Annoying change in 10.2.6

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  • Reply 21 of 33
    jasocojasoco Posts: 75member
    My iMacs serial number on the drive door and the one in the About box match. So it is hard-coded into the circuitry somewhere.
  • Reply 22 of 33
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    try to see the serial via the apple system profiler...
  • Reply 23 of 33
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mac OS X Addict

    I have a B&W PowerMac and it has never given me the serial number, not in any build of Mac OS X. Does anyone know why?



    For the same reason any older Mac doesn't display the serial number. The serial number's only on the sticker and nowhere else on the machine.



    As for tonton's PowerBook...no idea.
  • Reply 24 of 33
    cyclecycle Posts: 187member
    what are u talking about???



    serial number????



    i get the build number (6L60)



    and it was always a build number...not a serial
  • Reply 25 of 33
    jasocojasoco Posts: 75member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by cycle

    what are u talking about???



    serial number????



    i get the build number (6L60)



    and it was always a build number...not a serial



    Boy, you're out of the loop.



    Newer Macs have the Serial Number embedded in the chipset or ROM or somewhere in the machine. If you have a newish Mac , it will be available as well in the About Box. EVERYONE has the Build Number. The Serial doesn't REPLACE it. It comes AFTER it.



    I don't know when they started putting the number in, but it's a cool idea.
  • Reply 26 of 33
    cyclecycle Posts: 187member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Jasoco

    Boy, you're out of the loop.



    Newer Macs have the Serial Number embedded in the chipset or ROM or somewhere in the machine. If you have a newish Mac , it will be available as well in the About Box. EVERYONE has the Build Number. The Serial doesn't REPLACE it. It comes AFTER it.



    I don't know when they started putting the number in, but it's a cool idea.



    quiete right...i AM out of the loop...now gimme that damn 15" albook so i can see the serial number!!!



    the one and only reason why this machine was built...the purpose of this mac...this serial number holds the very meaning of my life



    okok.........
  • Reply 27 of 33
    jasocojasoco Posts: 75member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by cycle

    quiete right...i AM out of the loop...now gimme that damn 15" albook so i can see the serial number!!!



    the one and only reason why this machine was built...the purpose of this mac...this serial number holds the very meaning of my life



    okok.........



    What model do you have?
  • Reply 28 of 33
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    my recently returned Ti works... so it must just be the poor little iBook... odd...
  • Reply 29 of 33
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    Can you see the serial number via apple system profiler?



    Dobby.
  • Reply 30 of 33
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    everything works with the Ti (normal) and the iMac DVSE 400 (normal)

    on the iBook 600 CD nothing works (not supposed to happen) and the rev. A iMac nothing works (normal)...
  • Reply 31 of 33
    cyclecycle Posts: 187member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Jasoco

    What model do you have?



    the incredibly thin...ultraportable... imac333 supercomputer
  • Reply 32 of 33
    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    iBook Combo 700. Serial Number visible just fine. And no, it has nothing to do with the build number ( ).
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