Check wheter it is a PPC or an Intel?

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi Folks,

is it possible to check wheter the Mac is an Intel or a PPC?

Reason: We are distributing a driver on our website which was faulty in the release 2.3 - we now want our customers to check which release they are using (2.3 or 2.6) - for this I have built a small Applescript:


set ls_rec to do shell script "cd /Library/Receipts; ls"
if ls_rec contains "HuaweiDataCardDriver(2.6)" then
display dialog "Ihre Treiber Version ist 2.6" & return buttons {"OK} default button 1
else if ls_rec contains "HuaweiDataCardDriver(2.3)" then 
display dialog "Ihre Treiber Version ist 2.3" & return buttons {"OK"} default button 1
display dialog "Bitte laden Sie die aktuelle Version auf Ihren Mac"
if button returned of result is "OK" then open location "http://www.t-mobile.at/privat/hilfe/konfig_software/software/Mac_OS_SW/index.html"
end if

Has anybody a clue how to check wheter it is an Intel or a PPC? The Drivers we got from the vendor are not binary, so I want not only send the customers to the correct webpage, but send them to the correct drivers for their hw…

Thanks for your help!

Stefan

#2

Hi Stefan,

yes, this is very easy

system attribute "sysa"
--> 1 = 68k
--> 2 = PPC
--> 10 = Intel
#3

Hi Stefan,

thanks again for your help! This was really very easy… Funny I haven´t found anything about this…

Best Regards,

Stefan