I checked for new Mac model serials and found that Apple dropped the “Late” part for the MacBook Pro models. Here is the new data:
GY25 – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
GY6N – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
GYFH – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
GYGR – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
H03M – MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
H03Q – MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
H03Y – MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
H040 – MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
H03T – MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
HF1R – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HF1P – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HF1Q – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HF1T – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HP49 – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HP4D – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HV5M – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5H – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5J – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5K – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5L – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5G – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5D – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HV5N – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HWCH – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
HWH2 – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HXD5 – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports)
HXF8 – MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
HYP5 – MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)
I have no idea why, and Apple may change it back at any time, but this is a first.
Edit:
The data for About This Mac is cached after it is pulled from the Apple server. You can find it here:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SystemProfiler.plist
See also this screenshot:
Pike's Universum 
They’ve just done this so that when they finally update the Mac Pro it won’t be subtitled “very late”
hi Pike, is that screenshot from a real MacBook pro? just wondering if you think you will ever be able to figure out the HD530 glitch fix when also using a dGPU.
Thanks,
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Yup. Absolutely.
I guess it’s just a question of ergonomics. Considering this is the only mac book pro from 2016, precising whether it is early, mid or late is useless.
Hi Pikeralpha, I was wondering if you ever shared your script for querying the serials? Didn’t see it on Github or the previous blog posts, so I assume not, is it something that you would be willing to share?
You are correct. I never shared it, and I won’t share. For good reasons. Trust me on this.
OK, fair enough, you’ve got me curious about the reasons though, what can come of querying partial serials? Thanks for your work though 🙂
What I do is part of the setup process, for new Macs, and thus running scripts that trigger the eye of Apple is not something that we want.