Explained Handling your Mac’s hardware

Find out about your Mac

In the Apple menu, choose About This Mac. This is the central area for finding out more about your Mac hardware, including details about what model it is, its graphics processor, connected displays, and installed memory and storage.

View storage

Click the Storage tab to get an overview of all connected disks and drives. The space being used is broken down into categories, so you can check out whether your Mac’s drives are clogged up with photos, apps, or other types of data.

Note down your Mac’s model number

When you want to find out about upgrading a Mac, you’ll need to know its specific model type. This is displayed in the Overview tab of About My Mac, which details the Mac’s release year and other specs such as display size.

Check out the fine details

Under Overview, click System Report. This opens the System Information utility, which gives you a more detailed look at what’s inside your Mac. Select any category from the sidebar to learn more about it.

Print a report

Should you need to provide some of your Mac’s details to a store or repair center, use File > Print to make a copy of the selected category’s details. As always in macOS, you can save from the Print dialog to a PDF in order to produce a digital copy.

View storage recommendations

Choose Window > Storage Management to open a list of recommendations. Here, you’ll see if you have options to offload data to the cloud (or just delete it), which may have a positive impact on your storage upgrade needs.