I had no idea that the About This Mac window showed the serial number when you click the OS X version info. This will save me from launching the System Profiler every time AppleCare asks for my serial number.

Let's see, about 2.4 seconds to launch Profiler x 1 call per year to Apple x 3 Macs = 7.2 seconds of my life back.

Oh crap, 30 seconds to type this, I'm in the hole! I need 4.2 years to make up for this. At least I'm not sentenced to 4.2 years of Windoze.

This way of getting at your SN is awfully close to being an easter egg.

Of course I didn't know about the SN being in System Profiler either. I was still crawling around on the floor trying to read the tag in the dark under the desk.

I *always* do the following when needing my serial #:

1) From le Apple Menu, choose "About this Mac"
2) In the resulting window, click "More Info..."
- System Profiler launches and immediately shows the Serial #
3) Double-click the serial # to select it, then COPY it (Cmd-C)

You can now paste it where you'd like.

This, versus rearranging windows and mistyping the serial # yourself.

DrDude, do these steps and you'll get your 4.2 years plus back in 1 AppleCare call...!

MacSpudster
(Brian @ TMO won't gimme my password because he wants me to send an email from the IP address wherein I signed up. But I NO LONGER HAVE that ISP service, so I can't get that IP address! Hello, McFly?!!!!)

This sounds like a great idea for a future Dashboard Widget.

Are any Widgevelopers listening?

Dan

My iMac G5 shows no serial number, just hte words "serial number" centred and system profiler has a blank space after "serial number" too!?!??

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My iMac G5 shows no serial number, just hte words "serial number" centred and system profiler has a blank space after "serial number" too!?!??

The Saturday Night Special of iMacs! Someone (digitally) filed off the serial number!

Doesn't work on my wife's eMac either.

What a great tip! I've got 560 days left of AppleCare on my iBook. Woohoo!!!

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My iMac G5 shows no serial number, just hte words "serial number" centred and system profiler has a blank space after "serial number" too!?!??

Was your iMac refurbished? If the logic board was replaced, System Profiler and About this Mac will <B>not</B> show the serial number. The logic board on my 20-inch G4 iMac was replaced, so mine doesn't show the serial number, either. There may be other repairs that would cause this.

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MacSpudster
(Brian @ TMO won't gimme my password because he wants me to send an email from the IP address wherein I signed up. But I NO LONGER HAVE that ISP service, so I can't get that IP address! Hello, McFly?!!!!)

I don't think Brian or Bryan for that matter has any control over this, it would be a phpbb limitation. Also you don't need the same IP address as that would make it impossible for people on dialup accounts with dynamic ip address to participate in these forums (which they do daily), you do need access to the same email address you signed up with though.