What is com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X

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kent picture kent · May 13, 2009 · Viewed 22.3k times · Source

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X is a IOResources provider...

Class Inheritance: Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X : IOService : IORegistryEntry : OSObject

how does it work?

what does it do?

Answer

Marc W picture Marc W · May 13, 2009

http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/335611/dont-steal-mac-os-x-kernel/

Your karma check for today:
There once was was a user that whined
his existing OS was so blind,
he'd do better to pirate
an OS that ran great
but found his hardware declined.
Please don't steal Mac OS!
Really, that's way uncool.
(C) Apple Computer, Inc.

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