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StevenWRX
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Sep 4, 2004, 12:24 PM
 
hi, i just found something wierd on my pb


if you right click your mac HD, and then go to "get info", if you look under the "comments" section, i have what appears to be a 7 digit phone number with no area code. ***-****

i wonder what this number is andhow it got there.



anyone have a clue?
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Sep 4, 2004, 12:41 PM
 
Originally posted by StevenWRX:
anyone have a clue?
You put it there. Or someone else.
     
StevenWRX  (op)
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Sep 4, 2004, 12:45 PM
 
nobody has used my pb besides me, and i didnt put the number there...


hmmm

any other ideas?
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Sep 4, 2004, 01:13 PM
 
mine also has it, but different format, it is *****-**** , and I know I didn't put it there, and I'm the only one with access to this G5 ...

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StevenWRX  (op)
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Sep 4, 2004, 01:16 PM
 
ah ha! i knew i wasnt crazy!...lol


well im glad im not the only one with this.... maybe its a serial number of some sort?
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Sep 4, 2004, 01:32 PM
 
I have a phone number in mine too this is really freaky!
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 01:42 PM
 
me too, seven digits like a phone # w/o area code
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 01:44 PM
 
It must be some kind of code because mine has 9 characters. Number-Z-number, number, number-then 4 more numbers.

This is a computer-generated message and needs no signature.
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 03:18 PM
 
wierd, my comments box is completly empty.
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 04:02 PM
 
My powerbook has a phone number there, too, but not my G5. weird.

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Sep 4, 2004, 04:08 PM
 
As my G5 - which i repartitioned and reinstalled a couple of times - doesn't have a number, but my 2 day old PowerBook has one, I guess the software at the factory that preinstalls the system puts it there.
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 04:47 PM
 
Mines got a Z in it so its not a phone number. Still on factory install but with all remote updates carried out. Must be a reference number, or many a lottery ticket number to a national lottery in some country, but which one...which one?
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 04:56 PM
 
As my G5 - which i repartitioned and reinstalled a couple of times - doesn't have a number, but my 2 day old PowerBook has one, I guess the software at the factory that preinstalls the system puts it there.

I got mine untouched with clean disk, i will have a look if it appears also on my Tibook


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Sep 4, 2004, 05:00 PM
 
its probably the build date, or serial number maybe even your sales number (can anyone confirm this?)
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 05:48 PM
 
Mine has one, but I thought I was the only one. Has anyone ever had their machine repaired?
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 07:20 PM
 
i have 867-5309.

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Sep 4, 2004, 07:29 PM
 
macaddict i got my machine yesterday not repaired once.. maybe it is the serial number or product number something they do at the factory... who knows
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 07:47 PM
 
Quick question for all of you who have the code, have you ever re-installed the OS on your machines?

I do not have the code but I did an "erase and install" when I got the computer .
     
StevenWRX  (op)
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Sep 4, 2004, 10:59 PM
 
i have the number, factory fresh computer, no reinstall or repair.
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Sep 4, 2004, 11:05 PM
 
same here... factory fresh no re-install
     
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Sep 4, 2004, 11:14 PM
 
no reinstall have the number.
     
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Sep 5, 2004, 12:54 AM
 
well, i googled the number 867-5309, i only came up with some song.
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Sep 5, 2004, 01:42 AM
 
It is probably an internal Apple part number referring to the software installed onto the hard drive.
     
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Sep 6, 2004, 07:06 AM
 
No number... yes several resintalls. Now I want a number.

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Sep 6, 2004, 07:09 AM
 
Originally posted by rag on a muffin:
well, i googled the number 867-5309, i only came up with some song.
o rly ?
     
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Sep 6, 2004, 07:18 AM
 
It's the hard drive's serial number. Don't worry about it.
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Sep 6, 2004, 02:19 PM
 
This is just a guess:

I don't have a number but I did a clean install of the system when I got the mac. I didn't use the installer "wizard" (movie, guided install etc). The wizard version copies a disk image to your disk from something already set up by Apple - presumably the disk from that original machine had a code on the disk - maybe to know what version of the disk image it was.

The wizard install is quick, clean is long (20 mins).

Or it could be a secret number

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Sep 6, 2004, 03:48 PM
 
Originally posted by an0therdumbsn:
wierd, my comments box is completly empty.
ditto ...

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Sep 6, 2004, 07:35 PM
 
I don't have it on my Rev A Al 15" but I did a clean install when I got Panther. My MDD PowerMac doesn't have it either, but I think I did a clean install on that too some time ago.
     
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Sep 6, 2004, 08:33 PM
 
Originally posted by AlbertWu:
It's the hard drive's serial number. Don't worry about it.
I just saw this thread, and out of all the ppl. here, anyone but AlbertWu thought about this possibility and double checked it with System Profiler ???

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Sep 6, 2004, 09:06 PM
 
i have this too...scared me.
(i'm the only one using my powerbook)

glad it's a more common phenomenon.

s.jobs phone#??
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Sep 6, 2004, 10:46 PM
 
or it could be the number of the apple emplyee that inpected the install, or just the sn like albert said
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Sep 6, 2004, 10:56 PM
 
why would it be erased with a reinstall?
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Sep 7, 2004, 10:26 PM
 
just call the number and ask them!
     
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Sep 7, 2004, 10:35 PM
 
Originally posted by teknopimp:
i have 867-5309.
hahahaha u are kidding right?

jenny's no.?
     
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