.
It is also the gateway to a smarter way of working with our add-on modules.
Add-on modules
Our add-on modules are available to help your school:
- Improve the flow, quality and use of joined-up data
- Boost engagement with students and parents
- Reduce staff workload and logins, and consolidate systems
99% of our customers use our add-on modules to support their school objectives, and quite a few customers use all of them. What they love is the way the modules work together to allow the school to do more online and to deliver 'enter once, use many times'.
In many schools, teaching staff now use GO 4 Schools instead of their legacy MIS.
MIS
Arriving for commerical use during academic year 2021/2022, the GO 4 Schools MIS will offer a smooth transition from where you are to where you want to be – using a fully-online MIS. Our MIS will:
- Bring the benefits of the GO 4 Schools way of working to your back-office staff who manage admissions, exams, etc.
- Help all of your staff work faster – and from home if they need to due to school closures
- Offer a no-pain, step-by-step migration path where you gradually wind-down use of your old MIS and move more to GO 4 Schools
- Reduce IT purchasing and maintenance costs – no server in school, no special software to keep up to date, no VPNs, and so on.
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The GO 4 Schools MIS will be much more than just a 'replacement MIS' – it will change the way your school works.
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However you are using GO 4 Schools, you will always benefit from the superb support offered by our Education Services, Technical Support and Customer Services teams.
Many of our staff have worked in schools, where they held positions as senior or middle leaders, data managers, network managers and other support roles. We know that every school is different and we understand what your day is like which makes our CPD courses really special.
We really care about education and we are here to support you.
At a Glance
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Pros
What Is Go64
- Free utility identifies 32-bit apps before upgrading to macOS Catalina
- More detailed report than Apple’s own System Information
- One-click link for researching upgrades on developer website
Cons
- Reports can’t be printed or exported as PDF
- Upgrade cost must be entered manually
- Some Mac apps require manual deletion
Our Verdict
Go64 quickly scans your internal drive for 32-bit applications that won’t be compatible after installing macOS Catalina and helps find potential upgrades to keep software working.
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As you’ve probably heard, Apple is finally eliminating support for 32-bit Mac applications this fall. That means older software which hasn’t moved to 64-bit code won’t work on the latest macOS Catalina and although Cupertino has provided guidance on the impending “app-ocalypse,” identifying and taking action on affected apps is a hassle.
A free (donations accepted) Mac utility called Go64 aims to ease the 64-bit transition by performing a quick scan of your applications and creating an inventory of those where 32-bit code is still present. It’s fast and painless—Go64 took less than 45 seconds to scan 1,586 apps (?!) on my iMac Retina 5K startup disk.
Scanning code
Of those, about 150 apps were 32-bit only, many support apps from older Adobe Creative Suite installations. The remaining 45 were technically 64-bit, with minor dependencies on older 32-bit code. Such apps appear with a yellow warning in the 64-bit column and should work fine under Catalina. (That includes Apple’s Final Cut Pro X and Compressor 4, which are expected to be fully compatible by the time Catalina is released.)
Selecting an app with this warning displays additional information at the bottom, while clicking More Info shows a complete list of outdated components. In the case of an otherwise 64-bit Pro Tools 12, the AvidVideoEngine.app frameworks are still 32-bit code; the older Pro Tools 10 is entirely 32-bit, and therefore incompatible.
Getting up-to-date
Finding 32-bit apps is only half the battle—Go64 is designed to also help upgrade or purge older software. Although not an automated process, most software identified by Go64 includes a company name and website, with the latter only a click away in the toolbar.
After researching potential upgrades from the developer, costs can be manually logged for future reference; it’s also possible to save reports, but there’s no way to print or export as PDF. For many unwanted or abandoned apps, a click of the Move to Trash button purges them from your hard drive; others have to be manually deleted.
Thanks to Go64, we’ve gotten a jump on cleanup ahead of Catalina. Aside from a splash screen when quitting the app (which can be turned off after the first time) promoting other St. Clair Software utilities like the excellent Default Folder X, there are no intrusive ads or personal data requests.
Bottom line
A fast, free way to get a comprehensive look at your 64-bit app compatibility and avoid surprises before installing macOS Catalina.