Just do it, because its pretty important, especially if you want to keep your computer primed and ready to help you perform your everyday tasks.

Though the information listed might be hard to understand, you will need it in case you have to troubleshoot something with a dedicated support agent or have an expert patch up your computer.

Regardless, it shows vital information about your Mac, from its model name, serial number, the amount of RAM and the processor it is equipped with to its build number.

The image above was taken from the a MacBook running OS X Yosemite.

Meanwhile, this one comes from a computer running the old OS X Snow Leopard.

This is also important especially if youre looking to buy a heavy duty app from the Mac App Store.

System Information will tell if your Mac is able to support the app youre about to purchase.

Fortunately, you dont need to check each one, though you have to pay particular attention to several areas.

Though this section is mainly for gathering information about your apps, it comes in handy if there are suspected program bugs (especially kernel extensions) which are slowing the Mac down.

Basically, this tab shows your hard disks capacity, model, and other pieces of information.

Just below the Macintosh HD area, you will see the overall capacity and the available storage it has left.

They even provided guides for both the iMac and MacBook Pro.

It will help you detect and tell the wrong things that are happening with your Mac.

Just in case youre on the phone with a troubleshooter, you will need to have it opened as well the troubleshooter may ask questions and the answers may lie in its numerous tabs.

After all, your computer is your partner and at times, the reason why you have completed most of your tasks.

Its also a great time waster: if you have encountered it for the first time, you might spend an hour or two fiddling around the tabs and reading and learning more about the internal workings and hardware of your Mac.

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