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How to programmatically detect Mac OS X Server Edition?

Does anyone know of any API that can help distinguish Mac OS X "Server edition" from "Desktop edition"? My app should know which version of Mac OS X is currently running. (Server or desktop)

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sw_vers seems to do this by checking /System/Library/CoreServices/ServerVersion.plist - you could get around just seeing if the file exists.

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If there is a real reason why your application should know this, I would recommend checking for the presence of a component that matters on the desktop / server. For example, if the server version comes with a program or library foo , but not in the desktop version, and you would like to use foo and then check for the existence (and / or version) of foo instead of trying to get it out of Server vs Desktop OS.

(Meanwhile, the sw_vers and system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType commands are one possible starting point for checking the OS version.)

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Perhaps you can find the difference using the sysctl API or Gestalt

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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1307030/

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