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Obtaining your iPhone’s or iPod Touch’s UDID

A UDID is a code that is used to uniquely identify each individual iPhone / iPod Touch. So why do you need this number? Well there could be several reasons, but if you’re an end user, it’s probably to give to a developer to allow you to install a program that isn’t yet available on the App Store and is being distributed via the ‘Ad Hoc’ method. So how do you get your UDID? Actually it’s quite simple:

1. Plug your iPhone or iPod Touch into your computer and open iTunes if it hasn’t been opened automatically.

   
2. Click on your iPhone or iPod Touch in the sidebar under devices

   
3. Make sure the ‘Summary’ tab is selected.

   
4. You should see several pieces of information including name and capacity. You’ll also see ‘Serial Number’; click it once to show ‘Identifier (UDID)’. Once Identifier is displayed by clicking ‘Serial Number’, you can press ⌘(Command) + C on a Mac or ⌃ (Control) + C on Windows to copy the UDID to your clipboard.

   
5. From here you can paste it into an email or wherever you need it.

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