Status of System Profiler.app in Lion

Perhaps because I had moved it elsewhere before upgrading from Snow Leopard to Lion, in addition to the new System Information.app I also have the old System Profiler.app in /Applications/Utilities. And I know that System Profiler.app will not itself run in Lion, but just gives an error message that it's not for this version of OS X.
But...at the command line in a Terminal I can type system_profiler and get a report. While there seems to be no such command-line executable as system_information.
Question: OK to delete System Profiler.app?

Yes, since it's not compatible. The new app uses the same Terminal commands as the old one.

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Unable to open SYSTEM PROFILER

Hi all,
I updated my software to 10.5.8.
Since then i'm unable to open system profiler.
Tried using the:
a) option button > then click system profiler
b) spotlight
c) apple logo > abt this mac>
Please help.
Many thanks in advance

HI,
Try deleting this file.
com.apple.systemprofiler.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash then try to launch the System Profiler.
If that doesn't work you could perform an Archive & Install which would reinstall a new copy of the Mac OS X for you which would install the System Profiler app.
As with any installation, make sure and back up all important data first.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1545
Then repair disk permissions...
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
Carolyn

System Profiler Content File Directory Location?

Hello,
I recently changed out my microprocessor in my PowerBook G3 because my old one was not working properly. All works fine now as it is smoothly running 10.4.11. However, I look in system profiler and the serial number has changed to the new microprocessor and does not match the sticker on the bottom on the machine. I managed to modify the "About This Mac" and "Login Window" serial number just fine, but I am stumped regarding system profiler. I did research and found that in 10.5, you can manually input the serial by finding a "SMBIOS" type file architecture in the extensions folder of System>Library. My question is:
Where can I find the system files that give System Profiler its information. or Where can I find the equivalent in 10.4 to 10.5's SMBIOS system files.I appreciate any advice. Please indicate the entire file directory so I can easily find the location of the files I need to modify. Have a nice day.

I suspect that System Profiler gets the serial number either by an internal call to the I/O registry which in turn has gotten it from the logic board firmware, or else directly from the firmware itself. If either of these mechanisms is correct, then there are NO files that carry the serial number, and therefore I think there is probably nothing you can change. This may be incorrect, but so far I've seen no evidence of a datafile that has this information.
By way of background, here is my understanding. Hopefully I will be corrected if I am wrong:
A file is a particular type of data structure, a collection of bytes assembled by the operating system in a specific way. Files usually reside on physical storage devices such as disk drives, and persist even after the computer is turned off. A user with sufficient privileges can generally access the information stored in a file.
There are, however, other types of OS data structures in the "kernel," below the level of the user interface. These structures are not files - it is not that they are "hidden files" or "system files" - they are not files at all. These data structures exist in a protected space that users cannot alter.
ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber | awk '{ print $4 }'
I have no idea exactly "where" this piece of information is coming from, meaning the serial number that appears. It would be greatly appreciated if you could help me track down exactly where on the system the terminal command here is pulling this info from. It clearly gets it from some place, but it just may not be something we can see on the system as an object.
According to the link I posted earlier, the ioreg terminal command directly displays (but cannot alter) the I/O registry. This data structure is not a file, and does not exist in the filesystem that you access via the GUI or via Terminal filesystem commands. Even worse, the link said:
the Registry is not stored on disk or archived between boots. Instead, it is built at each system boot and resides in memory
What this means is that the I/O Registry resides only in RAM - it is completely destroyed when you turn off the computer, and gets rebuilt when you start back up. And again, it is not a file.
That's why I said "This doesn't sound promising"!
there has to be a way to override the "connection" between the dynamic database itself and how it obtains information from it.
If System Profiler.app does either read the I/O registry or read the firmware directly, then this instruction may be hardcoded in the app itself. I don't know this, but if so then I don't think there is any way to get it to look "somewhere else."
Good luck, but I think this project is going to be "The Impossible Dream"

System Profiler Problem...

Good Afternoon,
For some reason system profiler is freezing on me. When I click, the "Logs" section I get the rainbow spinning wheel, and the system profiler app becomes unresponsive. I have shut down and restarted my computers and still have the problem. What should I do?

baltwo wrote:
Step one. Move thr com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist file out of your /Library/Preferences folder to the Desktop, restart, and try Sys Profiler again.
Done! and your solution worked!
thanks baltwo!

Cannot access System Profiler

When I press the apple logo > About this Mac, More Info is greyed out.
I read that this goes to the system profiler, which is located in utilities, but it isn't in my utilities folder (there's only Adobe flash player and a folder labeled Contents).
There is a file called systemprofiler.plist in my preferences though.
Is this something I should be worried about, or should I just let it go?
Thanks!

It is normal to have systemprofiler.plist. If it isn't missing entirely, you may have inadvertently moved it. Get EasyFind and do a search for "System Profiler.app" to see where it might be located. Also enter "SystemProfiler" and make sure you're seeing SystemProfiler (a folder, not the app) in /System/Library. Don't go there, just confirm it exists at that location.
If it is completely missing, it can be reinstalled using Pacifist and the Install DVD.

I'm dying to upgrade to Lion. But I know some appls will no longer work. I just switched from Quicken to iBank. How can I find out what else I'm going to use? Is there a way on system profile? A specific 'kind' of application?

Is there a way, in profiler? maybe to find out which programs I'll lose when i upgrade? I've already switched from Quicken to iBank. But I'd like to know in advance i I'm going to lose anything else important!

Browse to the Mac page at http://roaringapps.com/. There you'll find hundreds (thousands?) of Mac applications listed with indications as to Lion compatibility.
Surely, there's more to Lion compatibility than merely whether the app is "Intel" or "Universal", as opposed to "PowerPC" (as shown under Software > Applications in System Profiler).
It's a bit surprising that nobody seems to have done an app that scans your system then looks up Lion compatibility at roaringapps.

System Profiler Has Duplicate Copies of Apps, why?

I have 2 identical model enterprise disks from WD @7200rpm, 1TB. When I run the Black Magic disk speed test program, the newest disk reports read& write @ 116 mbps and the older disk reports about 126 mbps. That difference is enough to enable the older disk to make HD video transfer speeds, but not the identical new disk.
I started to try to figure why there was such a difference and went to the System Profiler to dig for info. What I saw in both drives under Software then Applications was multiple instances of app files which can be clearly (but small) seen in this screen grab:
Questions:
1) Is this double & sometimes triple instances of the app normal? Look at Chess as an example it has 5 instances, same version, same day, etc.
2) What's going on here? Are these multiple copies of each app saved to the drive?
a) If so, how does one go about deleting the "extra" copies, or are they some Phantom of the Profiler lurking about?
b) If not, why are the entries that are identical in version & date needed? Seems redundant to me.
c) Could this have been produced by the migration assistant?
3) Is this why there is a difference in read & write speed? The older disk, which is faster, has less data on it. The newer disk has more data on, it but only takes up about 300 gig which leaves lots of open space.
Ken

Hey TT...sorry for the long delay in following up. But you were right on the money! I ONLY download app's via my iPod because I have two iMac's... one at home and one at work. And early on, I found that unless iTunes sync set up exactly between the two computers, my sync's would be off, games removed, highest record in the world gone, etc.
So, my work around was to always manage my app's on the device and NEVER sync app's via iTunes. However, I "transfer purchases" all the time, just to make sure each computer has the same app's on it, but never sync.
So, this is why I'm seeing so many duplicates! Your answer was right on the money! Look like I can safely delete any of the renumbered ones. I don' think I need to worry about pointing iTunes the correct version, because I never use iTunes to sync app's.
If I only had one computer, then sure. But this is the only way that I can think of to make sure my device stays the way I want it, and avoid a sync messing it up.
Thanks!
Jason

I've just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. Installation seemed to go OK but on rebooting it is asking where the System Events app is. What is it and where is it located?

I've just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion. The installation seemed to go OK but on rebooting it is asking where the System Events app is. What is it and where is it located?
Thanks

If the dialogue appeared once, and you cancelled once, the dialogue may reappear when you next log in. For more certainty I suggest a restart of the operating system, then a log in.
If you like: immediately after the problem is worked around, open the Console utility to see whether — amongst its view of all messages — there is an obvious sign of what caused the dialogue to appear. (If you see nothing obvious, don't waste too much time looking.)

Since Lion system profiler is now a question mark in the dock. Can i get it back?

Since Lion, system profiler is now a question mark in the dock. Can I get it back? dsso

In Lion, there is no Systim Profiler. It is System Information now located in the Utilities Folder. Open that up and select to keep it in the Dock.
Drag the icon for system profiler off the Dock.

Where can i find system profiler in lion?

where can i find system profiler in lion?

It's now named System Information, but is otherwise in the same location.
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System Profiler Report Shows PowerPC apps installed - what to do with them?

I just purchased a new iMac and successfully installed brand new shrink wrapped software: Adobe CS3 Design Standard and Microsoft Office:mac 2008. Additionally, I ran Adobe Updater and Microsoft AutoUpdate to ensure I had all of the latest updates - each ran successfully and all applications were successfully updated to the latest versions.
Following the software installation I ran System Profiler to audit all the applications that were installed and I noticed all applications installed with these packages were Universal with the exception of nine applications which are listed as PowerPC apps:
* six apps installed with Adobe Illustrator and
* three apps with Microsoft Office:mac 2008; MSML Server was loaded in two different locations?!
I am concerned that I may have problems if I happen to run any of these PowerPC apps on the Intel iMac or just the fact that they are even present on the computer and may cause problems.
Can someone offer advise if I should delete these PowerPC apps from my new Intel iMac or what I should do with them?
Thanks for your help,
John
Following is a list of the specific PowerPC apps in question that I extracted from the System Profiler Report:
Analyze Documents:
Last Modified: 2/14/08 5:56 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Location: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/AppleScript/Analyze Documents.localized/Analyze Documents.app
Make Calendar:
Last Modified: 2/14/08 5:56 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Location: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/AppleScript/Calendar.localized/Make Calendar.app
Collect for Output:
Last Modified: 2/14/08 5:56 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Location: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/AppleScript/Collect for Output.localized/Collect for Output.app
Contact Sheets:
Last Modified: 2/14/08 5:56 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Location: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/AppleScript/Contact Sheet Demo.localized/Contact Sheets.app
Export Flash Animation:
Last Modified: 2/14/08 5:56 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Location: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/AppleScript/Export Flash Animation.localized/Export Flash Animation.app
Web Gallery:
Last Modified: 2/14/08 5:56 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Location: /Applications/Adobe Illustrator CS3/Scripting.localized/Sample Scripts.localized/AppleScript/Web Gallery.localized/Web Gallery.app
Microsoft Query:
Version: 10.0.0
Last Modified: 12/3/07 3:00 AM
Kind: PowerPC
Get Info String: 10.0.0 (1204) Copyright 1995-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Location: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Microsoft Query
MSMLServer:
Version: 1.0
Last Modified: 11/14/07 3:53 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Get Info String: 1.0, ©1986-2005 Microsoft Corporation
Location: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Microsoft Messaging Library.bundle/Contents/MacOSClassic/MSMLServer
MSMLServer:
Version: 1.0
Last Modified: 11/14/07 3:53 PM
Kind: PowerPC
Get Info String: 1.0, ©1986-2005 Microsoft Corporation
Location: /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Microsoft Messaging Library.bundle/MSMLServer

The Adobe items are all AppleScripts which have been compiled as applications. AppleScripts are not compiled as universal apps.
Microsoft Messenger is a universal app. It's possible the server apps are not given they are dated 2005.

Lion Server 802.1x WLAN System Profile

Hello skilled guys in the community :-)
Today I would need some kind of how-to about configuring Lion clients into a Lion Server 802.1x WLAN network. As I am currently setting everything up from scratch in my home/lab environment here the bits and pieces I have already successfully up and running:
DHCP
DNS
Open Directory Master
Profile Manager
The next I've done is to activate the Radius service in the server which first of all asks me for the certificate. There was only one and this was the one created from the Open Directory wizard. As the root certificate of this certificate should be already installed in managed clients (done by joining to the Profile Manager) workstations should already trust this certificate and there should be no issue.
Question here: Can this certificate be used and am I on the right way or should I create an own certificate for this? Is yes, how?
After many hours of playing around with the radius server and my access point (3COM 9552) I finally got it working and I could connect to my 802.1x network by just providing OD username and password.
Question here: When adding a new radius client there are four fields in the dialog box: Name (should be clear), IP (more than clear), the shared secrect (also not a problem) and the type. As this type is not a drop down field but just a text box I was wondering quite a while what the server expects from me to put in there. I decided to write there 'other' as this was the only option I could find from googling. Is this correct?
As next step I would like to configure a WLAN System profile using Profile Manager. So a WLAN connection which is up even though nobody is logged into the machine.
Question here: Can anybody help me with this. I had a look into this config dialog in Profile Manager but could not get any clue of System Profile and also don't know what else I need to configure there. I also see that I need to configure a name and password but don't understand why I need this. For my understanding the client machines (especially with System Profile) should use there the machine name and password (COMPUTERNAME$) as I created a trusted bind to OD. Or is it rather so that I need to create a dedicated account for WLAN connection with a not expireing password suitable long? What kind of things I have to configure also in there? Trusts, Authentication?
Thank you already for your help. I'm happy to get the Radius authentication now working. Now would be happy getting rid of the rest of the question marks.
Cheers
Robert

Any ideas here??
In profile manager I also saw the option authenticate with computer credentials. I belief for this it's needed to have a trusted bond to OD like I have. But when I configure it (TTLS with computer name and password) WLAN never gets connected.
Any idea on this. Also where can I see that the profile is made as a system profile. The only tick box I've found is for the logon window authentification which is far to late for me to establish any WLAN connection.
Thanks.

I thought I deleted downloaded BlackBerry software, but it remained even after I did a system restore. I manually deleted it from the Apps folder, but it's still in System Profiler under Apps. How do I delete this from System Profiler?

Right now, it seems as if it is still showing in System Profiler, then the unnecessary BlackBerry software I downloaded from the internet is still using memory, right? How do I permanently delete it?

In addition to what Drew wrote, remember the Mac has a data fork and a resource fork.
Here is an old thread but a nice recap by Dr. Smoke
._Files
Note that the ._file files you note are the resource forks of Mac files you copied to the drive from your Mac, and these are only visible when you use the Flash drive on a PC. These are normal and indicate the Flash drive is already formatted for Windows.
When you copy or save a file from a Mac OS X system to a Windows shared volume or a Windows-formatted disk, the Mac creates two files: the data fork (xxx) and the resource fork (._xxx). This is called Apple Double Format and is normal. The resource fork contains additional data about the file that is exclusive to the Mac that cannot be saved otherwise on Windows-formatted disks. This is new with Mac OS X, as documented in Mac OS X: Apple Double Format Creates File Name With the Prefix '._'.
The resource fork files (._xxx) are necessary if you want to copy the file back to the Mac and retain the metadata. The resource forks of files are invisible when they are used on the Mac: the Mac OS Extended file system (aka HFS Plus or HFS+) uses forked files, with a file having both data and resource forks.
You can delete the resource forks on the Windows disk if and only if you don't care about losing the resource fork information should you copy them back to the Mac, such as comments, image preview icon, etc. Some Mac applications use the resource fork data, so deleting the resource fork can be problematic if you copy the file back to the Mac. Likewise moving the file while not also moving its associated resource fork when using the data on a PC can result in problems when using some files again on the Mac.
You can't prevent the resource forks from being created if you copy or save files from the Mac to the Windows share or Windows-formatted disk via Finder.

Can I reinstall Mail.app on Lion 10.7?

After trying to import my mail from Snow Leopard, my Mail.app in Lion 10.7 has become unresponsive – I can't open a Message Viewer Window, nor can I open preferences to make changes to my accounts.
I'd like to reinstall Mail, but can't find a way to do this. Any suggestions?
Thanks,

Hello,
I had the same problem this morning. After ugrading to 10.7.4 Mail.app could not import the messages, and hence, never started.
The failure message stated "The import failed. An error occurred during the import. Make sure you have available space in your home folder and try again." There was no other option button but "Quit." So I quited, checked, and confirmed there were 414.19 GB available; and I used Finder and System Report for this purpose. Afterwards I tried again. The failure persisted.
Ironically I wan't able to neither read from Webmail, nor access Mail.app. So I confirmed with the Data Center the server's status. Everything was up and running. Still, they restarted the server for the sake of certainty. The problems persisted.
So I did as suggested here. And it worked smoothly.
Since I use IMAP on my settings I went for a fresh configuration with all my mail accounts. And it worked smoothly.
Thanks William for the tip.
Thanks Shaun for marking the reply as the solution.
Regards,

Can someone help me with my issue regarding the System Profiler?

I recently upgraded to Mountain Lion and since then, I haven't been able to acces the System Profiler.
Can someone tell me why??

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What happens when you try to access to this app? Note that OS X Mountain Lion has got System Information instead of System Profiler, and it's stored in /Applications/Utilities. Another way to access in in  > About this Mac > More Info > System Report

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