Querying Mac Serial Number by Command Line in Older Mac OS X Releasesįor querying the systems serial number in even older versions of Mac OS X, including Snow Leopard, Mt Lion, Lion, and before, use the following system_profiler and grep string: The serial number will always appear as an alphanumeric string alongside “Serial Number (system)”, if you simply grep for “serial” you’ll find a huge number of returns that are unrelated to the systems actual serial number, thus we don’t do that. $ system_profiler |grep 'Serial Number (system)' The results for this string will look something like the following: System_profiler |grep 'Serial Number (system)' On prior versions of Mac OS X like El Capitan, Yosemite, and Mavericks, the following string will retrieve the Macs serial number: 'IOPlatformSerialNumber' = 'C241BABDLLRP8' How to Get Serial Number by Command Line in Prior Mac OS X The resulting output with serial number will look like the following: On modern versions of MacOS like Mojave, High Sierra, and Sierra, or newer, the following command syntax will retrieve the serial number from the Mac: How to Get Mac Serial Number by Command Line in Modern MacOS Be sure the command is on a single line, as usual with command line syntax.

To try this yourself and get the serial number on any Mac OS machine, enter the appropriate command string below at the Terminal, depending on the version of Mac OS X in use on the Mac. And please, do not give up this information to a complete stranger just like that.How to Get the Serial Number of a Mac from Command Line in Mac OS X That's it, you now know your iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max IMEI and Serial Number.

Now click on the information under your iPhone's name and you'll see all the details here including the IMEI. Connect your iPhone to your PC or Mac, as soon as your device shows up in iTunes or Finder, respectively, click on the tiny iPhone-like icon to reveal more details. Flip your iPhone 11's box and you'll see both IMEIs written at the bottom right next to the Serial Number.

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