I just bought a used top of the line Mid 2013 MacBook Air on eBay. The machine is in immaculate condition. One weird oddity though:
When I go to "About this Mac" it never identifies the specific model. I'd assume to see "MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)", but all I see is "MacBook Air". Typically, when I see something like the latter, it's a sign of no Internet connection as that is usually performed silently by sending the serial number to Apple. Nothing wrong with my Internet connection here though (as I was able to do Internet Recovery, as well as a reinstallation of Big Sur, which, for some reason, can't be performed via Internet Recovery now on any Intel Macs). The only other thing that I've seen cause this issue is when the logic board is replaced and the technician performing the repair doesn't serialize the new logic board with the system's serial number. That's not applicable here either though as the correct serial number shows up (and registers on Apple's support site as the correct Mac model).
I recognize that this is functionally trivial, but now I'm perplexed as to what could be causing this particular MacBook Air to not get the correct model name on "About this Mac" when all of the usual reasons for something like that happening don't appear to be applicable here.
Any ideas?
When I go to "About this Mac" it never identifies the specific model. I'd assume to see "MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)", but all I see is "MacBook Air". Typically, when I see something like the latter, it's a sign of no Internet connection as that is usually performed silently by sending the serial number to Apple. Nothing wrong with my Internet connection here though (as I was able to do Internet Recovery, as well as a reinstallation of Big Sur, which, for some reason, can't be performed via Internet Recovery now on any Intel Macs). The only other thing that I've seen cause this issue is when the logic board is replaced and the technician performing the repair doesn't serialize the new logic board with the system's serial number. That's not applicable here either though as the correct serial number shows up (and registers on Apple's support site as the correct Mac model).
I recognize that this is functionally trivial, but now I'm perplexed as to what could be causing this particular MacBook Air to not get the correct model name on "About this Mac" when all of the usual reasons for something like that happening don't appear to be applicable here.
Any ideas?