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I am trying to locate my ethernet MAC address on a Macbook Retina 12" using ifconfig but I can only see en0 which should be my wireless card; it's quite baffling. Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • Do you have anything plugged in to your Ethernet port? If you go to your Network preferences under System Preferences > Network, is your Ethernet adapter enabled?
    – PseudoSu
    Commented May 13, 2016 at 17:22
  • Thank you, it wasn't there; but as I commented to the answer below, I think I know where I went wrong.
    – oligilo
    Commented May 13, 2016 at 17:43

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MacBook Retina 12" dont have Ethernet port built-in hence en0 is your wifi. Do you use any kind of adapter for ethernet to work? If so, you can use System Preferences > Network > (choose interface matched with your ethernet adapter) > Advanced... > Hardware. From here you can see your MAC Address easily if your ethernet adapter plugged :)

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  • Thank you for your response; I was using a USB ethernet adapter through my USB-C to USB/etc adapter so I think that is why I couldn't see it there. I think I need to purchase a direct USB-C to ethernet adapter then. Thanks again!
    – oligilo
    Commented May 13, 2016 at 17:37
  • If your USB ethernet adapter isn't Apple branded then you should try manual install driver for it. As far as I know, you probably can get it to work even with cheap ones from China, they all share some common ethernet chips inside though :) Time to googling a bit...
    – Aura
    Commented May 13, 2016 at 19:37

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