Many users believe that the price of Apple's new technique is unreasonably overestimated. Fortunately, there is a secondary market of "apple" products, on which the laptops MacBook is widely represented. Due to popularity and demand, fraudsters selling fakes. There is a guaranteed way to determine the authenticity of MacBook - the use of its serial number. Today we want to talk about the details of this check.
MacBook serial number
The procedure for determining the authenticity of a laptop from the EPL consists of two stages: obtaining a serial number and using it on the manufacturer's website. Consider every stage in more detail.Step 1: Getting a serial number
The factory identifier McBook can be obtained in several ways. If there is a box in which the laptop was sold, you can find the necessary information directly on it.
Also, the serial number is usually indicated on the device housing - pay attention to the inscriptions on the bottom located closer to the display hinges.
However, the first, and the second options are not too reliable: the unscrupulous seller could take the box from a genuine MacBook, as well as hesitate the inscription. The most reliable method for obtaining an identifier is to use the information about this Mac utility.
- Go to the device's desktop and open the Apple menu, indicated by the company's logo.
- Next, use the "On Mac" item - click on it with the left mouse button once.
- In the window that opens, find the item "Serial Number" ("Serial Number"): a digital sequence and the identifier you need.
Having received the number, go to the second stage - actually definition.
Step 2: Authentication
Apple is very worried about its own reputation, therefore provided users with a special service by which you can check the authenticity of the acquired technology.
Apple check page page
- Follow the link above. Enter the received serial number to the appropriate field, then follow a simple captcha, then click "Continue".
- If the verified MacBook is genuine, get a page with a description of the model and accessible to it.
Important Lucky Many scammers are counting on the inexperience of the buyer: sometimes the old one is sold under the guise of a new model, and it is not easy to distinguish them in appearance. Therefore, you always carefully read the description obtained by the serial number, and check whether it coincides with the seller's statements!
- If the serial number is fake, you will get an error asking you to enter the correct identifier.
The operation is elementary, and will take 5 minutes from strength, provided that it is not too fast Internet.
Conclusion
We reviewed the methodology for determining the McBook model at the serial number. Finally, once again we recall that the optimal option for obtaining the identifier is software, through the means "about this Mac".