False result with NSProcessInfo

AppleScript
#1

I’m on macOS 12.6.1. The following script returns 10.16 as the system version. Is it a known issue?

use framework "Foundation"
set fullVersion to (current application's NSProcessInfo's processInfo()'s operatingSystemVersionString())
#2

This is really weird:

use framework "Foundation"

current application's NSDictionary's dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:"/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist"

Also returns 10.16 yet the pref file contains:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>ProductBuildVersion</key>
	<string>21G217</string>
	<key>ProductCopyright</key>
	<string>1983-2022 Apple Inc.</string>
	<key>ProductName</key>
	<string>macOS</string>
	<key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>
	<string>12.6.1</string>
	<key>ProductVersion</key>
	<string>12.6.1</string>
	<key>iOSSupportVersion</key>
	<string>15.7</string>
</dict>
</plist>
#3

I made further investigations:
I get this wrong result when running the script from SD7.
But if launched from FastScripts or Script Editor, the result is correct.

Odd, very odd…

#4

If it’s SD7 only, it’s probably an artefact of the version of the OS it was compiled under. Back in the 10.x days, there was an assumption in some frameworks that only x would be changing. From memory, macOS 11 reported 10.x on Intel and 11.x on Apple silicon.

#5

Hi Shane,

I found a file located at:/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersionCompat.plist
Here is its contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>ProductBuildVersion</key>
	<string>21G217</string>
	<key>ProductCopyright</key>
	<string>1983-2022 Apple Inc.</string>
	<key>ProductName</key>
	<string>Mac OS X</string>
	<key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>
	<string>10.16</string>
	<key>ProductVersion</key>
	<string>10.16</string>
	<key>iOSSupportVersion</key>
	<string>15.7</string>
</dict>
</plist>

That’s exactly the results I get from SD7.

#6

So you’re running on Apple silicon? Looks like a Rosetta issue.

#7

Nope. Intel Mac (Mac Pro late 2013).

#8

OK, so still Intel processor.

#9

Just installed SD8. As you said, it was a compilation issue.
But that, you already know.