Re: Get Machine Type string

FROM : Michael Watson
DATE : Fri Jul 28 18:17:19 2006

In 10.2, it's here:

/usr/sbin/AppleSystemProfiler

There's a problem with using the command-line profiler tool under 
10.3, however, because instead of generating a report on its own, I 
believe it just launched the GUI system profiler app. (Corrected in 
Tiger.)


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m-s

On 28 Jul, 2006, at 11:53, matt jaffa wrote:

> The tricky part is I am looking for a solution that works all the way
> back to 10.2 and above. The command line system_profiler doesn't exist
> on 10.2. sysctl doesn't provide a nice enough readable string. The
> system_profiler for 10.4 provides a great Machine Name string that
> describes the machine type. So unfortunately it looks like I am going
> to have to translate the MacBookPro1,1, etc. on my own.
>
> On 7/28/06, Shawn Erickson <<email_removed>> wrote:

>>
>> On Jul 28, 2006, at 7:51 AM, matt jaffa wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Is there any cocoa api or other api that can get what type of 
>> machine
>> > it is. i.e. MacBook Pro, Powerbook, etc. I can easily get the 
>> machine
>> > model like MacBookPro1,1.
>>
>> I should likely also mention using system_profiler and parsing the
>> output.
>>
>> For example "system_profiler -xml SPHardwareDataType" (-xml gives you
>> a plist) and pull out the "machine_name" entry.
>>
>> -Shawn
>>

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