[X-Unix] Putting Serial # into System Profiler

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 11/25/04 12:07 AM, "Phillip Burk" <philburk at mac.com> wrote:

>>> Apple System Profiler displays the serial number in only about half of
>>> our company computers (mostly iMacs). How would one go about entering
>>> serial numbers into the Apple System Profiler for the rest of them?
>> 
>> I never thought you could "enter" them - I always thought they were
>> hard-wired into something on the motherboard. It seems more surprising
>> that
>> some of them _don't_ show serial numbers. I'd ask Apple.
> 
> I was under the impression that the serial number was stored on the
> hard drive.  When the drive is initialized (at least in older Macs, not
> sure how old) the serial number is erased.  I remember hearing about a
> classic application that would put the serial number back.  I'll see if
> I can dredge up some more information for you.

The first thing I do when I get a new Mac is reformat and partition its
drive. I just checked, and my serial number is there. It would be very
surprising if the serial number were erased by simply formatting the
drive...


Kirk

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