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Get my Mac's computer name

How can I get the computer's name on a Mac? I'm talking about the same name as the one you can find in System Profiler under "Software".

Solution

  • Objective C

    The name I was looking for is:

    [[NSHost currentHost] localizedName];

    It returns "Jonathan's MacBook" rather than "Jonathans-Macbook", or "jonathans-macbook.local" which just name returns.

    Swift 3

    For Swift >= 3 use.

    if let deviceName = Host.current().localizedName {
   print(deviceName)
}