There are plenty of other model strings that should work as values; I believe they are directly read from /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Info.plist.
Browsing through that file, you should be able to intuit valid values. For example, from the line
UTTypeTagSpecification = { com.apple.device-model-code = ( "Macmini", "Macmini5", "Macmini6", "Macmini7" ); };
I deduced that the proper string for the Mac Mini is Macmini (no CamelCase). MacBook should work, though. As should AppleTV, MacBook5,2, and many more appearing in the aforementioned file.
There are plenty of other model strings that should work as values; I believe they are directly read from /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Info.plist.
Browsing through that file, you should be able to intuit valid values. For example, from the line
UTTypeTagSpecification = { com.apple.device-model-code = ( "Macmini", "Macmini5", "Macmini6", "Macmini7" ); };
I deduced that the proper string for the Mac Mini is Macmini (no CamelCase). MacBook should work, though. As should AppleTV, MacBook5,2, and many more appearing in the aforementioned file.
One can use the following python script to get the latest available models.
import plistlib
from contextlib import suppress
types = plistlib.load(open("/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Info.plist", "rb"))
models = []
for uttype in types['UTExportedTypeDeclarations']:
with suppress(KeyError):
model = uttype['UTTypeTagSpecification']['com.apple.device-model-code']
if isinstance(model, str):
models.append(model)
else:
models.extend(model)
fmt = ""
i = 4
models.sort()
prev = models[0][:i]
for model in models:
if prev != (prev:=model[:i]):
fmt += "\n\n"
fmt += f"{model}, "
print(fmt)
The currently available values for the 'fruit:model' parameter are:
ADP2,1,
ADP3,2,
ATVRemote1,1, ATVRemote1,2,
AirPods1,1, AirPods1,2, AirPods1,3, AirPodsMax1,1, AirPodsPro1,1, AirPort, AirPort4, AirPort4,102, AirPort4,107, AirPort5, AirPort5,104, AirPort5,105, AirPort5,108, AirPort5,114, AirPort5,117, AirPort6, AirPort6,106, AirPort7,120,
AppleDisplay2,1, AppleTV, AppleTV1,1,
BeatsFitPro1,1, BeatsSolo3,1, BeatsSoloPro1,1, BeatsStudio3,2, BeatsStudioBuds1,1, BeatsX1,1, BeatsX2,1,
D201AP, D201AP, D201AP,
D20AP, D20AP, D20AP,
D211AP, D211AP, D211AP,
D21AP, D21AP, D21AP,
D221AP, D221AP,
D22AP, D22AP,
Device1,21760, Device1,8202, Device1,8208, Device1,8209, Device1,8211,
K48AP,
Laptop,
M68AP,
Mac,
Mac13,1, Mac13,2, Mac14,2, Mac14,2@ECOLOR=1, Mac14,2@ECOLOR=2, Mac14,2@ECOLOR=7, Mac14,2@ECOLOR=8, Mac14,7, Mac14,7@ECOLOR=1, Mac14,7@ECOLOR=2,
MacBook, MacBook1,1, MacBook1,1,Black, MacBook1,1,White, MacBook10,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBook10,1@ECOLOR=217,180,154, MacBook10,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBook10,1@ECOLOR=232,201,195, MacBook10,1@ECOLOR=235,215,191, MacBook2,1, MacBook2,1,Black, MacBook2,1,White, MacBook3,1, MacBook3,1,Black, MacBook3,1,White, MacBook4,1, MacBook4,1,Black, MacBook4,1,White, MacBook5,1, MacBook5,2, MacBook6,1, MacBook7,1, MacBook8,1, MacBook8,1@ECOLOR=155,158,159, MacBook8,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBook8,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBook8,1@ECOLOR=235,215,191, MacBook9,1, MacBook9,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBook9,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBook9,1@ECOLOR=232,201,195, MacBook9,1@ECOLOR=235,215,191, MacBookAir, MacBookAir1,1, MacBookAir10,1, MacBookAir10,1@ECOLOR=1, MacBookAir10,1@ECOLOR=2, MacBookAir10,1@ECOLOR=3, MacBookAir2,1, MacBookAir3,1, MacBookAir3,2, MacBookAir4,1, MacBookAir4,2, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2, MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2, MacBookAir8,1, MacBookAir8,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookAir8,1@ECOLOR=217,180,154, MacBookAir8,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookAir8,2, MacBookAir8,2@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookAir8,2@ECOLOR=217,180,154, MacBookAir8,2@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookAir9,1, MacBookAir9,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookAir9,1@ECOLOR=217,180,154, MacBookAir9,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro, MacBookPro1,1, MacBookPro1,2, MacBookPro10,1, MacBookPro10,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,4, MacBookPro11,5, MacBookPro12,1, MacBookPro13,1, MacBookPro13,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro13,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro13,2, MacBookPro13,2@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro13,2@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro13,3, MacBookPro13,3@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro13,3@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro14,1, MacBookPro14,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro14,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro14,2, MacBookPro14,2@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro14,2@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro14,3, MacBookPro14,3@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro14,3@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro15,1, MacBookPro15,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro15,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro15,2, MacBookPro15,2@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro15,2@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro15,3, MacBookPro15,3@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro15,3@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro15,4, MacBookPro15,4@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro15,4@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro16,1, MacBookPro16,1@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro16,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro16,2, MacBookPro16,2@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro16,2@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro16,3, MacBookPro16,3@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro16,3@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro16,4, MacBookPro16,4@ECOLOR=157,157,160, MacBookPro16,4@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacBookPro17,1, MacBookPro17,1@ECOLOR=1, MacBookPro17,1@ECOLOR=2, MacBookPro18,1, MacBookPro18,1@ECOLOR=1, MacBookPro18,1@ECOLOR=2, MacBookPro18,2, MacBookPro18,2@ECOLOR=1, MacBookPro18,2@ECOLOR=2, MacBookPro18,3, MacBookPro18,3@ECOLOR=1, MacBookPro18,3@ECOLOR=2, MacBookPro18,4, MacBookPro18,4@ECOLOR=1, MacBookPro18,4@ECOLOR=2, MacBookPro2,1, MacBookPro2,2, MacBookPro3,1, MacBookPro4,1, MacBookPro5,1, MacBookPro5,2, MacBookPro5,3, MacBookPro5,4, MacBookPro5,5, MacBookPro6,1, MacBookPro6,2, MacBookPro7,1, MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,2, MacBookPro8,3, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2,
MacPro, MacPro1,1, MacPro2,1, MacPro3,1, MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, MacPro6,1, MacPro7,1, MacPro7,1@ECOLOR=225,225,223, MacPro7,1@ECOLOR=226,226,224,
Macintosh,
Macmini, Macmini1,1, Macmini2,1, Macmini3,1, Macmini4,1, Macmini5, Macmini6, Macmini7, Macmini8,1, Macmini9,1,
N18AP,
N45AP,
N72AP,
N81AP,
N82AP,
N88AP,
N90AP,
Pencil1,1,
PowerBeats3,1, PowerBeats4,1, PowerBook, PowerBook3,2, PowerBook3,3, PowerBook3,4, PowerBook3,5, PowerBook5,1, PowerBook5,2, PowerBook5,3, PowerBook5,4, PowerBook5,5, PowerBook5,6, PowerBook5,7, PowerBook5,8, PowerBook5,9, PowerBook6,1, PowerBook6,2, PowerBook6,3, PowerBook6,4, PowerBook6,5, PowerBook6,7, PowerBook6,8, PowerMac, PowerMac10,1, PowerMac10,2, PowerMac11,2, PowerMac11,2,Quad, PowerMac12,1, PowerMac3,5, PowerMac3,6, PowerMac4,2, PowerMac4,4, PowerMac4,5, PowerMac6,1, PowerMac6,3, PowerMac6,4, PowerMac7,2, PowerMac7,3, PowerMac8,1, PowerMac8,2, PowerMac9,1, PowerbeatsPro1,1,
RackMac, RackMac1,1, RackMac1,2, RackMac3,1, RackMount,
TimeCapsule, TimeCapsule6, TimeCapsule6,106, TimeCapsule6,109, TimeCapsule6,113, TimeCapsule6,116, TimeCapsule8,119,
Tower,
VMWare,
VirtualMac,
Watch,
Windows, Windows2000, Windows2003, Windows2008, Windows7, WindowsVista, WindowsXP,
Xserve, Xserve1,1, Xserve2,1, Xserve3,1,
iMac, iMac10,1, iMac11,1, iMac11,2, iMac11,3, iMac12,1, iMac12,2, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3, iMac14,4, iMac15,1, iMac16,1, iMac16,2, iMac17,1, iMac18,1, iMac18,2, iMac18,3, iMac19,1, iMac19,2, iMac20,1, iMac20,2, iMac21,1, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=1, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=3, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=4, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=5, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=6, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=7, iMac21,1@ECOLOR=8, iMac21,2, iMac21,2@ECOLOR=1, iMac21,2@ECOLOR=4, iMac21,2@ECOLOR=5, iMac21,2@ECOLOR=6, iMac4,1, iMac4,2, iMac5,1, iMac5,2, iMac6,1, iMac7,1, iMac8,1, iMac9,1, iMacPro1,1,
iPad, iPad1,1,
iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone1,1, iPhone1,2, iPhone10,1, iPhone10,1, iPhone10,1, iPhone10,2, iPhone10,2, iPhone10,2, iPhone10,3, iPhone10,3, iPhone10,4, iPhone10,4, iPhone10,4, iPhone10,5, iPhone10,5, iPhone10,5, iPhone10,6, iPhone10,6, iPhone2,1, iPhone3,1,
iPod, iPod1,1, iPod2,1, iPod3,1, iPod4,1,
Remember to restart samba and avahi:
sudo service smbd restart
sudo avahi-daemon -k
As well as your Finder by clicking on the Finder while holding Ctrl + Option in that order.
I also had to put the 'fruit:model' parameter in the global section of my 'smb.conf'.
Recommended Samba configuration for Mac
Add support for user-configurable fruit:model in the samba addon
SMB shares: what determines macOS Finder icon?
SMB options - vfs fruit:model
Videos
I see MacSamba is the default. What other options are available?