Serial Number Location

[Vanarak19]

Is there a place other than on the actual hard drive where there is a physical serial number for the MB/MBP unibodies?

I intend to switch the drive out. but in order to bring the laptop to work, it needs a physical serial number printed on it.

? Seems like a crappy place to put the Mac's serial number right?

 

[Applespider]

Take a look in System Profiler (in your Utilities folder within Applications) - should give you the serial number for most parts of your system.

 

[Mercellus]

For the Late 2008 MacBook Pro and the Aluminum MacBook I think if you remove the battery you can find a serial number sticker on the inside edge of the actual machine itself.

 

[Vanarak19]

Take a look in System Profiler (in your Utilities folder within Applications) - should give you the serial number for most parts of your system.

Booting up the laptop every morning is just not an option at the checkpoints. I need some sort of physical serial #.

For the Late 2008 MacBook Pro and the Aluminum MacBook I think if you remove the battery you can find a serial number sticker on the inside edge of the actual machine itself.

Can someone check this for me?

 

[swiftaw]

Booting up the laptop every morning is just not an option at the checkpoints. I need some sort of physical serial #.



Can someone check this for me?

For the late 2008 Alum Macbook: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1366

For the late 2008 macbook pro: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1559

 

[Vanarak19]

For the late 2008 Alum Macbook: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1366

For the late 2008 macbook pro: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1559

Wonderful, many thanks.

I would check myself, but Im avoiding apple until I have money

 

[MacMalv]

if you go into 'about this mac' in the apple menu, then click on the version of mac osx you have, it will cycle through giving you your serial number and your build number.

 

[swiftaw]

if you go into 'about this mac' in the apple menu, then click on the version of mac osx you have, it will cycle through giving you your serial number and your build number.

If you read the OP's message, he needs a physical serial number listed on the machine's body.

 

[Vanarak19]

if you go into 'about this mac' in the apple menu, then click on the version of mac osx you have, it will cycle through giving you your serial number and your build number.

posted 20 minutes before yours

Thanks all, I got my answer!