Re: Re: Get Machine Type string

• Subject: Re: Re: Get Machine Type string
• From: "Shawn Erickson" <email@hidden>
• Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:18:28 -0700
• Delivered-to: email@hidden
• Delivered-to: email@hidden
• Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=oWtbW+EKIJGEIhWi4YlzxWCut4/MBdXgpwngG+u4b+kHBqeTNnXtj62L2VkBGlOJCjvXn0MuvuOYOZqOKDAhuYeRaQVY/7MVtnBwLeA4Pem8O9FPvis8Iu05suCykBgKrm2tj8t2EhASqzkVNPUvmMP47JmnHcUBUM1C5Kvw+tQ=

On Jul 28, 2006, at 7:51 AM, matt jaffa wrote:

> 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.

IOKit is your friend. Use it. ;)

Likely simpler to use sysctl or sysctlbyname (man 3 sysctl) and ask
for "hw.model". Also that is a more stable API then the IOKit registry
(nothing really ensures that the keys and layout of the IOKit registry
wont change).

-Shawn
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Cocoa-dev mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/email@hidden

• Prev by Date: Re: Get Machine Type string
• Next by Date: Re: Checking file modification dates in NSDocument
• Previous by thread: Re: Get Machine Type string
• Next by thread: Re: Get Machine Type string
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread