I'm a Linux user and have previously never used any Apple products.
Because I have to compile an iOS app, I bought a second hand MacBook Pro. I want to determine which MacBook Pro it is. I found this page, . but it requires that I know the Part Number.
I cannot find this information in About This Mac. I spent an hour on Google and failed to figure out how to do it.
Can anyone please help me?
3 Answers
From the very first paragraph of your link...
Your Mac provides several tools to help you identify it. The simplest is About This Mac, available by choosing About This Mac from the Apple () menu in the upper-left corner of your screen. The other is the System Information app. Learn how to use these tools to identify your Mac.
The Part Number is rarely useful, because many models can share the same number.
Identification from the serial number is far more accurate, if you are in doubt.
However Macs are really identified from their model description.
For instance, from that link...
... that is a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
That is all the information required.
8I would go to EveryMac.com. It has all the model numbers listed, by general spec and date available. It often does not have the specific part number for your computer, but it will give you enough information for any ordering or part-replacement issues.
For example, if you know from the "About This Mac" screen that you have a MacBook Pro (15-inch 2018) model that has a 2.9 GHz Core i9 chip, then this website will tell you that this computer is a MacBookPro15,1 with model number A1990 (EMC 3215).
You can also go to Apple's model number support page, scroll until you find this information, and see that the part number will be one from this list: MR932xx/A, MR942xx/A, MR952xx/A, MR962xx/A, MR972xx/A, MUQH2xx/A.
(1) Part number can not be easily found. So far, not sure where to find it. (2) The detail model is shown in About this Mac. The reason why the year of manufacture was not shown is because I didn't connect to the internet. I never knew I had to connect to internet in order to check the detail model...
