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Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by otakucode »

el_cujo wrote: post #138
ben7799 wrote: post #126

This started to happen to mine at work too. Luckily I got it down to IT before it started on fire. They took the hard drive out. Opening the case released pressure on the swelling battery. As soon as it was open the battery started swelling faster. The case could never have been closed again. The whole enclosure bent like a soda can. I should have figured out earlier what was going on. The first sign was the computer…

>the 2018 one I have right now since they can't be opened with a screwdriver and the internal SSD is soldered. I'm going a little offtopic, but I cannot believe this. I haven't owned a Mac since having a 2010 MBP (which I loved dearly for 6 years), but I cannot imagine owning a laptop that doesn't allow me to switch the internal drive. It was annoying enough with all of the screws on the 2010 model. I'm sure there is…

>I'm sure there is some justification is for this beyond "we want you to buy a new one if something goes wrong", but I'm coming up blank.

"We want you to use our cloud storage for all data storage, and our cloud services for all application use."

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by otakucode »

DavideNL wrote: post #92
c0nfused wrote: post #87

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There's a recall on now according to Reuters. Apple recalls certain older MacBook Pro units https://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1TL2BW

The model is "MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)" and here is the link to check your serial number: https://support.apple.com/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall I have this model and my Macbooks serial number is not "eligible". Let's hope for the best... :'(

My own claims to be eligible, so I guess I'll be sending it away to Apple camp for a couple weeks. Luckily I don't rely upon it for anything critical. I would imagine if yours says its not eligible that it probably isn't affected... or at least, it's affected but they don't yet fear the legal repercussions enough to offer free battery replacements for your model yet...

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by otakucode »

cdelsolar wrote: post #117
trevman wrote: post #99

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I do think it's interesting that the quality of the MBP have fallen so much. Obviously, they have improved specs, but my 2013 MBP is still going strong. I am kinda nervous about the battery swelling; maybe I should open it up and take a look.

I also have a 2013 MBP that I use all the time, and it's slowly starting to show its age. I want to upgrade it, but I'm honestly lost as to what model to update it with. I've heard all sorts of bad things about the new MBPs. Does anyone know what Mac laptop I should buy?

I have a mid-2015 Retina MBP I'd be willing to part with... i7 2.2GHz, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD. Fair warning... there's apparently a battery recall active for this model. It is, however, commonly referred to as "the last good one", just prior to the touchbar and butterfly switch keys.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by SomeOldThrow »

supernova87a wrote: post #180
SomeOldThrow wrote: post #123

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Directing that at a person is , and there seems to be no justification for the implication of moral failing.

Quite the contrary. The person making the original comment attributed it to his laziness, a far more personal comment than the reply which was "professional negligence". It seems like you've gotten so far down the road of online "courtesy" and liberal non-confrontation that you don't know what's legitimate criticism and not a personal attack?

It’s a waste of everyone’s time and attention to critique banal offhand comments unrelated to the conversation, which is obviously a violation of guidelines. I am clearly perfectly fine with confrontation. I am not a liberal.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by SomeOldThrow »

j-c-hewitt wrote: post #146
SomeOldThrow wrote: post #123

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Directing that at a person is , and there seems to be no justification for the implication of moral failing.

Yes, negligence is a moral failing. Do you want a negligent doctor? Do you want a negligent lawyer? How about a negligent accountant?

We know none of this so that’s a straw man and a case of whataboutism.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by eden_hazard »

I have the 2015 15" MacBook pro too and it has a bunch of battery related issues. Last August, I used it until the battery died. The next day I turned it on and the computer was super slow and laggy. The CPU usage was maxed out and I couldn't figure out what was causing it. I rebooted the thing, reinstalled the OS, and tried all sorts of things to reset the battery but nothing worked. I didn't use it for two weeks and then the problem fixed itself. I haven't had the issue again and am too lazy too fix it.

Since then, there's another issue that surfaced. The laptop turns off whenever it reaches 100% charge. Have to see if it's covered under this recall...but probably not knowing my luck.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by neogodless »

jmull wrote: post #161
neogodless wrote: post #105

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Yes - I'm finding it rather unfulfilling that there's no update as to what the resolution was! "If you don't talk about this incident any more on social media, here's a shiny new MacBook Pro. Otherwise, you get the ashes of your old laptop." OK just spitballing because we have no idea if they offered up a replacement or left him in the lurch.

You write like it's a bad thing, but if this is resolved by Apple doing right by their customer, isn't that a good thing? Obviously, that is a rage post (understandably). OP seems to no longer be enraged... problem solved, right?

My opinion is that it would be helpful to the public to know how Apple is handling the situation. Maybe they aren't obligated to inform us, and the individual is not obligated to keep us up to date either, but I would like to know how things turned out.

Re: My MacBook Pro exploded and burst into flames

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Post by ValentineC »

chakintosh wrote: post #55

This made me wince. I haven't backed up my mac in 10 months now simply out of laziness, it contains some sensitive client work that NDA doesn't allow me to put in the cloud, it's millions of dollars worth of work and contracts, if I lose it, my company loses those clients as well. And my MBP gets really hot sometimes. Expect a TIFU from me at anytime.

> I haven't backed up my mac in 10 months now simply out of laziness

I've found that the backup strategy that works for me (i.e. set it and forget) is to have:

1) a daily Time Machine backup over my home wifi to my NAS; and

2) an occasional cloud backup using your preferred backup software of choice (I use Arq, but it's really slow backing up to Google Drive).

This way, if my MacBook goes out of action for some reason, I can easily get a replacement with little downtime.

I haven't gotten around to figuring out how to test my backups, and that's pretty important too.

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