Apple will soon be changing the way serial numbers of Macs and MacBooks are created, with a switch to randomized numbers in early 2021 making it harder to suss out details about a device. Currently, ...

For many years, the serial numbers on Apple products have followed a predictable pattern, meaning you could use them to determine the precise model (including colour and storage capacity), and where ...

In an internal memo shared with Apple Authorized Service Providers, Apple has indicated that it plans to update its serial number format to a randomized alphanumeric string for future products ...

MacRumors previously reported about Apple's plan to switch to randomized serial numbers for future products starting in early 2021, and this transition has now started with the new purple iPhone 12 ...

This from a business major type at work yesterday: An effort to keep Wall St. speculators from knowing production figures ahead of official announcements and mess ...

Apple will reportedly be making a change to how it identifies future products. According to a new AppleCare email this week, the company will soon start using randomized alphanumeric serial numbers.

From time to time you hear about Apple’s first computer, the Apple 1, selling to collectors at auction for big bucks. But did you know some of those surviving antiques carry an enduring mystery? For ...

Apple geeks may be aware of the mystery of the handwritten Apple 1 serial number present on some of the surviving machines. Namely, no one knew how they got there. Steve Wozniak said that he didn’t ...

Apple has informed its authorized premium resellers and dealers to prepare for new products that will arrive with 10 and 12 digital serial numbers. This news arrives just a few days prior to its ...

Major certificate authorities like Apple, Google, and GoDaddy have misissued over 1.2 million TLS certificates that featured an insufficiently long serial number of only 63 bits instead of the ...

According to MacRumors, Apple will completely change how the serial numbers for Macs are generated. The numbers will soon be fully randomized, meaning that users, IT managers, repair-shop technicians, ...