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ChangeMAC

ChangeMAC - 1.6

Spoof your Ethernet or AirPort MAC address.

All Time: (2.5)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.6
Release Date: 2009-06-28
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 711
Downloads (all versions): 17,530

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Product Description:

Application to spoof your Ethernet or Airport mac address. It will also generate a random address for you. Admin password required to change mac addresses. Choice of vendor for random generation. Just copy to your applications folder to install. Limitations -does not work with Mac Pro airport Released under GPL. The scripts used to get and set the mac address, for both the Airport and Ethernet interfaces, were modified from one written by Fouad Sethna. Request of user admin password is now handled more securely by the operating system, rather the program itself. This is in response to user feedback that it looked suspicious otherwise. Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

What's new in this version:

Upgraded the code base extensively, so that the information gathering is more resilient to system updates, which has previously proved problematic.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

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ChangeMAC CommentaryReason for java errors - Version: 1.5.1, 2/5/2008 12:00AM PST

mike.christian1
I think that I found the reason for the java errors given before. If you look at the getAirport and getEthernet scripts in the Contents/Resources folder under ChangeMac.app (the sources aren't current), they grep for using the -A25 option. For my computer with configured proxys, the MAC address lines are well beyond 25 lines down. If I used vi to change the scripts to look further in to the information structure, then ChangeMac would launch.
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ChangeMAC CommentaryOther changes - Version: 1.5.1, 2/5/2008 12:00AM PST

mike.christian1
I also had to change setAirport because the 10.5.1 version of the airport command does not have the --mac option. I then had to change setA to call setAirport directly without using osascript.

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ChangeMAC ReviewWorks great for me. Surprised at these other comments - Version: 1.5.1, 1/22/2008 12:00AM PST

willeyeam
I'm on a MacBook 2.16 GHz running 10.4.11, and it works great for me.
maybe you just need to try it a couple times when it fails.
like any old NES gamer, keep pushing the button.

This program gives it the K.I.S.S.
I like that.
and it works.
and it isn't a source of headaches.
I reccomend it.

Suggestions to Developer:
It could benefit from a memory of previous MACs I've used
I like that in MacDaddyX I don't have to type the colons, but that's all I like about that app.

Caveat:
I launched another app MacPilot only once and after that ChangeMAC does not work in my user. there's no GUI
However, it works fine in another user so this has probably got nothing to do with ChangeMAC.
I'm gonna go bash MacPilot right now.

P.S.
The developer, Gerard Briscoe, is an awesome guy.
Despite the fact that MacPilot caused the problem and this isn't his responsibility, he has sent me 6 emails to support this problem, and has even gone beyond the support I've gotten from AppleCare.
All this on top of his thesis!
What a nice guy!
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