---
title: align
framework: Kernel
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
platforms: [macOS 10.8+]
path: kernel/fat_arch/1558625-align
---

# align

The power of 2 alignment for the offset of the object file for the architecture specified in cputype within the binary. This is required to ensure that, if this binary is changed, the contents it retains are correctly aligned for virtual memory paging and other uses.

## Declaration

```occ
uint32_t align;
```

## See Also

### Fields

- [cpusubtype](kernel/fat_arch/1558623-cpusubtype.md)
- [offset](kernel/fat_arch/1558628-offset.md)
- [size](kernel/fat_arch/1558631-size.md)