When you run kextstat command to see the list of kernel extensions loaded in the system, you might come across kext named com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X (7.0.0) being loaded all the time. You might me wondering what is the role of this kernel extension. com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X prevents OS X from being used on non approved Intel hardware – as OS X is licensed only for use of approved Apple Intel hardware. This kext is used to control software piracy of OSX on non Apple supported hardwares. Hence its role is to detect and fail the OSX installation on non apple certified hardwares.
Firmware and boot ROM version of your mac can be found in two ways. Way 1 : 1. From "Apple" menu , choose "About This Mac" menu item. 2. Click " More Info " to open "System Profiler" application. 3. Under Contents -> Select Hardware Tree item. On the right side panel Under hardware overview section, we can see Boot ROM Version and SMC (Firmware) Version. Way 2 : Run the below command in terminal to get boot ROM version and SMC(firmware) version : $ system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep -i "Version" | awk -F ':' '{print $1 $2}'
Comments
Post a Comment