The window.navigator.platform property is not spoofed when the userAgent string is changed. I tested on my Mac if I change the userAgent to iPhone or Chrome Windows, navigator.platform remains MacIntel.
The property is also read-only
I could came up with the following table
Mac Computers
Mac68K
Macintosh 68K system.
MacPPC
Macintosh PowerPC system.
MacIntel
Macintosh Intel system.iOS Devices
iPhone
iPhone.
iPod
iPod Touch.
iPad
iPad.
Modern macs returns navigator.platform == "MacIntel"
but to give some "future proof" don't use exact matching, hopefully they will change to something like MacARM
or MacQuantum
in future.
var isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().indexOf('MAC')>=0;
To include iOS that also use the "left side"
var isMacLike = /(Mac|iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i.test(navigator.platform);
var isIOS = /(iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i.test(navigator.platform);
var is_OSX = /(Mac|iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i.test(navigator.platform);_x000D_
var is_iOS = /(iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i.test(navigator.platform);_x000D_
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var is_Mac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().indexOf('MAC') >= 0;_x000D_
var is_iPhone = navigator.platform == "iPhone";_x000D_
var is_iPod = navigator.platform == "iPod";_x000D_
var is_iPad = navigator.platform == "iPad";_x000D_
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/* Output */_x000D_
var out = document.getElementById('out');_x000D_
if (!is_OSX) out.innerHTML += "This NOT a Mac or an iOS Device!";_x000D_
if (is_Mac) out.innerHTML += "This is a Mac Computer!\n";_x000D_
if (is_iOS) out.innerHTML += "You're using an iOS Device!\n";_x000D_
if (is_iPhone) out.innerHTML += "This is an iPhone!";_x000D_
if (is_iPod) out.innerHTML += "This is an iPod Touch!";_x000D_
if (is_iPad) out.innerHTML += "This is an iPad!";_x000D_
out.innerHTML += "\nPlatform: " + navigator.platform;
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<pre id="out"></pre>
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Since most O.S. use the close button on the right, you can just move the close button to the left when the user is on a MacLike O.S., otherwise isn't a problem if you put it on the most common side, the right.
setTimeout(test, 1000); //delay for demonstration_x000D_
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function test() {_x000D_
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var mac = /(Mac|iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i.test(navigator.platform);_x000D_
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if (mac) {_x000D_
document.getElementById('close').classList.add("left");_x000D_
}_x000D_
}
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#window {_x000D_
position: absolute;_x000D_
margin: 1em;_x000D_
width: 300px;_x000D_
padding: 10px;_x000D_
border: 1px solid gray;_x000D_
background-color: #DDD;_x000D_
text-align: center;_x000D_
box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px #000;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#close {_x000D_
position: absolute;_x000D_
top: 0px;_x000D_
right: 0px;_x000D_
width: 22px;_x000D_
height: 22px;_x000D_
margin: -12px;_x000D_
box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px #000;_x000D_
background-color: #000;_x000D_
border: 2px solid #FFF;_x000D_
border-radius: 22px;_x000D_
color: #FFF;_x000D_
text-align: center;_x000D_
font: 14px"Comic Sans MS", Monaco;_x000D_
}_x000D_
#close.left{_x000D_
left: 0px;_x000D_
}
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<div id="window">_x000D_
<div id="close">x</div>_x000D_
<p>Hello!</p>_x000D_
<p>If the "close button" change to the left side</p>_x000D_
<p>you're on a Mac like system!</p>_x000D_
</div>
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http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2007/12/17/don-t-forget-navigator-platform/