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    iPhone 11 Water Damage - Ongoing saga

    Hi All, I’ve just finished hitting my head against the wall again, and wondered if anyone could help me here. It’s a long story, so I will try and keep it simple I live in a country with no Apple shops iPhone 11 purchased in Miami (late 2019) within a couple of month phone stops working...
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    Apple Watch Series 6 Creaking/Clicking Display Cover.

    Hi everyone! A couple of days ago I purchased a Series 6 44mm Apple Watch in stainless steel. I noticed yesterday that upon adjusting my watch on my wrist it made a audible click and I felt it come from the display underneath my palm. I then wiggled the display from side to side with my fingers...
  3. SidTheSloth

    iPhone 11 Pro faulty batch??

    Hi there, I have had four different faulty iPhone 11 Pros over the past month and a half. All ordered from Apple Online Store. First one had battery problems, second one the battery was even worse. The third one arrived with a crack in the back and two other marks on it. And the fourth one had...
  4. hcs-mac

    Mac Mini 2011 Vertial Lines on screen, GPU Issue?

    I recently got my hands on a Mac Mini 2011 off a friend however it seems to be suffering from the dreaded vertical lines. I have looked around however I can't find too much on it, especially blue-ish colored lines. The system will turn on, load with the Apple logo, it gets stuck around 3/4 of...
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    Worst. iMac. Ever. Actually...

    ...I'd go so far as to say worst Mac we've owned ever... A while back we bought new from Apple a late 2015, 27-inch, Retina 5K iMac. (3.2GHz i5, 16GB RAM, AMD Radeon R9) as our new family machine. Now our first Mac was an LC475 (also know as 'that pizza box Mac...') so we've been through quite...
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    MacBook Pro failure or SSD failure?

    Hi, The other day I upgraded my MacBook Pro 2011 (with an SSD) from Yosemite to High Sierra, it rendered it unusable. I attempted to do a clean install but it kept falling or stopping. I've now reinstalled Snow Leopard from the DVD that came with the MacBook (this took 17hrs). Again it's...
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    iPhone 5 or earlier Advice on selling faulty iPhones

    Hello MacRumors, this is my first time here, so please don't be harsh.:) I have 3 (!) vintage iPhones that have various faults. All of which are activation and network unlocked, 16GB, black, and I have the original box for all 3: 1: iPhone 3GS A1303, cannot read SIM card (probably could be...
  8. Etg1

    iPhone XS Can fit a paper between the frame & screen

    Dear users, Hope you can help. This is my 3rd XS in the span of two months. I had first one replaced due to having the same issue. Upon closer inspection, I could clearly see the gap between the frame and the screen, could fit a paper in there and it would go in quite deep. After unexpectedly...
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    Macbook Pro 2018 13 inch not charging

    Hello all, it is my second day after I unpacked my new macbook pro 2018 (16GB ram - Customized =) ) and I waited the new macos Mojave to start using it. I downloaded today as it was released 24th Sep. it asked me to plug in the charger. The charger not connecting the brand new macbook pro...
  10. Sovon Halder

    Why am I so unlucky ?

    My iPhone's home button got clicky and cracky right after 7 days of expiry of warranty. That was a year ago. And now, after 22 days since my warranty got over my macbook pro 2017 13" TB started having unresponsive key with the letter 'N'. I'm typing the line below with one key stroke of the...
  11. ohmic12

    Once You Repair a Faulty 2nd Hand Mac?

    Hello New here so dont know if this is the right forum to post in. So my question is this after having not much luck searching for answers: Say i buy a faulty macbook pro off someone, like say it turns on but the screen remains blank, so I manage to fix the fault and get the screen working...
  12. Toothpick134

    To sell? Or to fix? MacBook Pro

    Hi Everyone! I wanted to get some advice regarding my MacBook Pro's situation. (I'm in the UK) My MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015 was water damaged some months ago. Long story short I got the '?' folder and after some stressful visits to various repair stores I was told the data is...
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    Problem with refurbished 6s

    recently purchased a refurbished iPhone 6s, and for the first week it worked perfectly. However, just yesterday it turned itself off out of the blue, to the point where it would respond to anything (the charger icon doesn't even come on when holding down on button) This has worked drastically...
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    My MacBook Pro 2016 story (keyboard issues)

    Being a happy MBP owner since the very first generation, I bought the MacBook Pro 2016 (15" with Touch Bar) back in May. Immediately after unboxing I noticed issues with the spacebar that didn't register clicks uniformly — especially right side of the key was spongy and didn't behave...
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    Mb air mid 2011 - owc aura 1tb goes bad for the second time

    after using macrumors for a while to troubleshoot all kinds of problems i decided to check if anyone had this problem as well. I have a macbook air mid 2011 , upgraded to 1tb owc aura 6gb/s , after a couple of months the ssd was unusable , sent it back to owc , they replaced it 3 months have...
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    Question: Battery strange behavior. What to do? What to know?

    Hi again, MacForums friends. I have yet another question that I wanted to do some time ago. Previously, I said in a thread, that I have a faulty battery and asked what measures to take using my Macbook until I replace the battery. I own a 15-inch MacBook Pro Mid-2010, that I got as a birthday...
  17. KingdomKey

    My AirPods are faulty (constant high-pitched noise), Apple rejects service

    Tl;dr: A high-pitched noise from my left AirPod bugs me to the limit of not being able to use them, service provider say that there's nothing wrong with them and Apple won't help me. I'm left with a faulty product I cannot use. What can I do? Long version: I hear from my left AirPod a...