To get color/icon Manually map model identifier to icon name and then use e.g
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] iconForFileType:@"com.apple.macbookair"]; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32370037/is-there-a-way-of-getting-a-macs-icon-given-its-model-number/32373977#32373977 On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Marek Hrušovský <xhrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > NSPipe *outputPipe = [NSPipe pipe];NSTask *task = [[NSTask alloc] init];[task > setLaunchPath:@"/usr/sbin/system_profiler"];[task > setArguments:@[@"SPHardwareDataType"]];[task > setStandardOutput:outputPipe];[task launch];[task waitUntilExit];NSData > *outputData = [[outputPipe fileHandleForReading] > readDataToEndOfFile];NSString *hardware = [[NSString alloc] > initWithData:outputData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; > > > Mareks-MacBook-Pro:~ xhruso00$ /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType > > Hardware: > > > Hardware Overview: > > > Model Name: MacBook Pro > > Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2 > > Processor Name: Intel Core i5 > > Processor Speed: 2,4 GHz > > Number of Processors: 1 > > Total Number of Cores: 2 > > L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB > > L3 Cache: 3 MB > > Memory: 8 GB > > Processor Interconnect Speed: 4,8 GT/s > > Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B10 > > SMC Version (system): 1.58f17 > > Serial Number (system): hidden > > Hardware UUID: hidden > > Sudden Motion Sensor: > > State: Enabled > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Robert Tillyard <r...@atvetsystems.com> > wrote: > >> 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 <etresoft.apple.li...@icloud.com> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/xhruso00%40gmail.com >> >> This email sent to xhrus...@gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
