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Swift: get the Mac UUID
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| func getSystemUUID() -> String? { | |
| let dev = IOServiceMatching("IOPlatformExpertDevice") | |
| let platformExpert: io_service_t = IOServiceGetMatchingService(kIOMasterPortDefault, dev) | |
| let serialNumberAsCFString = IORegistryEntryCreateCFProperty(platformExpert, kIOPlatformUUIDKey, kCFAllocatorDefault, 0) | |
| IOObjectRelease(platformExpert) | |
| let ser: CFTypeRef = serialNumberAsCFString.takeUnretainedValue() | |
| if let result = ser as? String { | |
| return result | |
| } | |
| return nil | |
| } | |
| if let uuid = getSystemUUID() { | |
| print(uuid) | |
| } |
if let result = ser as? String {
return result
}
return nil
you could simply : return ser as? String
thank you!
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Hi! I refined this a little bit more https://gist.github.com/vadimpiven/3373bb2592d59560b5d698ba1e2ed7e4
Thank you for sharing. I think this should be .takeRetainedValue() since you have ownership of serialNumberAsCFString. (See Create Rule)
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thank you!