How to retrieve device model name via sysctl

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Model Name: MacBook Air Model Identifier: Mac17,3

I know it's possible to retrive model-identifier by running the command "sysctl hw.model", but is there another key to retrieve the model-name? ("MacBook Air" instead of "Mac17,3")

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Thanks for the post, what about to retrieve the friendly model name from the command line, you should use system_profiler.

 system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Name"

Or we can just remove the label with:

system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk -F': ' '/Model Name/ {print $2}'

Hope this helps.

Resources: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5988473

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250009356

Albert   Worldwide Developer Relations.

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