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Re: Mac Serial Number

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Subject: Re: Mac Serial Number
From: Terry Ford <tmford at shaw dot ca>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 12:58:52 -0800
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References: <20050218153111 dot 84ECE734A3B at lists dot realsoftware dot com> <b4f6351fc8a30329466ebcc03aebaac8 at scriptsoftware dot com> <2568a00326e02b497c3d3c0cc60416f1 at mac dot com> <4dfa918e93b8b4346e8a795162f0c943 at shaw dot ca> <756ec70aabec4882f047e1b83001f3ea at mac dot com> <e80db152a98a354423bd15ffe6f8467d at shaw dot ca>

On 18-Feb-05, at 12:10 PM, Norman Palardy wrote:

No.
It's actually on the hard drive and _may_ now also be in the PRAM.
Swap hard drives and reset the pram and see. It's likely gone.

There are ways to get the Mac to NOT have a serial # and still be OK.

Still the best explanation is at:
<http://devworld.apple.com/technotes/tn/tn1103.html>
as mentioned in a previous post. The only fully secure Mac serial number is on the machine itself.

Apple mentions a few ways to secure an ID for the machine in the note.

Terry

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