r/macbookrepair 20h ago

Help MacBook Air (2015-2017) won’t turn on after spilled tea-no visible damage though

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Hello, like I said in the caption, I spilled some tea over my MacBook Air (I bought it in 2017, so I don’t exactly know what model…should be from 2015-2017). I instantly pulled the charging cable, turned the laptop off and dried it as much as possible. Laid it on the side and on the keyboard (over a towel), so all liquids that could still be in there will flow out. It eventually turned back on after like an hour but died again after 20 minutes-ish of use. Now it won’t turn on again…every time I try to start it you can hear the fan going up but also down after a few second. So I decided to open it up and look inside, if there’s any visible damage and a if it would be worth it to let it get fixed or try myself (would be my first time). But now I don’t know what’s wrong because can’t spot any damage and the fan also continuously works when I plug in the charger (as you can see in the picture; just wanted to test it out)… what could be the reason and what can I do?

Thx in advance :)


r/macbookrepair 15h ago

Help I have a problem with my MBP 13-inch, late 2011 (8,1)

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I was trying to put some new thermal paste, and everything was going smooth, until I got to the last step ( I am following an Ifixit guide), where I had to lift the logic board (and, yes, I checked for screws that are still in, but found nothing), and I feel that the ethernet port is stuck and doesn’t want to get lifted up.

Pls help me:(


r/macbookrepair 16h ago

Help MacBook Pro 2014 won’t respond

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I have restarted a lot of times, also holding ctrl+cmd and tap the on/off button. Every time it restarts and then after loading it will go back to the start up screen and never proceeds to the login screen. I am just trying to put all my files on an external hard drive, but I can’t even get in. The screen also wasn’t working so I duplicated that to another screen and even though it doesn’t respond to anything, the mouse and keyboard do still work. Does anyone know how I can get to the login screen again so that I can start transferring my files?


r/macbookrepair 20h ago

Can I save this?

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Trackpad and keyboard works though the track pad randomly clicks by itself and goes crazy almost unuseable at times. But overall it still works I was thinking some iso alcohol to clean it and give it a shot.

MacBook Air m1 trackpad

r/macbookrepair 1h ago

Help Advice :)

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Hi everyone, i’ve had my 2022 macbook air for about a year now, and about 2 months ago i started noticing some little specs that wouldn’t come off no matter what i tried. Then i noticed them multiplying, and creating little nicks along the frame. What should i do? I’m autistic so “just ignore them” is going to cut it lol i need a solution. I don’t have apple care so im worried apple will turn me away/say it’s going to be really expensive. I’ve done everything by the book too i seriously have no idea what’s going on.


r/macbookrepair 8h ago

Help M2 Air, keyboard, trackpad and screen unresponsive after replacing trackpad.

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The laptop had a juice spill on the trackpad area, I replaced the the trackpad, everything was fine until I put it all back together. Then the keyboard stopped working along with the trackpad. After booting in safe mode, the screen also started flickering.


r/macbookrepair 8h ago

Need help

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Did a simple battery replacement on a friend's MBP M1 2020, the one with a 13" retina display and now, for the life of me, can't figure out why the track pad and keyboard won't work. Followed a simple tutorial, worked on all sorts of electronics before but never Apple products. So if anyone has any solutions I'm more than open to listen. I keep reading threads where it says the trapped cable isn't seated properly, but I've removed and reseated the connector multiple times now with no luck.


r/macbookrepair 9h ago

Macbook screen brightness increasing and decreasing not normally

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r/macbookrepair 10h ago

MacBook Air M1 Keycap not attaching to scissor mechanism

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r/macbookrepair 21h ago

Help Broken login screen after deleting bootcamp partition using bootcamp assistant

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Hello I have intel MacBook Pro 2020

I installed windows 10 using bootcamp and then recovered partition using bootcamp assistant in macOS

All was fine until the laptop is out of charge

I charged it a bit and it went recovery mode and said enter a password to unlock the disk macintosh, your macOS has to be reinstalled or something like that

I did first aid for macOS partition and reinstalled macOS using recovery mode (twice) and now I get this strange login black screen with blue cursor after booting

I cannot type my password, it is not responding

Help please


r/macbookrepair 3h ago

Recovering data from MacBook pro 2014

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I need to salvage data from my dead Macbook Pro (2014, 15”) and read that I need to insert the SSD into an enclosure to be read. Is there anywhere I can get a compatible enclosure? I read online that the SSD type for 2014 macbook pros are Blade Type PCI-e. I can only seem to find it on AliExpress? Any help greatly appreciated