Do I have Apple Care? Did I Buy it? When is it Up?

I work on a lot of people's macs and the first thing I ask is if they still have Apple Care? AppleCare is an extesion of the 1 year warranty provided with the mac product, usually an additional 3 years. Here's how to check to see if the Mac you're using is covered. It's connected to the serial number of the mac.

To see the serial number of your mac without standing on your head just go to the blue apple menu, then select About this Mac. You'll see the Version number here. Double click it and our mac's serial number will appear. This is NOT the serial number of the software, but the Mac itself.

Now goto this website https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do

In the field put in your SN. You can't copy and paste it from the the other window. Then fill in the country and click Continue. Your status should show up giving a date the warranty expires.