Get OSX version with objective-c

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How would I be able to get the OSX version in objective-c? I would like to avoid using shell commands. E.g "10.5" or "10.4"

possible duplicate of [Mac OS X: Replacement for Gestalt() for testing OS version at runtime](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11072804/mac-os-x-replacement-for-gestalt-for-testing-os-version-at-runtime) — Jake Petroules, Jun 06 '14 at 01:25

score 21 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 24 '13 at 11:00

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NSProcessInfo *pInfo = [NSProcessInfo processInfo];
NSString *version = [pInfo operatingSystemVersionString];

Sorry for the formatting, I'm using my iPad to answer this.

edited Feb 24 '13 at 11:00

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answered Sep 12 '10 at 14:16

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That's fine if you want to display the version to the user, but not fine if you want to do processing based on the OS version. – JeremyP Sep 12 '10 at 16:56
This works, but there is a lot of "garbage" text that is added with it (Build information etc). – alexyorke Sep 13 '10 at 09:42
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@JeremyP there is method `operatingSystemVersion` gives you a struct with three integers, major, minor and patch version which might be easier to process – Samantha Catania Feb 12 '15 at 21:39

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '17 at 01:39

As of 10.10 you can use NSProcessInfo.processInfo.operatingSystemVersion to get a NSOperatingSystemVersion struct.

typedef struct {
    NSInteger majorVersion;
    NSInteger minorVersion;
    NSInteger patchVersion;
} NSOperatingSystemVersion;

There's also a helpful isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion: method.

NSOperatingSystemVersion minimumSupportedOSVersion = { .majorVersion = 10, .minorVersion = 12, .patchVersion = 0 };
BOOL isSupported = [NSProcessInfo.processInfo isOperatingSystemAtLeastVersion:minimumSupportedOSVersion];

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 15:17

You can parse it in this way to get the format you want:

NSProcessInfo *pinfo = [NSProcessInfo processInfo];

NSArray *myarr = [[pinfo operatingSystemVersionString] componentsSeparatedByString:@" "];
NSString *version = [@"Mac OS X " stringByAppendingString:[myarr objectAtIndex:1]];

This f.e. will give you Mac OS X 10.6.8

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 12 '10 at 18:48

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You can use the Gestalt function to access the components of the OS version.

Old-time users of Gestalt may be amazed to find that it is still available in 64-bit.

answered Sep 12 '10 at 18:48

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It's now deprecated in OS X Mountain Lion. – citruspi Jul 27 '12 at 00:10
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..with no decent replacement that would be as comprehensive as Gestalt is/was :-( – Jay Feb 11 '13 at 08:36

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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See this response using NSAppKitVersionNumber in case you're using AppKit in your app as well (and want to run on 10.8+ as Gestalt is now deprecated):

How to know what Mac OS the app is running on?

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answered Feb 11 '13 at 08:36

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered May 27 '15 at 08:38

add this code after #import

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v)                  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame)

after adding above code please add below code where you want to see your os-version

NSString *systemVersion = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
        NSLog(@"System version :%@",systemVersion);

you can easily get OS-version by above code

Thank you

Get OSX version with objective-c

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