>> The problem is, on my Intel Mac platform.mac_ver() returns ('',
>> ('', '',
>> ''), '')
>
> Crazy! I need more details. What Python are you using?
Mine does too, as a matter of fact.
Python 2.4.3 (macports)
MacBook Pro
In [11]: platform.mac_ver()
Out[11]: ('', ('', '', ''), '')
-steve