Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is a complete 64-bit OS platform but it is able to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications and became publicly available on August 26, 2009. It is the most recent release of the Mac OS X operating system.

Users able to switch Shade between 32-bit and 64-bit operations from the "Get Info" property dialog if supported.

Shade Support and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

• Shade 10.5 E supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operations in OS X 10.6.
• Shade 9 E is supported under Mac OS X 10.6.
• Shade 8.5 E is a community supported product but preliminary tests show it operates under Mac OS X 10.6.