How to change the configuration in the Mac system information

System logo, model, year, type of processor, and other information about your Mac, you can change. Layfhaker tell you how to do it.

This guide will come in handy Hackintosh builds owners whose components are always determined incorrectly, as well as those makovodov who, for one reason or another want to change the information on the hardware platform of its Mac.

Before changing any of the settings required to make a backup in Time Machine.

Change system logo

In older versions of macOS menu "This Mac» had a computer image, and it is much more like it. It is easy to return or even replace any picture. This is done as follows.

1. In the Finder, navigate to the folder "Program» → «Utility" and find the application "System Information".
2. Right-click on the icon, select "Show Package Contents".
   
3. Navigate to the folder Contents → Resources, find there SystemLogo.tiff file and save a copy of it.
   
4. Replace it with a picture that you want to see, renaming it in SystemLogo.tiff, SystemLogo.png or SystemLogo.jpg.
5. Log off or restart your Mac, the changes to take effect.

To return to the standard icon you want to move the original file back into place.

Change the model and year of manufacture

Mac model in the system information does not change much harder.

1. Click the Finder Command + Shift + G and navigate to ~ / Library / Preferences folder.
   
2. Locate the file com.apple. SystemProfiler.plist and save a copy of it.
3. Make another copy of this file and place it on your desktop.
4. Open the file com.apple. SystemProfiler.plist desktop in any editor code, e.g. in free TextWranglerAnd find the line with the original computer model.
   
5. Replace it with another or even paste any text you want.
6. Save the file and move it to the / Library / Preferences, agreeing on a replacement.
7. Restart your Mac, the changes to take effect.

In this simple way you can tweak Hackintosh-build configuration or "transform" ordinary MacBook Pro in an older version of tachbarom, as I did.

To return to the default settings need to return the original file in its place.

Change the processor model

Go ahead. Even in the same Mac can be installed different models of processors, and processor information, too, can change. Hackintosh on a focus absolutely works, but on the Mac does not always work.

1. In the Finder, click Command + Shift + G and navigate to the / System / Library / PrivateFrameworks.
2. Find AppleSystemInfo.framework and open it.
   
3. Navigate to the folder in / Versions / A / Resources / within the framework, and then locate the folder to your system language. For example, ru.lproj to Russian.
4. Keep a copy of a single AppleSystemInfo.strings file there, and then create another one and drag it to the desktop.
5. Open AppleSystemInfo.strings copy the code editor and locate the section UnknownCPUKind.
6. In the lines of "Unknown" and "Unknown" enter the name of the processor and the speed, respectively.
   
7. Save the file and move it to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppleSystemInfo.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ru.lproj, agreeing on a replacement.
8. Hackintosh users need to open config.plist in Clover and set the CPU type to the value Unknown. Mac owners are moving to the next step.
9. Reboot your computer for changes to take effect.

On a Mac, you can not get anything, because the processor is determined correctly. But on the Hackintosh, where we are forced Asking processor type, the trick will work.

Change the display icon in the "Monitor"

This option is one of the most useful, since many of us are using external displays, and from the beautiful icons of your monitor is not refuse anybody. And change it is quite simple.

1. Click the Finder Command + Shift + G, Navigate to the folder / System / Library / CoreServices and locate the file CoreTypes.bundle.
   
2. In the context menu, select "Show Package Contents", navigate to the / Contents / Resources and locate the file public.generic-lcd.icns.
   
3. Make a copy of this file and replace your picture in .icns format (for conversion, you can use the free utility Image2icon).
4. Log off or restart your Mac, the changes to take effect.

To return to the original values ​​can be by moving the original file in place.

All these tips allow you to change data only in the menu "About This Mac». Therefore, if you doubt the veracity of the configuration, for example, when buying a used the Mac, worth check the relevant information through the Apple Hardware Test, which is nothing utait and show how all there is. More information can be found here.