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How to find the age of your Mac

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There are plenty of reasons why you may want to know the age of your Mac. You might be preparing to update to the newest version of macOS, sell your Mac to buy a new computer, or perform some troubleshooting. Whatever your reason, there are ways to find out just how old your Mac is, in Apple terms, that is.

As you probably already know, the age of your Mac doesn’t equate to when you acquired it. For example, I purchased my MacBook Pro brand new in 2018, but that doesn’t make it a 2018 Mac; it’s actually a 2015 Mac. So how does this work, and how do you know the real age of your Mac?

That’s what we’re here to show you.