Really? Do you work for Apple or something? If money was no object I would buy a new MacBook or two. That's the whole point!
On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 14:04, Myles MacVane <[email protected]> wrote: > The solution is simple: Buy a new MacBook! > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 8:46 AM Paul Londoner <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> IT RAINED ON MY THREE MACBOOKS!! >> >> >> I’m really devastated after a moment’s carelessness has resulted in all >> three of my MacBooks getting soaked by rain! I’m so careful and keep >> telling people never to put drinks on the same surface as a computer. I’ve >> also read a lot about “liquid damage” on Apple products which makes me >> think that they’re specially designed by Apple to be more sensitive to >> liquids, to make them break down and try to get Apple users to buy new >> ones. I can’t believe this has happened to me. I wouldn’t have had it >> happen for the World, but unfortunately one thing changed in my home a few >> days ago which has caused this. >> >> >> I should explain that I’m living in a place with only skylights instead >> or normal windows. They’re by a company called VELUX who I despise for >> making them the way they are. I wasn’t able to open these until finally >> getting a special pole designed for them, which arrived only a few days ago >> after over ten months of living like that. This meant there was no real >> ventilation and it felt fairly stuffy. I was also infested with small flies >> which fly spray didn’t get rid of, so I also got a solid fly killer >> containing Citronella, which I heard is banned from being advertised as an >> insecticide, only as a perfume, so it sounded really good. It works, up to >> a point! >> >> >> I was waiting five hours for an engineer to come and fix a problem with >> my Broadband and phone. I had the skylight in the living room open to >> encourage the remaining flies to leave. During all that time, no one came! >> I was sitting in a chair for most of the time, using one of my three Macs, >> while the other two Macs were closed and on top of each other on another >> chair. After all this, I felt like I needed to go and lie down in bed for a >> little while. >> >> >> I can’t remember how long I was lying in bed. I got up and went back into >> the living room. When I arrived there, I got a big shock to see that it was >> raining through the skylight! The MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 8Gb RAM) had been >> soaked by rainwater and there was also rainwater on my MacBook Air (early >> 2014), as well as on my other MacBook Pro (mid 2012, with 4Gb RAM)! I was >> shocked that I didn’t hear the rain falling onto the closed bedroom >> skylight. >> >> >> >> I immediately took action by closing the living room skylight and placing >> the Macs keyboards facing down onto the sofa. After this, I tried to turn >> on each Mac and found out that only the MacBook Pro (mid 2012, with 4Gb >> RAM) would turn on. This is what I’m using to type this now. >> >> >> I recently bought lots of screwdrivers of various types to enable me to >> unscrew all of my Macs and upgrade one of the MacBook Pro (mid 2012) >> computers. Unfortunately, it seems that none of these screwdrivers will >> work on the MacBook Air (early 2014) screws, so it looks like I’ll have to >> go shopping locally for the right screwdriver tomorrow. I read it’s called >> a Pentalobe P5, but I think this may also be another name for a type of hex >> key. >> >> >> The MacBook Air (early 2014) shows no sign of life and the charger light >> doesn’t come on when plugged in. >> >> >> I’ve unscrewed the bottom of the MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 8Gb) and found >> some water on the bottom of the Logic Board, which I’ve soaked up using >> kitchen paper, but obviously there must be some more water inside this >> computer on the other side of the Logic Board for it to get there in the >> first place. >> >> >> I really need some advice about what I can do to save at least one of my >> two Macs that won’t currently turn on. I don’t think that the MacBook Pro >> (mid 2012) model is supported for repairs by Apple any more. As for the >> MacBook Air (early 2014), it officially runs Big Sur and I think it’s >> supported by Apple for repairs, but I’ve heard a lot of horror stories >> about this. I bought this MacBook Air for about $400, so I’m fairly sure >> that an Apple repairer would charge me more than that to repair it. In that >> case, it would be better just to buy another one from eBay. >> >> >> While typing this message, I’ve found out that there are problems with my >> MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 4Gb). These problems are not only affecting the >> built in keyboard and trackpad, but even a USB keyboard and a mouse I’ve >> plugged in. Lots of keys on the lower row of the internal keyboard don’t >> seem to be working and it now seems quite difficult just to click on >> anything using the trackpad or even the USB mouse. A normal click usually >> comes up as a right click! I’ve had to turn on Accessibility/Mouse Keys and >> use the 5 key on my USB keyboard numeric keypad instead. >> >> >> I hope someone can help me! It was just a stupid mistake. Surely I >> haven’t destroyed two of my Macs and ruined the input on the other one? >> What can I do now?! 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