Show us your Mac! (plus free toolbar icon fix)

mithrasmithras
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Ever wonder why your OS X Finder toolbar should show your Mac as a Grape iMac when your Mac (probably) isn't one?



Fret no longer. I've been tinkering with and perfect a script over in the <a href="http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=46&t=005773"; target="_blank">MacNN forums</a>, and it's time I brought it here, too.



It's easy: just

<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mybulkmail/system_reporter_ai.sit"; target="_blank"> [ download and run this script ] </a>



and let it do its thing. Share your Mac with the rest of us here, and change your Finder toolbar icon to match your computer!



Plus, owners of the more rare Macs out there will do us all a favor by reporting back system IDs for those machines.
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  • Reply 1 of 43
    mithrasmithras Posts: 165member
    This is my Mac:



    model name: iBook

    model id: 13313

    processor: PowerPC G3

    speed: 600 MHz



    My Mac is named: little white iBook

    and my disk is named: iBook



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: Well, that's the script!
  • Reply 2 of 43
    nostradamusnostradamus Posts: 397member
    The script crashes ("unexpectedly quits") after launching ASP.



    [ 05-02-2002: Message edited by: Nostradamus ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 43
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    This is my Mac:



    model name: Power Mac G4

    model id: 8963

    processor: PowerPC G4

    speed: 14400 MHz



    My Mac is named: ep2 cluster

    and my disk is named: Gamma



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: This baby OWNS at LAN parties!



    Also, I prefer the previous "profile" image of the G4 you used in RevB of the script at 'NN. Any change at having the option to choose?



    Oh, I see you added the reset option. Nice. I just have one pointless feature request: show the names of all drives (or partitions I suppose). Gamma is my startup disk, but Lamda is my oh-so-important video scratch disk!



    [ 05-04-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 4 of 43
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    This is my Mac:



    model name: Power Mac G4

    model id: 8965

    processor: PowerPC G4

    speed: 1000 MHz (x2)

    optical drive: DVD-RW



    My Mac is named: duet

    and my disk is named: duet



    And I also have this to say about my Mac:



    [ 05-07-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 43
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I really didn't like that Graphite G4 icon; so, I'm using my own. It's still a pretty cool little script, though.



    And because we all know "monkey see monkey do"...







    [ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 43
    fobiefobie Posts: 216member
    Crashes after launching ASP.. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 7 of 43
    mithrasmithras Posts: 165member
    Yeah, the crashing thing just started for me.



    I blame the *&$#%! iDisk, because the Finder hung while copying the script from my disk to the iDisk. I had to kill the Finder, and I think something got munged.



    I tried just recompiling, but that didn't fix it. It worked flawlessly for 100+ people before this, so I think it's definitely been messed up by the iDisk.



    Could someone download the following text:



    <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/mybulkmail/system_report.txt"; target="_blank">http://homepage.mac.com/mybulkmail/system_report.txt</a>;



    (make sure you set Character Set to Western (Mac) in the View menu of IE), then paste it into Script Editor, and compile it (Save As Application)? Maybe that will cure the ills.



    [ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: Mithras ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 43
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    StarfleetX, can you post your icon?
  • Reply 9 of 43
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    <a href="http://www.eugenechan.com/~ceugene/systemreporter.sit"; target="_blank">http://www.eugenechan.com/~ceugene/systemreporter.sit</a>;
  • Reply 10 of 43
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Sure. Actually, I did a little color-correction after I took that snapshot. So, which would you prefer? Left or right?







    Mithras:

    You forgot to use the AI address! I fixed that, compiled the script, and saved it here:



    <a href="http://brad.project-think.com/downloads/system_reporter_ai.sit"; target="_blank">http://brad.project-think.com/downloads/system_reporter_ai.sit</a>;



    edit: Eugene, you didn't catch the address either -- ha!



    [ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 11 of 43
    fobiefobie Posts: 216member
    Pretty funny, ASP is now crashing instead of the script. <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
  • Reply 12 of 43
    mithrasmithras Posts: 165member
    Thanks, Eugene & Starfleet.



    By the way, anyone notice this gif at the Apple Support forums?







    Looks to me like they've got a few of these icons around, eh?
  • Reply 13 of 43
    fobiefobie Posts: 216member
    Logout -&gt; Login and now it works.



    This is my Mac:



    model name: iBook

    model id: 13313

    processor: PowerPC G3

    speed: 600 MHz



    My Mac is named: Shinju

    and my disk is named: Shinju



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: Its so cute!
  • Reply 14 of 43
    fobiefobie Posts: 216member
    Btw, I would love to have that iBook as my harddrive icon. How do i convert the .png to a icon?
  • Reply 15 of 43
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    whoops! nevermind.



    [ 05-03-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
  • Reply 16 of 43
    sledgehammersledgehammer Posts: 505member
    This is my Mac:



    model name: PowerBook G4

    model id: 13058

    processor: PowerPC G4

    speed: 500 MHz



    My Mac is named: Rendezvous

    and my disk is named: Macintosh HD



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: Um, I don't know. Cool script though
  • Reply 17 of 43
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    This is my Mac:



    model name:

    model id: 9218

    processor: PowerPC G4

    speed: 800 MHz



    My Mac is named: Jamie?s iMac

    and my disk is named: Jamie's iMac



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: I love it
  • Reply 18 of 43
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    This is my Mac:



    First post! from a:Blueberry iMac DV

    model name: iMac

    model id: 8705

    processor: PowerPC G3

    speed: 400 MHz



    My Mac is named: Dan

    and my disk is named: Mac OS X



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: It's getting replaced by a TiBook next week!



    [ 05-04-2002: Message edited by: agent302 ]</p>
  • Reply 19 of 43
    owl boyowl boy Posts: 61member
    This is my Mac:



    model name:

    model id: 9217

    processor: PowerPC G3

    speed: 500 MHz



    My Mac is named: Bryan Bortz's Computer

    and my disk is named: Macintosh HD



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: Its MINE!



    (I just had to run this script again when I saw it had an AI version )

    -Owl
  • Reply 20 of 43
    fonerootfoneroot Posts: 102member
    This is my Mac:



    model name:

    model id: 9218

    processor: PowerPC G4

    speed: 800 MHz



    My Mac is named: foneroot?s Computer

    and my disk is named: Macintosh HD



    And I also have this to say about my Mac: w00t



    [ 05-05-2002: Message edited by: foneroot ]</p>
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