// Compatibility

The rule: Runs on every MacBook Pro 14"/16" from 2021 and every MacBook Air from M2.

Not supported: MacBook Air M1 (2020), MacBook Pro 13" with M1 (2020) or M2 (2022) and Intel MacBooks. The only uncertain exception: MacBook Pro 16" (2019).

Without JavaScript: just read your status in the table below.

Option 1: pick your model

Option 2: enter the model identifier

How to find it
  1. Apple menu (top left) → “About This Mac” → “More Info …”
  2. Scroll down and open “System Report …”.
  3. Under “Hardware” you’ll see the “Model Identifier”, e.g. Mac16,8.

Faster in Terminal:

sysctl -n hw.model

Why not the serial number?

Since 2021 Apple assigns random serial numbers. They reveal neither model nor year – that’s why we ask for the model identifier.

All models at a glance

ModelModel identifierStatus
MacBook Air 13"/15" (M5) Mac17,x Works
MacBook Pro 14"/16" (M5) Mac17,x Works (very likely)
MacBook Pro 14"/16" (M4, M4 Pro/Max, 2024) Mac16,1 · Mac16,5 – Mac16,8 Works
MacBook Air 13"/15" (M4, 2025) Mac16,12 · Mac16,13 Works (very likely)
MacBook Pro 14"/16" (M3, M3 Pro/Max, 2023) Mac15,3 · Mac15,6 – Mac15,11 Works (very likely)
MacBook Air 13"/15" (M3, 2024) Mac15,12 · Mac15,13 Works (very likely)
MacBook Pro 14"/16" (M2 Pro/Max, 2023) Mac14,5 · Mac14,6 · Mac14,9 · Mac14,10 Works (very likely)
MacBook Air 13"/15" (M2, 2022/2023) Mac14,2 · Mac14,15 Works (very likely)
MacBook Pro 14"/16" (M1 Pro/Max, 2021) MacBookPro18,1 – MacBookPro18,4 Works
MacBook Pro 13" (M2, 2022) Mac14,7 Doesn’t work
MacBook Pro 13" (M1, 2020) MacBookPro17,1 Doesn’t work
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) MacBookAir10,1 Doesn’t work
MacBook Pro 16" (Intel, 2019) MacBookPro16,1 · MacBookPro16,4 Uncertain – please test
All other Intel MacBooks MacBookPro… · MacBookAir… · MacBook… Doesn’t work
iMac · Mac mini · Mac Studio · Mac Pro — No lid

As of September 2026. “Very likely” means: same sensor generation as confirmed models, but not yet tested by us. The app checks the sensor at launch and tells you right away.