What do you mean busted? On 4/21/10, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: > >> You know that "About this Mac" window that can be accessed at the top of >> the Apple menu on the menu bar? look at it. >> >> Well, the reason why this is "supposedly" running Snow leopard on a PPC >> mac, is because i hacked one of the .strings files that display that >> system information. I actually have Leopard on it, but since Leopard and >> Snow Leopard's GUI on the desktop don't look too different, I waned to >> surprise people on how I did this. A couple of weeks ago, I learned this >> trick on Mac OS X hints website. >> to modify the file that shows the information, go to: >> >> file:///System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AboutThisMac.strings >> >> open it with textedit. >> >> If you see the following lines that look like this, except with leopard's >> info but want to change it to Snow Leopard, copy this: >> >> /* The format string used to generate the Build text field in the About >> This Mac window. */ >> /* The "%@" sequence is replaced by the build number. */ >> "ABOUT_BOX_BUILD_FORMAT_STRING" = "Build 10C540"; >> >> /* The format string used to generate the Version text field in the About >> This Mac window. */ >> /* The "%@" sequence is replaced by the version number. */ >> "ABOUT_BOX_VERSION_FORMAT_STRING" = "Version 10.6.2"; >> >> Then save it to the desktop and uave it as: AboutThisMac.Strings using >> that specific format, otherwise it won't work. Then drag it to the >> English.Iproj folder, authenticate it, replace it, and click on the About >> this Mac button on the Apple Menu. You will get the same result I did. >> >> --Sent from my Power mac G4 Sawtooth. > OH OH busted. > John Carmonne > Yorba Linda USA > Sent from my MBP > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list >
-- Sent from my Power mac G4 Sawtooth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
