MAC Addresses from Apple?

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Has anyone had trouble getting MAC addresses from Apple before they ship machines? Our rep told us they cannot do that, but I swear I've heard folks say that they have requested them from Apple and have had success in putting that information into pre-staging.

Your feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

lauren nicholas
User Support & Technology Analyst – Hurd Campus
Center for Information Technology
Moravian College
610 861 1633
lpnicholas at moravian.edu<mailto:lpnicholas at moravian.edu>
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"Nicholas, Lauren" <lpnicholas at moravian.edu> writes: Has anyone had trouble getting MAC addresses from Apple before they ship machines? Our rep told us they cannot do that, but I swear I've heard folks say that they have requested them from Apple and have had success in putting that information into pre-staging.

In the past when we've requested it, we were sent an spreadsheet file with the serial numbers and MAC addresses of the units we ordered. We only requested it once, but we did get it.

Gene Anderson
Systems Analyst, ACTC, MCP
Pembina Hills Regional Division No.7
Phone: (780) 674-8535 ext 6860
email: ganderson at phrd.ab.ca

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jarednichols
Honored Contributor

I think they can provide serial numbers. Not so sure about MAC addresses.
Serials should work in pre-staging anyway, if I remember my training class
right.

j
-- Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Client Services
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

tlarkin
Honored Contributor

We have gotten CSV files with serials, but you can always scan the MAC
from the box, as it should have the bar code sticker on it. I think at
one point in time you could get a file with all the MACs too, but I
think Apple stopped doing that.