Re: Detecting Illegitimate OS X Installations?
Re: Detecting Illegitimate OS X Installations?
- Subject: Re: Detecting Illegitimate OS X Installations?
- From: Uli Kusterer <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:21:00 +0200
Am 17.06.2006 um 21:55 schrieb Colin Cornaby:
I want to write code to explicitly keep my application from running
on non-Apple branded Intel hardware. I've seen this done in several
other applications, and I was wondering what indicators other
developers usually look for to tell if an application is running on
some other vendor's hardware. Until Apple officially condones OS X
on non-Apple hardware I don't want to support users running pirated
copies of OS X, on hardware that Apple doesn't support. Along with
the ethical stuff, I also don't want to bother supporting systems
running a hacked kernel and oddball graphics drivers.
Have you checked what ASP returns for unknown computers running OS
X? I'd guess that it'd be much easier to just ask people for an ASP
report (which helps with most bug reports anyway) and if it's an odd
CPU/hardware combo you'd know they're running either a third-party-
upgraded Mac (I think there's some hacks like a bigger Core Duo for
Mac minis) or a PC.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
http://www.zathras.de
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