Hi everyone ! is there any way of getting my exact purchase date using my serial number. Have issues with my Macbook Pro and have been asked where i bought it and the purchase date. Was bought as a present from my late mother so I don't know exactly where and when it was bought. Macbook Pro Retina 13" early 2013 Thank you....
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), Dead Pixel (white dots on screen)
Well I'll take that as a no then !!!!
If you take it to an actual Apple store they should be able to look up the original purchase date based on your serial number. Since your late Mom bought it, sorry about that by the way, you could have issues with identification to receive that kind of information. I've actually had to do this and it wasn't much of a problem since I knew the guy who had originally bought it and could supply his name.
Apple definitely keeps track of this for warrantee issues.
You can check the warranty status here, including the date the warranty expires if it's in the future. The exact purchase date shouldn't matter at all. What matters is the warranty status.
Were you able to find anything about the computer from the serial number,
If so, did you look, in Apple support MacBook Pro identifier page...?
•How to identify MacBook Pro models
If you had access to whomever handled her financial information from the
approximate time the item was purchased, they should be able to find that
one item at the approximate price-point; likely would have been bought via
a credit card or perhaps debit card. Less likely, cash.
Contact an Apple Store or other Authorized Apple sales support or service:
•Contact Apple for support and service
Is this your MacBook Pro (retina 13-inch Early 2013) & are specs correct?
Introduced February 2013
Discontinued October 2013
Model Identifier MacBookPro10,2
Model Number A1425
EMC 2672
Order Number ME662LL/A (2.6 GHz with 256 GB storage)
Processor Intel Core i5 or Core i7 (3230M, 3540M) ("Ivy Bridge")
Processor Speed 2.6 GHz (Core i5) or 3.0 GHz (Core i7)
DISPLAY
Built-in Display 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology
Pixel Density 227 ppi
Resolutions 2560-by-1600 (Retina); Scaled resolutions: 1680 by 1050, 1440 by 900, and 1024 by 640 pixels
GRAPHICS
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics 4000
Graphics Memory Up to 768 MB DDR3 shared with main memory
Display Connection 1 - HDMI port or Thunderbolt digital video output
{info from http://mactracker.ca download database application}
Since Apple Inc does not appear to hold record of a Retailer's sales receipts
you'd have to consider where within her area of travel the Apple authorized
reseller and service centers are located. The bank info, if one had access to
that angle, would provide a location, date, and a few other details. That is a
secure database and only authorized persons, one handling an estate or who
had power-of-attorney over records, etc, may be one to ask.
PS: If the computer was in her name, any AppleCare plan or extended service
coverage may be a matter of Apple to determine if any residual coverage is
in effect on your possession, if not officially transferred to you.
So, in the sense of your question and self-reply, No is a likely answer here at
ASC discussions, where primary basic support is user-to-user volunteer folks.
Good luck & happy computing! 🙂
edited
KiltedTim wrote:
You can check the warranty status here, including the date the warranty expires if it's in the future. The exact purchase date shouldn't matter at all. What matters is the warranty status.
You mean here: https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do?
oops. Thanks. Yes. That's exactly what I meant to paste in.
KiltedTim wrote:
oops. Thanks. Yes. That's exactly what I meant to paste in.
😁😉
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