App review Mac (Apple Silicon & Intel)

MachineProfile: Free Mac Utility to Check Manufacturing Date, Battery Health, and Supported OS

MachineProfile cleanly aggregates your Mac's factory manufacturing week, factory model identifier, battery degradation history, and maximum supported macOS releases in one dashboard.

Section
Free
Applies to
Mac (Apple Silicon & Intel)
Reviewed
2026-09-14

At a glance

MachineProfile provides instant hardware diagnostics including factory production week, battery cycle health, and firmware support limits—essential for buying used Macs or planning upgrades.

Retrieving precise hardware metadata—such as manufacturing week, battery degradation percentage, and official firmware ceilings—usually requires digging through System Information hierarchies.

MachineProfile distills these complex technical specifications into a clean, single-window dashboard for any Apple Silicon or Intel Mac.

Core Information Revealed

  • Factory Production Date: Decodes serial nomenclature into exact calendar manufacturing weeks.
  • Battery Health Metrics: Compares real-time full charge capacity against factory design capacity alongside cycle counts.
  • Firmware Boundaries: Displays both initial shipping macOS versions and the maximum official OS support tier.
In this guide
  1. Core Information Revealed
  2. At a glance
  3. Questions that usually follow
  4. Continue reading
  5. References

Questions that usually follow

Is the application free of charge?

Yes, MachineProfile is completely free with no paid subscriptions or locked diagnostics.

Does it support the latest Apple Silicon chips?

Full support is maintained across M1 through M6 generations as well as legacy Intel hardware.

References