Customizing machine name in "About This Mac"

[deeveedee]

Have you ever wanted to customize the displayed machine information in "About This Mac" so that it displays your hackintosh PC model instead?

 

 

You can customize this machine name by editing ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist as follows:

 

1. Copy com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist from ~/Library/Preferences to your Desktop and make a backup copy to preserve the original
2. Open com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist on your Desktop with your favorite plist editor
3. You will need to modify all of the machine key/value pairs in one or both of the following dictionaries (modify all machine values in both of these dictionaries if they are present)
   1. CPU Names
   2. ModelNames
4. The value of each machine key/value pair must be preserved when editing the value.  Edit only the text within the parenthesis like this:
   1. Original: MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
   2. Modified: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2020, HP EliteBook 850 G7)
5. Do NOT modify anything else in com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist
6. After you have edited all instances of the machine key/value pairs in dictionaries "CPU Names" and "ModelNames" if present, save your modified com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist on your Desktop.  The modified com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist should resemble this:
   Spoiler

   

    

7. Copy your modified com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist back to ~/Library/Preferences (sudo cp ~/Desktop/com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist ~/Library/Preferences)
8. Reboot

 

You should now see your custom machine model in About This Hack.

 

Enjoy!

Edited 1 hour ago by deeveedee