Mactracker is a free app available for MacOS and iOS and has been under development with regular updates taking place for almost 20 years.
It contains a detailed database for all Apple desktops, laptops, and servers, as well as all the different OS versions. It lists information for all Apple iPads, iPhones, printers, displays, iPods, and even cameras and Apple TV models.
There's a detailed timeline that lets you see Apple's releases by year. Did you know that the only hardware Apple introduced in 1982 was a dot matrix printer? But 1983 was its year. In one year, Apple introduced the Apple III and Apple III Plus, which ranged in price from $4,340 to $7,800.
You can also use Mactracker to solve questions about all the products released by Apple.
But who is Mactracker for? Well, it's a tool I use almost every time I write an Apple-related article to reference previous products and make sure I'm mentioning the correct models, prices, and configurations. It's actually a very beloved tool among journalists who write about Apple.
Beyond that, Mac administrators and those managing large Mac teams may find Mactracker useful to help them quickly check which machines support which version of macOS or iOS, when they stopped shipping, and what configurations they contained.
And for everyone else, it's just nice if you happen to be interested in this kind of information. It really is an amazing collection of information that's very easy to access. The fact that it's free means that if you're interested in all of this, you can easily install it on your Mac or iPhone.
Normally I would say you could use it to win bets in bars, but there's also a pandemic going on so we'd suggest installing Mactracker and filling up on knowledge about the colossal company until you actually need it to win a bet.
