Model via Terminal

[Äppelskrutt]

Hi there!

Does anybody know a terminal command that gives me the the model of my Mac?

For example; "Late 2009" or "Early 2010".

That information does not exist in the SystemProfiler (/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType). But in OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8 you can see that information in "About this mac".

This would be very helpful for me.

Thanks🙂

 

[Macman45]

Have you tried the "My Products" support page? If you registered your device with Apple it will appear here with all the info you need

 

[Dalton63841]

sysctl hw.model

 

[starikarp]

Hi there!

Does anybody know a terminal command that gives me the the model of my Mac?

For example; "Late 2009" or "Early 2010".

That information does not exist in the SystemProfiler (/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType). But in OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.8 you can see that information in "About this mac".

This would be very helpful for me.

Thanks🙂

sw_vers

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[Äppelskrutt]

Hi,

Thanks for quick replies.

Sorry but "sysctl hw.model" is not was I was looking for.

I need a terminal command that gives me the year and if the model is late or early.

Example: "Late 2010"

And I need to get this via terminal.

Thanks

 

[starikarp]

Hi,

Thanks for quick replies.

Sorry but "sysctl hw.model" is not was I was looking for.

I need a terminal command that gives me the year and if the model is late or early.

Example: "Late 2010"

And I need to get this via terminal.

Thanks

system_profiler give a lot of information and one of this is also:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
...
...

Use grep.

 

[Äppelskrutt]

Problem Solved

Problem solved. Read about it here:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...model-year-be-determined-via-terminal-command

If I put this script into Geektool it works great:

#!/bin/zsh -f

noglob curl -s http://support-sp.apple.com/sp/product?cc=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType |\
awk '/Serial/ {print $4}' |\
cut -c 9-` |\
sed 's|.*<configCode>\(.*\)</configCode>.*|\1|'

exit 0

Or this one:

#!/bin/zsh -f

# Original: http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...model-year-be-determined-via-terminal-command
# This version slightly modified to remove XML. (See also: https://gist.github.com/tjluoma/6171647)


noglob curl -s http://support-sp.apple.com/sp/product?cc=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType |\
awk '/Serial/ {print $4}' |\
cut -c 9-` |\
sed 's|.*<configCode>\(.*\)</configCode>.*|\1|' |\
tr '[:cntrl:]' ' ' |\
sed 's#.*<configCode>##g ; s#</configCode>.*##g'

exit 0



Thanks all!