what year is the MacBook Pro

Good question, if you don't know the 'build year model specification' or how to learn from those details.

Note the 'build year model' means when the series started. Not your specific one's date of manufacture.

• Lookup Mac Specs by Serial Number, Order, Model & EMC Number, Model ID @ everymac.com

https://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/

• How to Identify your MacBook Pro - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201300

TheresaBautch Said:

"what year is the MacBook Pro What year is the MacBook Pro?"

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Use of a Terminal Command:

If you are looking to find out the Model's year, use this command in Terminal:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :'CPU Names':$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}' | cut -c 9-)-en-US_US" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist

To Open Terminal:

1. Go to: Applications menu
2. Select: Utiltties menu
3. Select: Terminal

MacBook Pros have been in continuous production since 2006.