How to know Manufacture date and first boot up date on MacBook

I tried looking everywhere. I recently bought a MacBook and I want to know when it was made in the factory all it says in finder is Jan 12 2024 im guessing that's when the macOS was installed but I wanna know when did all the parts combine and make the MacBook.

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jul 2, 2024 2:33 PM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2024 2:46 PM

qticz wrote:

I tried looking everywhere. I recently bought a MacBook and I want to know when it was made in the factory all it says in finder is Jan 12 2024 im guessing that's when the macOS was installed but I wanna know when did all the parts combine and make the MacBook.


ref:

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


https://appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php



From the terminal you can see your initial boot up, copy & paste:

ls -laeT /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
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Jul 2, 2024 2:46 PM in response to qticz

qticz wrote:

I tried looking everywhere. I recently bought a MacBook and I want to know when it was made in the factory all it says in finder is Jan 12 2024 im guessing that's when the macOS was installed but I wanna know when did all the parts combine and make the MacBook.


ref:

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


https://appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php



From the terminal you can see your initial boot up, copy & paste:

ls -laeT /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

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