Re: hard disk code

[support at monkeybreadsoftware dot de (Christian Schmitz)]

Simon Vrdoljak <fogger at swiftdsl dot com dot au> wrote:

> I've only been using macs for a short while but if you enter the 
> command 'ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber' in the console it will
> return the system serial number. It's the same number reported by the
> system profiler. Not sure how unique it is though.

system.MacSerialNumberMBS as string 

returns the same number on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X.

But this number is not garanteed to exist on all machines as it's stored
somewhere in parameter ram or on the hard disc.

Mfg
Christian

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