{"id":50263,"date":"2019-07-03T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=50263"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T17:47:03","slug":"tipoff-30-how-to-find-your-macs-model-identifier-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/50263-tipoff-30-how-to-find-your-macs-model-identifier-number\/","title":{"rendered":"&#x1f680; TipOff #30: How to Find Your Mac&#8217;s Model Identifier Number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s not good enough to simply know that you have a 15&#8243; Macbook Pro from\u2014I dunno\u20142012? No, maybe it&#8217;s 2013&#8230; I can&#8217;t remember&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the problem if you are searching online for a memory upgrade or talking with Apple support, etc. You need the Model Identifier. 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