title: How can I read system information in Python on OS X?
body: <p>Following from this <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466684/how-can-i-return-system-information-in-python">OS-agnostic question</a>, specifically <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/466684/how-can-i-return-system-information-in-python#467291">this response</a>, similar to data available from the likes of /proc/meminfo on Linux, how can I read system information from OS X using Python (including, but not limited to memory usage).</p>