Perhaps you’re nowhere near your Mac, for example you’re at work and your Mac is at home, or perhaps the worst case scenario has become a reality and your Mac has been stolen.Įven if your Mac isn’t physically in front of you, there’s still a few ways that you can get hold of its serial number: The serial number is printed on your Mac’s chassis: flip it over, and you’ll find this information printed near the regulatory markings. System_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep Serial You have access to your Mac but it isn’t turning on Open the Terminal (Applications/Utilities/Finder) and run the following:
If you’re familiar with the Terminal, then you can retrieve your Mac’s serial number with a single command.
Select ‘Hardware’ from the left-hand menu you’ll find the serial number towards the bottom of this window. 
This information is also displayed in your Mac’s ‘System Information’ app:
Make sure the ‘Overview’ button is selected – the Serial Number is displayed towards the bottom of this window. Select the ‘Apple’ logo from the toolbar. Some of the information will still be accessible after either booting the machine up or taking it apart.Īpple has not publicly confirmed this change or explained the reasons, but we have reached out to the company for comment.Your have access to your Mac and it’s capable of turning onįinding your Mac’s serial number is relatively straightforward when your machine is right there in front of you, as most versions of macOS include this information in the ‘About This Mac’ window: Serial numbers are used in online forums, repair shops, and company IT departments to expedite troubleshooting and other tasks by quickly learning more about the machine in question-for example, whether a computer that is exhibiting a problem is part of a certain set of models manufactured in a certain time period that all have that issue. But the date may refer to something besides the products' final ship date we'll have to wait and see. The email now says it will happen in "early 2021." Curiously, the most reliable rumors and leaks about upcoming Mac products have placed them in the second half of 2021, with only iPad refreshes initially expected in the coming weeks. According to the email, the change was initially planned to go into effect in 2020, but it was pushed back.
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