Re: Anyone know how to spoof the version on OS X?

2009-09-02 Thread Dodger
Never mind. *I* do now. It took some digging (using dTrace to check for file opens whilst running sw_vers) to find the right file but... cd /System/Library/CoreServices vim SystemVersion.plist Edit the file to change the version number (probably only the second one matters) Install as you see fit

Re: Anyone know how to spoof the version on OS X?

2009-09-02 Thread Dodger
BTW -- isn't it be a violation of the license to require a version of paid software before allowing installation? 2009/9/2 Dodger : > I'm wondering if anyone knows how I can make my Mac lie and say it has > 10.6 Snow Leopard instead of 10.5 Leopard, so I can install the new > XCode update which co

Anyone know how to spoof the version on OS X?

2009-09-02 Thread Dodger
I'm wondering if anyone knows how I can make my Mac lie and say it has 10.6 Snow Leopard instead of 10.5 Leopard, so I can install the new XCode update which comes, as I hear, with WxWidgets 2.8.0 in it. I cannot afford to upgrade to Snow Leopard, and as another message in this list has said it co