Specs

Apple Silicon MacBook Pro, late-2024 M4 Max 16-inch. Daily driver; runs clamshelled at the home desk via the Plugable triple-monitor dock and undocked when mobile.

ItemValue
Hostnameatlas (see Hostname Naming Convention)
Model nameMacBook Pro
Model identifierMac16,5
Model numberZ1FW00085LL/A (US CTO/BTO order)
ChipApple M4 Max
CPU cores16 total (12 performance + 4 efficiency)
GPU cores40
Memory128 GB unified
Storage2 TB (APPLE SSD AP2048Z)
ColorSpace Black
Serial (system)GH2NV5T2Y4
Hardware UUIDDBFCD59B-5716-592A-B88A-27FB373ED18F
Provisioning UDID00006041-001850E41E31801C
Activation LockDisabled
FirmwaremBoot-18000.120.31.0.1 (OS Loader 11881.140.96.701.1)

Apple support page for this model identifier: Mac16,5 — MacBook Pro 16-inch (M4 Max, 2024).

Notes

  • Hostname: atlas — first machine adopted onto the Greek/Norse mythology naming convention. See Hostname Naming Convention for the full convention and rationale (RFC 1178).
  • Migration history: this machine replaced an Intel x86_64 MacBook in 2025 via Migration Assistant. Full migration log with bootstrap-script issues, PAM/Touch ID fixes, and Homebrew dual-install cleanup in MacBook M4 2025 Migration.
  • Docking setup: runs clamshelled with three external displays via Plugable UD-ULTC4K. See MacBook Pro Clamshell Mode Triple Monitor Dock for the working configuration.
  • Architecture: 100% native arm64 — zero Rosetta 2 dependencies as of the post-migration cleanup. Intel Homebrew at /usr/local fully removed; only /opt/homebrew (Apple Silicon) remains.
  • Dotfiles: managed via Nix + Home Manager. The flake’s homeConfigurations is keyed by system architecture (aarch64-darwin), not hostname, so renaming the host doesn’t touch the flake. The hm alias resolves to --flake ~/.config/nix#aarch64-darwin directly.

Warranty

Purchased 2025-10-04. Standard Apple Limited Warranty (1 year), expires 2026-10-03. No AppleCare+ — covered for hardware service and chat/phone support only, no accidental-damage coverage. Decide before October 2026 whether to extend.

To do

  • Record purchase price.
  • Decide on AppleCare+ extension before 2026-10-03.

Hostname state (2026-04-26)

All three Darwin hostname fields set to atlas. See macOS Hostname Layers for what each one controls.

FieldValue
HostNameatlas
LocalHostNameatlas
ComputerNameatlas

Known issues

  • 2026-04-19: kernel panic in ACIO-PHY (USB-C controller) during sleep/wake with the Plugable dock attached. Logged on the dock entry — Plugable UD-ULTC4K — since the trigger is dock-side.
  • markdown-preview.nvim plugin partially broken post-migration (race condition during lazy.nvim rebuild). Workaround in dotfiles docs/troubleshooting.md.