eddie11c Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Well after a bit of trial and error I figured I would share my progress here to get more people to test it. This is just an installer that grabs your cpu info and outputs it for the "About this Mac" window. Please try it and report back, I have included support for all languages, so hopefully it works for everyone. AboutThisMac AboutThisMac.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks, with this the task is very easy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-705637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks, hopefully others can post similar. I would like to see what other outputs they get, as I was unable to test that many CPU's. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-705647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurukool Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Thanks, hopefully others can post similar. I would like to see what other outputs they get, as I was unable to test that many CPU's. It Works for me!!...showed my CPU info correctly... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-705662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
muitommy Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 good newbie tools thanks eddie. but i like to customize myself more x) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Doesn't work for me. Is it because I've overclocked it, so it doesn't recognise the CPU? Or do I need "Limit CPUID Max. To 3" disabled (in my BIOS)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706109 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 I am not real sure, I know it works on overclocked systems as one of the people that tested was overclocked quite a bit. Sabr if you can run the command sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string and tell me what shows up. This is where its getting the information from, as far as I could tell from testing this was always acurate. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Ok new link here I fixed an issue with the tm for some AMD cpu's not showing properly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706477 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pootify Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Thanks a lot for this app! When I run the "sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string" it detects my CPU speed incorrectly. It outputs the string: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz But my CPU is overclocked to 3ghz. It shows 3ghz in System profiler. Hardware Overview: Model Name: Mac Pro Model Identifier: MacPro3,1 Processor Speed: 3 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 4 L2 Cache: 8 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 Strange, I will have to check into this some more. Anyone else that is able to test on an overclocked system please post your results. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miliuco Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Overclocking to 3 GHz, "sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string" shows "Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz", same as Pootify. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I am not real sure, I know it works on overclocked systems as one of the people that tested was overclocked quite a bit. Sabr if you can run the command sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string and tell me what shows up. This is where its getting the information from, as far as I could tell from testing this was always acurate. Hmmm, well, that worked: I'll try it again... Edit: Nope, still not working. =/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Yours has an odd spacing, I will see if I can remove some spaces to see if it fixes it. Will post you a new link shortly. I will also check something else about the speed. EDIT- ok try the one attached if you have a chance SABR. AboutThisMac.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMAC Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 ON MY IS NOT WORKING ..... I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT SABR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Yours has an odd spacing, I will see if I can remove some spaces to see if it fixes it. Will post you a new link shortly. I will also check something else about the speed. EDIT- ok try the one attached if you have a chance SABR. AboutThisMac.zip Still doesn't work I'm afraid... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 just a couple questions, what language are you using? and when the installer runs it should echo a couple commands with your cpu info as well as if cp fails because the directory is not there. Can you tell me what it says? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-706822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 just a couple questions, what language are you using? and when the installer runs it should echo a couple commands with your cpu info as well as if cp fails because the directory is not there. Can you tell me what it says? Here you go: Installer_Log_13_Apr_2008.txt I'm using the British English language. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Working fine for me. Great work =D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Intel® Core™2 CPU 6300@1.86GHz as you can see for whatever reason it does not like the little R and TM. Do you have these symbols in your character pallete? Maybe your character pallete got corrupted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Intel® Core™2 CPU 6300@1.86GHz as you can see for whatever reason it does not like the little R and TM. Do you have these symbols in your character pallete? Maybe your character pallete got corrupted. I can see them as selectable text in Lazarus Long's post further up... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Well if it is a corrupt character palette browse to /System/Library/Caches and delete the following files then reboot: com.apple.IntlDataCache.le com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.sbdl com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.tecx You would then need to run the installer again. As you see the 2 lines from my log below yours should look very similar. Apr 13 10:51:40 eddies-macpro31 /private/tmp/scripts.jGpD/./postinstall[1342]: "Intel( R ) Core( TM )2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz" Apr 13 10:51:40 eddies-macpro31 /private/tmp/scripts.jGpD/./postinstall[1342]: "Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU E8400" Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Well if it is a corrupt character palette browse to /System/Library/Caches and delete the following files then reboot:com.apple.IntlDataCache.le com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.sbdl com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.tecx You would then need to run the installer again. Still doesn't work... I used the iATKOS_v1.0ir2.iso DVD in case you were wondering... By the way, I'm very grateful for all the help you're giving me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 here: Processor: Flux Capacitor Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11c Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Unfortunately I have no way of knowing if anything is missing from that release. Maybe when I finish up a few more things and have a chance to upload to my FTP I could convince you to give it a try, see if the same problem exists. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgeme Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 It works great. Thanks alot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/98775-about-this-mac/#findComment-707542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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