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System information show wrong model name

I have a mbp 15", but the box under >Apple Menu/About my Mac/More Information (named System Information in the Menu Bar) says it is an MBP 13" - it even shows the respective icon. Should I worry, and is there a way to fix that?

Thank you for hints, Marcel

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9), MSO11, Pages, Gimp, GB 10/6, LE9

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 3:54 PM

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Feb 11, 2016 8:54 PM in response to cello_

Please back up all data before proceeding.

Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist

Right-click or control-click the line and select

Services Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)

from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Trash. Relaunch the application and test.

*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select

Go Go to Folder...

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

System information show wrong model name

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