the "About This Mac" won't show, and the "More Info..." won't show...
this thread talks about system_profiler but it is not on this macbook with Snow Leopard:
can it be found out?
24 Answers
System Profiler.app (or System Information.app in newer versions of OS X) is located in /Applications/Utilities/. You can get there by pressing Cmd-Shift-U in Finder.
If it's not there, someone with administrator access to your machine messed up your system. Reinstall Mac OS X (or try to use Pacifist to restore System Profiler.app from your Mac OS X DVD).
system_profiler is the command-line equivalent (or System Profiler.app might be the GUI application to this CLI program). You need to enter system_profiler at a command prompt in Terminal.app. If you're only interested in your CPU and model, enter
system_profiler SPHardwareDataTypeOutput looks something like this:
Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 2,66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 4 MB Memory: 4 GB Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C SMC Version (system): 1.58f16 Serial Number (system): W80253LDAGZ Hardware UUID: 598781DD-929A-1337-F00D-EF19A1B625F8 Sudden Motion Sensor: State: EnabledAn alternative to using the System Profiler is Mactracker, an application containing a database of all Mac models made so far. If you know your model (e.g. "Macbook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)" and your order number (e.g. "MC373LL/A") you can find out your processor (M 620 with 2.66GHz for the example).
2You can find the full model number with the following command (source):
sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_stringThis will return something like:
4Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz
Adding to @AlexT's answer,
open (sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string | awk '{FS=" " ; print $2 "+" $3 "+" $4}')+site:ark.intel.comI didn't find any way to check it with software, but on this site: you can find more details than system profiler provides (including cpu model)
