Mac Book Pro Age

[Sdahe]

Hello guys,

Is there a way to know how long is been since the first time you turned you MBP for the first time out of the box?

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[iBookG4user]

If you use coconutbattery it will tell you when your MacBook Pro was made and how old it is. You could also check your AppleCare Warranty on Apple's website to see the day you bought it.

 

[zw-gator]

Coconut Battery, but I'm not sure how accurate it is.

 

[pellets007]

The receipt should give an approximate time, assuming you used it soon after you bought it.

 

[Sdahe]

Nice App.... this is what Coconut Battery tells me...

 

[Heb1228]

Coconut Battery must give the manufactured age because I've had my MBP for about 2 weeks now, but Coconut Battery tells me its 8 weeks old.

 

[iBookG4user]

Coconut Battery must give the manufactured age because I've had my MBP for about 2 weeks now, but Coconut Battery tells me its 8 weeks old.

Yes, it gets the date that the computer was made from the serial number. There would be no way to tell what date the computer was bought on from the hardware itself, just the date that it was made.

 

[zero85ZEN]

Why don't you use coconutIdentityCard? It will tell you when and where your Mac was made.

http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutidentitycard/index.html

 

[bli625]

Why don't you use coconutID? It will tell you when and where it was made.

That's not what the OP is looking for. He wants to know how long his computer has been used for.

 

[zero85ZEN]

That's not what the OP is looking for. He wants to know how long his computer has been used for.

Well, cocnutbattery won't tell you that either. It only tells you how old your machine is in months and how many battery cycles you have on it.

So I guess none of the responses so far are much help to the OP.

 

[miles01110]

So I guess none of the responses so far are much help to the OP.

Pretty much.

OP- have you turned your machine off since you got it? If not, launch Terminal.app and use the command "uptime." If you're on your 2.4 GHz MBP then this probably won't work for you though, since I assume you've turned it off between now and the time you got it ;-)

 

[womble2k2]

To answer the OP, there is actually a very straight forward solution, which is so obvious, people forget about it!!

When you first turn on your Mac, you need to configure the first user account. If you navigate to the Users folder, and highlight the user account folder and 'get info', it will tell you when that folder was created. This is the date and time your machine would have been switched on (well, to be more precise, a few minutes later).

I also think there is a file somewhere in the main library folder (from root), which details the initial power on but I cannot remember what it is.

Best Regards,
Phil

 

[Heb1228]

To answer the OP, there is actually a very straight forward solution, which is so obvious, people forget about it!!

When you first turn on your Mac, you need to configure the first user account. If you navigate to the Users folder, and highlight the user account folder and 'get info', it will tell you when that folder was created...

Good idea. I guess if the original user account has been removed it wouldn't work, or if the OS has been reinstalled, but this would work for a lot of people.