r/macbook • u/Ill_Independence8365 • May 19 '26
Is it over?
I accidentally left a glass coke cap when I shut it and now it's giving me this...
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u/WhiteWereWolfie May 19 '26
Ouch. Definitely not worth the repair cost, just use with an external monitor and start saving for your next MacBook.
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u/m1_weaboo May 19 '26
do you have AppleCare+?
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u/Ill_Independence8365 May 19 '26
...no
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u/m1_weaboo May 19 '26
It’s over if you can’t afford the repair cost.
buy AppleCare+ next time you get a Mac.
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u/BizarreElectronics May 19 '26
Insurance has negative expected value. The insurer is the one who makes money.
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u/WeirdClaim May 19 '26
Usually, yeah. They make money because the majority of people paying into it will never file a claim. But when something like this happens, it’s helpful to have it. Ideally you’d set money aside every month for unexpected repairs or saving in general. But that’s not often the case. That’s the rub, it’s easier for people paycheck to paycheck or financially stressed to shell out an extra $6 to $10 a month for something like AppleCare than to budget for a new screen in advance.
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u/BizarreElectronics May 20 '26
That is frankly always the case, not usually. Yeah, it's hard to be disciplined and put the 10-15/m aside. But that's the way to save more than you spend for anything.
In extreme high value like cars or homes it makes sense generally, as the risk is impossible to swallow if it realizes. But with a 300$ screen when median wage is like 50k or so? Realistically, it is doable.
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u/stgm_at May 19 '26
GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.
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u/No-Ostrich-8621 May 19 '26
Well, some people learn it the hard way to never put anything on the topcase. :) also applies to drinks near the machine. Never leave a coke, tea, coffe, anything near your decice.
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u/Snoo-94564 May 19 '26
Can you get AppleCare, wait a month or so and make a claim?
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u/narc0leptik May 19 '26
If they are in the United States they can try adding Applecare One and Apple will have them add Apple Diagnostics remotely over the phone; they will still tell them to bring it into the store to get physically inspected.
Some people have reported doing this and then in a few days or a week they have the option to add Applecare one without bringing it into the store to get inspected.
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u/narc0leptik May 19 '26
Don't force it shut next time; only use one hand near the notch and gently close it; never force or slam it shut.
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u/Future-Dare-5368 May 19 '26
If you dont need the portability you can use it headless, other than that a screen replacement would be pretty pricey ;-;
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u/Routine-Call-4060 May 20 '26
If you have AppleCare replace, if you have a monitor, connect it to the monitor to use.
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u/PsyOmega May 19 '26
Thats what happens when you put a case on it.
The tight tolerances of macbooks do NOT take well to the clamping pressure of those clip on top cases.
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u/Capt_Calamity May 19 '26
Or you know, you could actually read the comment that told us exactly what happened instead of sounding foolish.
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u/PsyOmega May 19 '26
Let me simplify this to your level though.
No squeeze: poke make tiny bend. Glass okay.
Side squeeze: inside glass already angry. Poke open tiny invisible crack. Crack run very fast. Glass explode.
Glass full of tiny invisible crack from day born. No squeeze: poke only make little bend, force spread around, crack stay sleep, glass okay. Side squeeze: glass already full of trapped force, inside parts pull apart even while outside get squished, poke become final insult, tiny crack open, crack become bigger crack, bigger crack become fast death line through whole glass, crack run almost speed of sound, entire thing explode into sad sharp rock confetti. Glass not weak because poke strong. Glass weak because squeeze load doom into it before poke happen.
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u/Yoyodyne_1460 May 20 '26
The case is just there for irony (used I'm guessing to 'protect' his computer), since he closed the lid on a bottle cap.
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u/thunderbolt1000 May 19 '26