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And part of it is awareness that a relaxed approach to exchanges and refunds gives customers a good reason to buy from an Apple Store rather than elsewhere.Īs always when you’re essentially seeking a favor, the best approach is to be friendly and ask whether they can give you a break. Part of the rationale is that frontline sales staff are closest to customers, so best-placed to make a judgement about what seems fair and reasonable in the circumstances. When they want to swap out a machine that is just a little way outside the 14-day window, we’re told that managers tend to ok it. Officially, no, but you may well get lucky.Īpple Store staff tell us that they have fairly broad discretion to do what they believe to be the right thing for the customer. You can return your machine anytime within that 14-day window without even having to give a reason.īut what if it was 15 days? Or 20? Or 30? Well, that’s when things get tricky. That’s the period of Apple’s ‘no questions asked’ refund or exchange policy. The answer, as in many things, is ‘it depends.’įirst, if you bought the machine from an Apple Store no more than 14 days ago, you’re in luck. The question is, will Apple let you exchange it for the 2018 one … ? Which would be annoying, to say the least, if you’ve recently bought the 2017 model. It was clear that it would need to support the latest Intel processors at some point, but nobody knew the launch date.
#2017 MAC MINI MODEL NUMBER UPDATE#
It has seen seven different designs since 1998.Apple managed to keep the lid on its plans to update the MacBook Pro yesterday. The First Intel Based iMac was introduced at Macworld Conference and Expo on Januby Steve Jobs. The iMac was first introduced at an Apple Special Event at the Flint Center, Cupertino on by Steve Jobs. It has seen 3 Generations from 2006-2019. The Mac Pro was first introduced at WWDC on August 7, 2006. The MacBook has seen 4 different designs since 2006. This Section covers the original 2006 13-inch MacBook all the way to the 2017 12″ Version. The 3rd Generation 13-inch MacBook Air was released in 2018. From 2017 on you could only get the 13″ Model. The Second Generation introduced in 2010 added an 11″ version. For the 1st Generation from 2008-2010 the screen size was or a 13.3″ and included a Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. The MacBook Air was first introduced at Macworld San Fransisco by Steve Jobs on January 15th, 2008. The MacBook Pro has seen five redesigns over the last 15 years. The MacBook Pro was introduced by Steve Jobs at Macworld Conference & Expo on January 10th, 2006. Please let Rick or I know if you can fill in any of the blanks in this table.
#2017 MAC MINI MODEL NUMBER HOW TO#
UPDATE! – Wow, Rick is Quick! He just published how to identify BDID/BoardID from DFU on. For legacy hardware T1 and older, we use boardIDs Next compare T2 devices against the list of supported deviceIDs.
#2017 MAC MINI MODEL NUMBER CODE#
Help us fill in the blanks! Hat Tip #2 goes to who found the new code in Big Sur. Hat Tip #1 goes to who maintains the main DeviceID list here. The macOS Big Sur installer is now checking T2 Macs for the DeviceID attribute. usr/libexec/remotectl get-property localbridge HWModel Index of Intel & Apple Silicon-Based Mac Hardware (2006-2022) To find your T2 DeviceID use this command. "board-id" = How do I find the Mac DeviceID? Inside this plist you will find the list of logic board ID’s that installer supports. Look for the InstallESD.dmg After you mount the DMG navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices/ist You can find this list inside the macOS installer.app. The macOS installer.app uses the boardID value to figure out if the Mac Model is supported when the user starts the install. can-i-upgrade-or-downgrade-macos-every-mac-from-2006-2020/ What is the BoardID used for?
#2017 MAC MINI MODEL NUMBER INSTALL#
The list includes the lowest and highest macOS version that you can install on your Mac. I wrote an article including every Intel Mac since 2006.
#2017 MAC MINI MODEL NUMBER UPGRADE#
Can I upgrade or downgrade macOS on my Mac? I started with the version Intel based version and will update when new BoardID’s are introduced. Most BoardID’s are scattered all over the web but are not all in one updated page. Apple started to document attributes like ModelID on the page below but stopped after 2017. This page will be updated with the latest list of Mac BoardIDs, Model IDs and Machine Models. Every Single Mac Board ID from 2006-2021 + M1 Apple Silicon DeviceIDs List of Mac BoardIDs, Model Identifiers & Machine Models.