How do I find MAC ID/Address??

lewistyler · lewistyler #1 (**permalink**)

08-15-2006, 01:56 AM

I have tried searching this forum and on all the apple manuals and online stuff.

Before I can get access to the wireless net at school, I have to give them my MAC address of my macbook and since I'm only a week into my Mac, from having PC's all my life, I'm unfamiliar with how to find it. Thanks!

Carla · Carla #2 (**permalink**)

08-15-2006, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by lewistyler

I have tried searching this forum and on all the apple manuals and online stuff.

Before I can get access to the wireless net at school, I have to give them my MAC address of my macbook and since I'm only a week into my Mac, from having PC's all my life, I'm unfamiliar with how to find it. Thanks!

Go to System Preferences, choose Network, double-click Airport and the MAC address is your Airport ID.

yogi · yogi #3 (**permalink**)

08-15-2006, 02:14 AM

Funnily enough, a Mac Address as nothing to do with Apple Macs. It's short for Media Access Control and is a system for making your network card unique, like a thumb impression. Even Windows Network cards have mac addresses. So either way, you would've needed this number.

IronMac · IronMac #4 (**permalink**)

08-15-2006, 10:47 PM

It's MAC address not Mac address.

technologist · technologist #5 (**permalink**)

08-15-2006, 11:29 PM

Besides looking it up in System Preferences or the System Profiler
1. It's on the box that it came in
2. It's on a sticker inside the battery bay (laptops) or on the back (desktops) or the CD door, or somewhere.

fearlessfreap24 · fearlessfreap24 #6 (**permalink**)

08-15-2006, 11:51 PM

click on the apple>click more info>click network>select which device you want the MAC address for.

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lewistyler #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	08-15-2006, 01:56 AM I have tried searching this forum and on all the apple manuals and online stuff. Before I can get access to the wireless net at school, I have to give them my MAC address of my macbook and since I'm only a week into my Mac, from having PC's all my life, I'm unfamiliar with how to find it. Thanks!
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Member Since: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 576 Mac Specs: Mini C2D 2Ghz 8GB RAM, MB C2D 2.2Ghz, MBP CD 2Ghz, 1TB TC, 2 APX, iPhone 4, ATV2, 23in ACD x2	08-15-2006, 10:47 PM It's MAC address not Mac address.
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technologist #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 30, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,744 Mac Specs: 12" Apple PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz)	08-15-2006, 11:29 PM Besides looking it up in System Preferences or the System Profiler 1. It's on the box that it came in 2. It's on a sticker inside the battery bay (laptops) or on the back (desktops) or the CD door, or somewhere.
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fearlessfreap24 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 09, 2005 Location: Near San Diego, CA Posts: 2,339 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 13" \| MacBook Pro 13" \| Mac Mini 2GHz C2D	08-15-2006, 11:51 PM click on the apple>click more info>click network>select which device you want the MAC address for.
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