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Show CPU Model and Other Info

Use this to show the exact CPU model, memory, and other specs from the command line. This works from the installer, so can be useful to check before doing an install.

sysctl -n machdep.cpu.brand_string
sysctl -n hw.memsize
sysctl -n hw.ncpu




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