How to find out the manufacture year of my 13-inch macbook pro
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Hello,
how do I find out the manufacturing year of my MacBook Pro and the ideal system version for troubleshooting?
thank you
Configuration: Macintosh / Firefox 78.0
how do I find out the manufacturing year of my MacBook Pro and the ideal system version for troubleshooting?
thank you
Configuration: Macintosh / Firefox 78.0
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Hello
There is the option of the serial number to be indicated on one of the following Apple sites (depending on the age, one site works or not):
Apple: Identify your Mac by its serial number
Apple: Service and Support Coverage
AppleSerialNumberInfo.com
And to find out the serial number:
- Open the menu "Apple () -> About This Mac".
- A window opens with the following information from top to bottom:
• the Apple logo
• "Mac OS X"
• The version of Mac OS X (for example "Version 10.5.8")
- Click on the version number: you should now read "Build ..."
- Click again on "Build ..": your Mac's serial number will appear.
With newer versions of MacOS X, the serial number is displayed directly in the menu "Apple () -> About This Mac".
Ritchi
There is the option of the serial number to be indicated on one of the following Apple sites (depending on the age, one site works or not):
Apple: Identify your Mac by its serial number
Apple: Service and Support Coverage
AppleSerialNumberInfo.com
And to find out the serial number:
- Open the menu "Apple () -> About This Mac".
- A window opens with the following information from top to bottom:
• the Apple logo
• "Mac OS X"
• The version of Mac OS X (for example "Version 10.5.8")
- Click on the version number: you should now read "Build ..."
- Click again on "Build ..": your Mac's serial number will appear.
With newer versions of MacOS X, the serial number is displayed directly in the menu "Apple () -> About This Mac".
Ritchi
and how can I tell if the version is stable and there won't be any issues with the software I use?
it might be a silly question, but I've been told that this MacBook Pro model (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) works better with Mojave than with Catalina (which they say is not stable)
but I have my doubts especially since Catalina is the version installed on Macs by default at purchase and they're trying to install an earlier version on me... I don't know
I hope I'm wrong
it might be a silly question, but I've been told that this MacBook Pro model (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports) works better with Mojave than with Catalina (which they say is not stable)
but I have my doubts especially since Catalina is the version installed on Macs by default at purchase and they're trying to install an earlier version on me... I don't know
I hope I'm wrong
Hello,
Catalina, released in October 2019, has posed a lot of stability issues, bugs, ... like all previous versions: youth errors, as they say!
Today, Apple is on its 6th update of Catalina. It should be much better than at the beginning.
The major problem with Catalina is its refusal to run applications containing 32-bit code: it requires that every application, every driver (printer, scanner, ...) be entirely based on 64-bit code.
This poses a serious problem with devices whose manufacturers do not want to bother modifying their drivers to make them 64-bit. In such cases, it means giving up your device and purchasing a new one.
The same goes for applications.
So, since you are on MacOS X10.14 Mojave, I suggest you stay on it, form your own opinion, and if you think you're constrained and you are sure you don't have any 32-bit applications or drivers, then upgrade to Catalina.
Going back to Mojave will be more complicated, unless you clone your internal Mojave disk onto an external disk: the rollback will be much easier
Ritchi
Catalina, released in October 2019, has posed a lot of stability issues, bugs, ... like all previous versions: youth errors, as they say!
Today, Apple is on its 6th update of Catalina. It should be much better than at the beginning.
The major problem with Catalina is its refusal to run applications containing 32-bit code: it requires that every application, every driver (printer, scanner, ...) be entirely based on 64-bit code.
This poses a serious problem with devices whose manufacturers do not want to bother modifying their drivers to make them 64-bit. In such cases, it means giving up your device and purchasing a new one.
The same goes for applications.
So, since you are on MacOS X10.14 Mojave, I suggest you stay on it, form your own opinion, and if you think you're constrained and you are sure you don't have any 32-bit applications or drivers, then upgrade to Catalina.
Going back to Mojave will be more complicated, unless you clone your internal Mojave disk onto an external disk: the rollback will be much easier
Ritchi
For example, for a 2018 13" MacBook Pro:
You will then know, among other things, which maximum version of MacOS it can support, how much RAM and what model of RAM sticks, ...