Hello all,
Yeap, what Phil said:
function mySystemVersion
get shell("sw_vers -productVersion")
return it
end mySystemVersion
This will return 11.2.3 on a Mac running Big Sur 11.2.3
See https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22887
Cheers,
Panos
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On Fri, 7 May 2021 at 19:43, Phil Davis via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> If you want the actual macOS system version, you can use the 'sw_vers'
> shell command.
>
> phils-macbook-pro:~ pdslabs2$ sw_vers -productVersion
> 10.15.7
>
> or
>
> phils-macbook-pro:~ pdslabs2$ sw_vers
> ProductName: Mac OS X
> ProductVersion: 10.15.7
> BuildVersion: 19H1030
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
>
> On 5/7/21 7:25 AM, Andre Garzia via use-livecode wrote:
> > Tiemo,
> >
> > This is not a bug.
> >
> > MacOS Big Sur will identify itself as both 10.16.0 and 11.x. This is by
> design so that scripts checking for version compatibility can see Big Sur
> as just a minor version of 10.x
> >
> > The version seen depends on both which SDK was used to compile the app,
> and also on the value of the environment variable called
> SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT.
> >
> > Best
> > Andre
> >
> >> On 7 May 2021, at 13:00, Tiemo via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I am on macOS 11.2.3 and the systemversion shows 10.16.0?
> >>
> >> It shows the same at least going back to 8.1.7
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Do I have to multiply the systemversion by 1.1053 to get the real one?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Tiemo
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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