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"About this Mac" Model and Year missing

Hi Everyone

Have just installed Yosemite on my 2013 MacBook Air 11".

Everything is fine, except the model and year is missing from the "About the Mac". It's not a big thing, but it's bugging me.

Anyone know why this information would be missing? I'm wondering if something is wrong with my MBA. it was recently purchased second hand.

I have tried deleting com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist and rebooting, but still missing.

Thanks

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 27, 2015 8:02 AM

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tyronehowe Author

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Posted on Jun 29, 2015 6:45 AM

Hi Everyone

Well, I have just called AppleCare. Very friendly and helpful.

The answer is – because my laptop was originally a build to order, the model/year does not show up in “About This Mac”. MBAs purchased direct from a store will show the model/year correctly.

So that’s how it works!

Thank you to everyone for your help 🙂

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tyronehowe Author

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Jun 29, 2015 7:12 AM in response to VikingOSX

Yup, understood.

As I said, I have no doubt that your script is good 🙂

Thanks for your help

"About this Mac" Model and Year missing