Hello, John,
I use this to get the model number:
+ (NSString *)computerModel
{
char modelBuffer[256];
size_t sz = sizeof(modelBuffer);
if (0 == sysctlbyname("hw.model", modelBuffer, &sz, NULL, 0)) {
modelBuffer[sizeof(modelBuffer) - 1] = 0;
return [NSString stringWithCString:modelBuffer
encoding:[NSString defaultCStringEncoding]];
}
return nil;
}
Regards, Rob.
> On 14 Sep 2015, at 01:09, John Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Does anyone know of an API or utility that will identify specific Mac models?
> The “Model Identifier” like “MacBook8,1” is not sufficient to uniquely
> describe a model. MacBook8,1 covers all colours of the new MacBook. I am
> trying to differentiate the silver, from the space grey, from the gold.
>
> My app has an animation where it cycles through various Macs like a slot
> machine, finally landing on the user’s specific machine. I used to just look
> at the “Model Identifier”. I could pretty easily identify the matching
> machine image from
> /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources.
>
> However, the images for the new retina MacBook are in a different location. I
> found where they live in an apparently randomly-named framework, but I still
> can’t connect a specific image with the user’s specific machine. There is a
> private API for the UIDevice class in iOS that provides similar information.
> Is there anything like this for the Mac?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Daniel
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