Hi Mark, > MB: Wow, thanks a lot! I learned something by following your steps, > even > though I don't have this problem. I'd have never found that serial > number without this.
Esther: That particular way of finding the serial number was something that I learned on list. Here's the original post in the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/disc...@macvisionaries.com/msg13122.html (serial number of mac) That post was made pre-Leopard, so the only thing I added to Lou's post was how to do the copy of last phrase to the clipboard. In general, if you go to "About this Mac" and press the "More Info" button you bring up the System Profiler. This gives you access to absolutely every detail about your Mac -- your processor name, speed, memory, bus speed, memory cache, etc. The way I would have found the serial number before getting this hint is by pressing (VO-Space) the "More Info" button, then interact and select the top level "Hardware" entry in the Contents table. (That's probably the default selection the first time you use this). Then, I would stop interacting and tab to read the Hardware Overview. I'd find a dozen or so specs for the computer model, processor name, processor speed and number (e.g., 2 for dual-core), memory configuration and memory cache, and a few other things, with the serial number listed near the end. You can also select detailed components under the Hardware or Software entries in the Contents table and tab over or use VO+arrow keys (once or twice) to find more information. For example, I could check the brand, model number, and serial number of the hard drive in my MacBook by selecting "Serial-ATA" under the hardware entries in the Contents table. The first tab takes me to the Serial-ATA device trees, which identifies the disk model of my hard drive (a Fujitsu drive). The second tab takes me to a detailed litst of that hard drive's specifications, including the model number, revision, serial number, number of cylinders, partition map type, and lots of other things. Similarly, you can select Applications under Software and find details of every app installed on your system, version number, when last modified, whether this is Universal Binary, Power PC (available to the Intel Mac through Rosetta), or Intel only. There's tons of information in the Setup Assistant windows, but usually it's easier to query individual apps or find the information in summary format elsewhere. HTH. Cheers, Esther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
