Apple will soon be changing the way serial numbers of Macs and MacBooks are created, with a switch to randomized numbers in early 2021 making it harder to suss out details about a device. Currently, ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link While generally speaking, knowing the serial number of your Apple Watch isn't necessarily something you'll need, being able to find it is ...

With unit sales at all-time highs, Apple Computer next month will roll out a revised serial number format for its hardware products that the company says will lend better support for continued growth ...

Apple will begin to use a new and longer serial number format for iPhone, Mac, Apple Watch, and other product repair parts starting October 1, a few weeks following the expected launch of the new ...

For many years, the serial numbers on Apple products have followed a predictable pattern, meaning you could use them to determine the precise model (including colour and storage capacity), and where ...

In an internal memo shared with Apple Authorized Service Providers, Apple has indicated that it plans to update its serial number format to a randomized alphanumeric string for future products ...

Forbes reports that if iPad Pro users opt not to replace a broken screen through official certification channels, subsequent Apple Pencil interaction will no longer work. A repair expert claims that ...

This from a business major type at work yesterday: An effort to keep Wall St. speculators from knowing production figures ahead of official announcements and mess ...

From time to time you hear about Apple’s first computer, the Apple 1, selling to collectors at auction for big bucks. But did you know some of those surviving antiques carry an enduring mystery? For ...

Apple geeks may be aware of the mystery of the handwritten Apple 1 serial number present on some of the surviving machines. Namely, no one knew how they got there. Steve Wozniak said that he didn’t ...