hanschien Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I finally figured out how to change your machine name that shows in System Profiler. Depending on which DVD you installed from, it may say something like jMac or Apple Developer. Open: /System/Library/SystemProfiler/SPPlatformReporter.spreporter/Contents/Resources/SPMachineTypes.plist You will see a list of all supported computers and it's description. Look for: <key>ADP2,1</key> <string>What ever you want to call it</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
laborman Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Yeah!! Great job. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-111993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabr Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Haha, brilliant! I'll be changing this as soon as I reboot into OSx86. Thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendankoch Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Nice man, I was looking for this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112360 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant0ne Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Ha! I'm not sure how you found this, but I'm glad you did. Thank you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miguelcerca Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 cool any way to change the machine model? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanschien Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 I just found it by accident. I asked JaS how he did it, but he didnt' want to tell me... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i1sam Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 thanks a lot i got now an acer macbook pro.... dont forget to repair permission... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112482 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moseschrist Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 anyone knows how to get the info showed ? i get "There was an error while gathering this information." even before i made the change. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112489 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i1sam Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 anyone knows how to get the info showed ?i get "There was an error while gathering this information." even before i made the change. i just copy the plist to desktop... edit it there using text edit... copied it to the orig folder... authenticate.... and repair permission... thanks for finding this.... WOW Acer Travelmate macbook pro Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepr Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 coolany way to change the machine model? If there is, no one has figured it out yet. Not even Jas, Semjaz, Myzar or "The One With No Name". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
- Doogie Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 That is an awsome little write up... Did you post this in the genious bar? That would be something to share with everyone... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-112771 Share on other sites More sharing options...
184200 Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Don't work for me - still have "There was an error while gathering this information". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-113032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
moseschrist Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 Don't work for me - still have "There was an error while gathering this information". i had that problem too on version 4.5 but on 4.6 it dissappeared, but since i'm using the 4.5 version now i used pacifist to extract the files from 4.6 install dvd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-113153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
184200 Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 @ moseschrist I'm using 10.4.6 and tried it in 10.4.5 - still no luck. And there's another way to change your machine name - http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?showtopic=17564 I haven't tried it yet but will do ASAP Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-113591 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILValla Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Great job! thanks!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/17336-change-your-machine-name/#findComment-113611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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