terramir Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I seen a program once that can help me write values to the about this mac pages help terramir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiJatt Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 You can do it yourself with TextEdit. Have a look at /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AboutThisMac.strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terramir Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 You can do it yourself with TextEdit. Have a look at /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/AboutThisMac.strings read it don't know exactly what to edit also it seems like I need to log on as root in order to edit it, can do root can't do the edit cause I dunno what line exactly to edit let's say I want it to say 1.6ghz Intel Atom 270, right now it says 1.6GHZ unknown what line do I exactly change and what else can I change in that file someone gimme a little tut assist here pl0x terramir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poofyhairguy Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 read it don't know exactly what to edit also it seems like I need to log on as root in order to edit it, can do root can't do the edit cause I dunno what line exactly to edit let's say I want it to say 1.6ghz Intel Atom 270, right now it says 1.6GHZ unknown what line do I exactly change and what else can I change in that file someone gimme a little tut assist here pl0xterramir Put this in the terminal: open /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ Then when the Finder folder opens, copy AboutThisMac.strings to your desktop. On the desktop double click on AboutThisMac.strings and tell OSX to open it with Text Edit. Now when it opens, find this: "ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" And change the = to whatever you want. Mine is like this: "ABOUT_BOX_SINGLE_PROCESSOR_FIELD_FORMAT" = "2.4 GHz Q6600 Core 2 Duo" Now save the file. Then drag and drop it back into that open Finder window and put in your password. Reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terramir Posted September 15, 2009 Author Share Posted September 15, 2009 Thanks that worked I figured out though it pulls the string 1.6Ghz unknown from somewhere else, anyone know where that might be cause if I could edit the info or kext somewhere else maybe my apple would know it has a atom proc LOL But thanks again now it works terramir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 It's a lot simpler just to use OSX86Tools for this task! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacProUser83 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 It's a lot simpler just to use OSX86Tools for this task! SL has changed. OSX86Tools Does not work on SL afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imacken Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 SL has changed. OSX86Tools Does not work on SL afaik. Yes, it does. Happily detected my Q6600 and changed it in 'About My Mac'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacProUser83 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Yes, it does. Happily detected my Q6600 and changed it in 'About My Mac'. ah excellent. good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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