Find your Mac model name and serial number

Use any of these ways to find the model name and serial number of your Mac.

• About this Mac

• System Information app

• account.apple.com

• Terminal app

• Printed on the Mac or its packaging

• "Identify your Mac" articles

About This Mac

From the Apple menu  in the corner of your screen, choose About This Mac. The window that opens shows an image of your Mac followed by its model name and additional information:

• Chip: The chip in this Mac, such as Apple M6 or Apple A18 Pro. (On an Intel-based Mac, you see Processor, followed by the name of an Intel processor.)

• Memory: The total amount of memory (RAM) in this Mac, such as 16 GB.

• Startup disk: The name of the disk or other volume that this Mac is currently started up from.

• Serial number: The serial number of this Mac. You can also enter this number on checkcoverage.apple.com to get the model name.

• macOS: The name and version number of the Mac operating system installed on the current startup disk. This is the macOS that your Mac is currently using.

System Information app

1. Press and hold the Option key on your keyboard while choosing Apple menu  > System Information from the menu bar.

2. Select Hardware in the sidebar.

3. The information on the right includes a general model name and these details:

   • Serial Number: Enter this serial number on checkcoverage.apple.com to find the specific name of this Mac model.

   • Model Identifier: Search for this identifier in the appropriate "Identify your Mac" article to find the specific name of this Mac model.

   • Model Number (part number): Search for this number in the appropriate "Identify your Mac" article to find the specific name of this Mac model.

account.apple.com

1. From any device, visit account.apple.com and sign in.

2. Select Devices in the sidebar.

3. If your Mac is among the devices listed, click its name to see its model name and serial number.

Terminal app

1. Open the Terminal app, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. If your Mac turns on but doesn’t start up all the way, you might be able to start up from macOS Recovery, then open Terminal from the Utilities menu in Recovery.

2. Type or paste this command in Terminal, then press Return: ioreg -l | grep IOPlatformSerialNumber

3. Look for the serial number listed after “IOPlatformSerialNumber” in the results shown in Terminal.

Printed on the Mac or its packaging

A serial number is usually printed on the underside of your Mac, near the regulatory markings. It might also appear on the original product packaging, next to a barcode label. To find the model name, enter the serial number on checkcoverage.apple.com.

"Identify your Mac" articles

If you have an Apple part number such as MLH12xx/A (“xx” is a variable that differs by region), or a model identifier such as "MacBookPro18,1", you can search for it in one of the following articles to find the model name. The model number (part number) or model identifier can be found in System Information, and the part number might also appear on the original product packaging.

• Identify your MacBook Pro

• Identify your MacBook Air

• Identify your MacBook

• Identify your iMac

• Identify your Mac mini

• Identify your Mac Studio

• Identify your Mac Pro