Your Mac may be more than the sum of its parts, but itis still nice to know what all those parts are. With a little help from System Profiler, you can make your own report that shows everything about your Mac, including hardware and software inventories, and component serial numbers. Hereis how:
- Choose Apple menu > About this Mac.
- Click the More Into button to launch System Profiler.
- Choose File > Save As so that you can save your system report in a format that other applications can view.
- Choose a file type from the File Format pop-up menu. I selected Plain Text so that I can open my system report in any text editing application.
- Save your system report some place that you can find.
 The More Info button launches System Profiler. |
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 System Profiler lets you save reports for later viewing. |
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The report that System Profiler generates includes a description of your Mac, hardware serial numbers for your computer and other components like your internal hard drive, a full inventory of installed applications, operating system version, and more.
 System Profileris report shows nearly everything about your Mac. |
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This is an easy way to build a comprehensive inventory of your Macs and software. You never know when it will come in handy, so be sure to make a backup of the system report.
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