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  • iFixit Says The 2018 MacBook Pro Keyboard Might be Fixed

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    The ongoing saga of the unreliable MacBook Pro keyboard continues. According to Sam Lionheart for iFixIt the new 2018 MacBook Pro 13″ and 15″ keyboard has a new silicone barrier that: …is quite obviously an ingress-proofing measure to cover up the mechanism from the daily onslaught of microscopic dust. Not—to our eyes—a silencing measure. In…

  • Apple Updated the Unreliable MacBook Pro

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    The Terrible Keyboard Got a Slight Update

  • Casey Johnston: Apple admits its computers are broken

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    The “winner?” of the ongoing Apple portable keyboard saga, Casey Johnston, writes about the new repair program for Macbook keyboards: While the repair and replacement program covers costs and notes that Apple will repair both single keys as well as whole keyboards when necessary, it doesn’t note whether the replacements will be a different, improved…

  • Apple’s Ongoing Laptop Nightmare

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    A MacRumors forum member, project_2501, has posted this extensive log (via Nick Heer) of his attempt to work with Apple’s support to get a refund for one of the latest MacBook Pro’s after his couldn’t play video at 4K without overheating. Of course that overheating also caused other issues, like the glue holding the glass onto…

  • Notes From Apple’s October 2016 Event

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    Apple held an event today at their Town Hall in Cupertino to announce new Macs. Here’s what got announced. Accessibility Apple opened with a video produced using their accessibility features, and announced a new accessibility website demonstrating them. As I get older I find myself using more of these features, so I am glad they…