It is encoded but only in the serial number, which you have no access to, and have almost no way to map back.
> On Sep 14, 2015, at 18:16, sqwarqDev <sqwarq...@icloud.com> wrote: > > > On 14 Sep 2015, at 01:09, John Daniel <etresoft.apple.li...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> >> MacBook8,1 covers all colours of the new MacBook. >> I am trying to differentiate the silver, from the space grey, from the gold. > > Since the machines are physically identical save the paint job, I don’t think > anything like sysctl or any other hardware identifier is going to help you. > The only difference I’d imagine between a silver and gold MB would be the > catalogue/product number. For example, Mactracker has the following order > numbers for the 2015 MB: > >> MF855LL/A (1.1 GHz with 256 GB storage, Silver) MK4M2LL/A (1.1 GHz with 256 >> GB storage, Gold) MJY32LL/A (1.1 GHz with 256 GB storage, Space Gray) >> MF865LL/A (1.2 GHz with 512 GB storage, Silver) MK4N2LL/A (1.2 GHz with 512 >> GB storage, Gold) MJY42LL/A (1.2 GHz with 512 GB storage, Space Gray) > > The chances of this being coded into the machine itself I’d imagine are zero. > If that’s right, then the best you can do is ask your user to enter that > information in order to display the correct icon. In lieu of that, your only > option is to display a generic icon for the model identifier that you find in > the usual way(s). > > > Best > > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > > 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/max%40maxchan.info > > This email sent to m...@maxchan.info
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