How can you find out what display is connected to your macintosh? Well, on the desktop’s you can examine the monitor, probably… But what about your laptop?
Open a terminal window, and type this in:
ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
For example:
[nerv:~] benjamin% ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed “/[^<]*</s///” | xxd -p -r | strings -6
SMBXAJ0806727
VO22L HDTV10A
q8-@X,%
@1
@U
[nerv:~] benjamin%
[nerv:~] abcdefg% ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6SMBXAJ0806727
VO22L HDTV10A
q8-@X,%
@1
@U What does this mean?
- I don’t have any information on what the “SMBXAJ0806727″ is, I thought it was the serial number, but it doesn’t match the display’s serial number…
- The VO22L, in my case, is the model of the monitor, and I assume the HDTV10A is the class of display.
- The rest of the output appear to be gibberish…
[nerv:~] benjamin% ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed “/[^<]*</s///” | xxd -p -r | strings -6
SMBXAJ0806727
VO22L HDTV10A
q8-@X,%
@1
@U
[nerv:~] benjamin%
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