Does Extract MAC Addresses upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract MAC Addresses runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Six hex octets with : or -. Not IPv6, not EUI-64. Case kept as typed.

Should I use Extract IPv4 instead of Extract MAC Addresses?

Use Extract MAC Addresses when you need Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text. Use Extract IPv4 when you need Pull IPv4 addresses from text. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Extract MAC Addresses?

Six hex octets with : or -. Not IPv6, not EUI-64. Case kept as typed. Also: Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.

Extract MAC Addresses

Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text.

Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.

What Extract MAC Addresses does

Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.

This URL is only for Extract MAC Addresses (extract mac). Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text. Other Text tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Extract MAC Addresses alone: Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.

How to use Extract MAC Addresses

Keep this tab on Extract MAC Addresses (/extract-mac). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Extract IPv4) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Extract MAC Addresses expects. Path hint: extract mac. Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text.
Apply the Extract MAC Addresses action only. Extract URLs is a different transform (Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort.). Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.
Copy the output of Extract MAC Addresses if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Six hex octets with : or -. Not IPv6, not EUI-64. Case kept as typed.
If the text job is actually Pull IPv4 addresses from text., leave Extract MAC Addresses and open Extract IPv4.

When not to use Extract MAC Addresses

Skip Extract MAC Addresses when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Extract IPv4 or Extract URLs — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.

Questions about Extract MAC Addresses

What does Extract MAC Addresses do that other Text pages on this site do not?: Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed. Short version: Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text.
Does Extract MAC Addresses upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract MAC Addresses runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Six hex octets with : or -. Not IPv6, not EUI-64. Case kept as typed.
Should I use Extract IPv4 instead of Extract MAC Addresses?: Use Extract MAC Addresses when you need Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text. Use Extract IPv4 when you need Pull IPv4 addresses from text. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract MAC Addresses?: Six hex octets with : or -. Not IPv6, not EUI-64. Case kept as typed. Also: Matches six hex pairs separated by colons or dashes. Not EUI-64. Not a vendor lookup. Duplicates removed.