Macbook pro charging repair. MagSafe repair. Replacing the cable with a magnetic connector. Why it is worth contacting the specialists Yuda

Fair, not overpriced or understated. There should be prices on the Service website. Necessarily! without "asterisks", it is clear and detailed, where it is technically possible - the most accurate, final.

With the availability of spare parts, up to 85% of complex repairs can be completed in 1-2 days. Modular repairs take much less time. The website lists the approximate duration of any repairs.

Warranty and liability

Any repairs must be guaranteed. Everything is described on the website and in the documents. The guarantee is self-confidence and respect for you. A 3-6 month warranty is good and sufficient. It is needed to check quality and hidden defects that cannot be detected immediately. You see honest and realistic terms (not 3 years), you can be sure that they will help you.

Half of the success in Apple repair is the quality and reliability of spare parts, so a good service works with suppliers directly, there are always several reliable channels and your own warehouse with proven spare parts of current models so that you do not have to waste extra time.

Free diagnostics

This is very important and has already become a good form for the service center. Diagnostics is the most difficult and important part of the repair, but you shouldn't pay a dime for it, even if you don't repair the device as a result.

Repair in service and delivery

A good service appreciates your time, which is why it offers free shipping. And for the same reason, repairs are carried out only in the workshop of the service center: correctly and according to technology, it can only be done at a prepared place.

Convenient schedule

If the Service works for you, and not for itself, then it is always open! absolutely. The schedule should be convenient so that you can be in time before and after work. Good service works both on weekends and on holidays. We are waiting for you and working on your devices every day: 9:00 - 21:00

The reputation of professionals consists of several points

Age and experience of the company

Reliable and experienced service has been known for a long time.
If a company has been on the market for many years, and it has managed to establish itself as an expert, people turn to it, write about it, and recommend it. We know what we are talking about, since 98% of incoming devices in the SC are being restored.
We are trusted and transferred by other service centers for difficult cases.

How many masters by directions

If several engineers are always waiting for you for each type of equipment, you can be sure:
1. there will be no queue (or it will be minimal) - your device will be taken over immediately.
2. You are giving Macbook repairs to an expert in the field of Mac repairs. He knows all the secrets of these devices

Technical literacy

If you ask a question, a specialist must answer it as accurately as possible.
So that you have an idea of ​​what exactly you need.
They will try to solve the problem. In most cases, the description tells you what happened and how to fix the problem.

Regular readers will be aware that I often criticize the original Apple wires. For 7 years of using Apple technology, not a single wire has survived in its original form! More often than not, the braid of the wire would slide off by itself, exposing the insides of the wire. As a result, on the site, I began to recommend alternative wires from Ali. For myself, I also bought different heels.

The other day I had another trouble. My MacBook Pro cable finally died. I rewound it with electrical tape 4 times in 6 years ... This time, the shielded wire just broke at the charging point. I had to urgently understand the types of charging and look for a replacement. What have I learned? I will write about this below ...

The most important information about your MacBook power adapter and cable

The Apple website has one to help you choose adapters. You can read it. I will highlight only 3 of the most important points. A very useful phrase to help you understand if a different type of adapter is right for you:

Mac notebook power adapters are available in the 29W, 45W, 60W, 61W, 85W, and 87W ratings. It is recommended that you use an AC adapter with the correct wattage for every Mac laptop. Using a higher-wattage compatible adapter will not disrupt your computer's functionality, nor will it shorten charging time or improve performance. Less power adapters do not provide sufficient power.

There are 3 types of adapters in total: USB-C, MagSafe 2, MagSafe 1... Services ask about L-type and T-type adapters. In the store where I ended up buying, the L-type was called the L-type. The type is determined by the shape of the connector, similar to the corresponding letter.

Where to Buy a Power Adapter for MacBook?

The easiest option is to go to Apple's website and buy it there. Or from official resellers. The main problem is the price. All adapters cost 5790 rubles….
In my opinion, this is a lot ... Let's move on to the cheaper option.

Find a store in your city that specializes in the sale of cables / power adapters and other accessories. I found this on Avito. It turned out that in the center of the city there is a nice shop in which the adapter was offered for 2200. As a result, I went there and they sold it to me for 1970.

But if the replacement adapter does not work, then you can buy the adapter on Aliexpress. I found only one store that does this. Their cost is 23-27 dollars, that is, in the region of 1,500 rubles. At first glance, the disadvantage of non-original adapters is one - they heat up more than the original. There is a warning about this on the power supply.

Now attention! It's one thing to buy Chinese cables and another thing to buy power supplies. A week passed after buying the Chinese adapter, one fine evening my wife and I watched the series "White Collar" (White Collar) on my laptop. And suddenly, unexpectedly, my adapter clicks violently, something flashes inside it and the apartment plunges into darkness. It turned out that the power supply burned out and the plugs were knocked out. I returned my 1970 rubles under warranty and was almost ready to buy the original cable ...

How to fix MagSafe

... But I came across instructions for parsing the L-cable. It turns out to be easy to do. Step by step, the procedure looks like this. I will describe in a little more detail.

We take pliers and a screwdriver. Using the screwdriver as a lever, remove the magnet that holds the cable to the laptop.

We pry the internal module with tongs and pull it out through the hole in the remaining tube.

We take a soldering iron for small jobs. I bought it at the nearest store for 320 rubles. You can buy in large hardware stores from 170 rubles. Plus tin with rosin from 60 rubles.

We remember which side the inner core is attached to, and which is the outer one. Carefully unsolder the wire from the module. Next, we cut off a small piece of cable so that both cores come out of the same size (my gap did not allow me to solder them together - I had to cut it off).

In the reverse order, we assemble the L-block.

We check - everything works.

As a result, my repair costs amounted to 380 rubles (and even then, there was simply no sander) and 20 minutes of time.

Good luck to all! And fewer low-quality wires. :)

They have one unpleasant property - they wear out rather quickly. Sometimes it is simply ugly: the inner "filling" of the wire blackens against the background of the white shell. Sometimes it is very, very bad, as the "charging" stops working. Need to do something! Do you want to save 5 thousand rubles on buying a new accessory? Read our instructions!

First of all, unplug the cable from the mains. Further actions depend on its performance.

Works

If the wire has just started to fray and is still charging MacBook, it will not be difficult to rectify the situation. All you need to do is buy liquid electrical tape (the price is 300 rubles), treat the damaged area with a brush (usually included) and let it dry for an hour. So you will solve several problems at once: prevent further destruction of the wire, avoid problems with the "electrical" part and (if the liquid electrical tape is white) make the repaired wire more elegant in appearance. The same can and should be done with worn out iPhone and iPad cables.

Does not work

If you catch your eye too late and MacBook is no longer charged from a worn-out wire - it's okay! For such cases, there is a dedicated step-by-step guide from iFixit. You don't have to be an electrician to get it right.

If something doesn't work out, or you don't want to "bother", you can always:

1. Buy used cable on eBay or your local flea market. It is quite possible to save up to 50% of the price of an official accessory.
2. Take advantage of Apple's one-year standard (if not yet expired) or three-year extended (if purchased) Apple warranty.

Good luck in solving the problem - and next time keep an eye on the state of your "cable" economy! :)

In 2012, my good friend and active reader of the site Nikolai T. finally got married. For his wedding, we gave him a good one, even for today's MacBook Pro with Retina display.

Until 2018, he never thought about upgrading his laptop. Despite the fact that the body of the device is covered with scratches and even dents, it still works very well and copes with all tasks.

The only thing is that the laptop power supply cable with the 2nd generation MagSafe connector was first rubbed to holes, and the other day it refused to charge the computer. It's about repairing it.

We were offered to save money on replacing the power supply

For a new power supply unit for MacBook Pro Retina 2012 on the official Apple website they ask 5,790 rubles. A lot, so we decided to save money.

We called a couple of informal local service centers together with the question of repairing the power supply. I once heard that worn cables can be easily replaced with new ones, and a laptop charger will last a couple of years.

Indeed, many cellars have a Gen 2 MagSafe cable replacement service. Issue price up to 1 thousand rubles.

The power supply is opened, rubbed the lace is pulled out, changed by its Chinese counterpart, the structure is sealed and fastened with ties for a couple of days so that it does not fall apart.

We decided to try. At lunchtime, we brought the power supply unit to the SC and left for a bite to eat. An hour later they called us and said that everything was ready. Asked to take a MacBook with you to check the power supply after repair.

We arrived, checked, everything works. They shook hands and ran away.

The repaired power supply nearly burned down the apartment

Late in the evening, a message of the format “Are you sleeping ?!” arrived from him, and after a negative answer the phone rang.

At the end of the day, he dropped the MacBook Pro on the kitchen table, plugged it into the PSU, made sure it started charging, and went into another room to put the baby to bed.

When I returned, there was no light in the kitchen, and there was a nasty smell of burnt plastic. Most likely, a short circuit has occurred, therefore, one machine gun was knocked out on the dashboard.

The smoking power supply immediately went to the trash can on the street. The laptop was not hurt, but the feeling of anxiety did not leave it for a couple of days.

The moral is simple. Never make homemade repairs to MacBook power supplies. If it's broken, buy a new one, don't skimp on your safety.

Imagine that you put your laptop on charge and go to bed. After a short circuit, the power supply caught fire, and the flame from it spread to the carpet, table, furniture or curtains. I don't even want to think about that.

After this story, I fell in love with the new PSUs again.

After this story, I was once again convinced that Apple did the right thing with USB-C power supplies in the new MacBooks.

On MacBooks 2015 and newer and MacBook Pros 2016 and newers, the cable can be disconnected from the power supply and replaced with a new one. For example, I immediately bought myself a USB-C to USB-C lanyard from, so as not to tear.

Possibly Apple Engineers came to detachable cables precisely because of such basement SCs, which endanger the lives of thrifty consumers.

In general, do not repeat our mistakes and rather upgrade to the new MacBook Pro. They are cool! ;)

The thin charging cable for MacBooks is sometimes a significant drawback of these computers. Made in such a way as not to spoil the elegance of the entire product, the wire in some (crooked) hands quickly wipes and stops charging the laptop. The problem is far from fatal, it is easy to fix the charging if you have an idea of ​​how it is done.

You can fix your MacBook charger yourself.

All parts of the charger require careful handling both during use and during disassembly. Therefore, when the cable from the MacBook is overwritten, many simply carry it for repair or buy a new one. But do not think that you cannot cope with this problem without someone else's help. If you happen to fix your grandmother's old iron, you already have a fair idea of ​​how to repair electrical appliances. Charging is hardly any different.

Required tools

Before disassembling the power supply, prepare the necessary tools:

• soldering iron and all accessories to it;
• pliers;
• nippers;
• pliers;
• pliers for stripping insulation;
• lighter;
• insulating tape.

This kit is enough to fix a broken wire.

Charging parsing

Cable connection

Now you need to reconnect the two parts of the wire using a soldering iron.

This is the whole repair of charging for a MacBook, when you just wiped the cable. If you did everything correctly, the computer will charge without any problems. And also pay attention: is the newly connected part of the wire very hot. The temperature may be higher than that on the power supply, but not so much that the insulation melts - then it is better to really give the charger for repair or buy a new one. Moreover, it will not cost so much if you take, for example, a used cable.

Other damage

The charging cannot be repaired in a similar way if the cable connecting to the laptop is damaged. It is thinner than the wire from the plug, and any defect in the work can seriously affect the computer's battery. Therefore, this part is easier to simply replace.

IMPORTANT. The same can be said about the power supply itself. This white box has a very complex structure: Apple engineers even included various chips and microcircuits in it that are responsible for supplying electricity to the battery. It is unlikely that you can fix this device, but make it worse - completely!

Charging is intact, but the computer won't charge

In the end, the memory is not always to blame. There are problems in the MacBook itself. SMC systems responsible for the color of the indicator light can be buggy. In this case, the power is on, but the device does not report this in any way.

It's easy to fix.

This action will cause the controller to be reset. After that, the lamps, if everything is OK with the charger, will be on.