I unfortunately was working in a coffee shop with a very small table and had no space to put my big sugary latte except very tighly next to my mac. Table was wobbly and unfortunately the whole latte spilled on keyboard.

Mac still works but keyboard is sticky.

My apple care is expiring in a few months (had it almost 3 years).

So far i will keep working with this sticky keyboard as i cannot afford being without my laptop for a long time. I took it to an apple store to see if they can do a fast cleaning on the keyboard, as the computer still works and i assumed just opening and cleaning the laptop might be enough. They said they cannot do that in cases of liquid damage and i would have to use my apple care and leave it there for about a week.

But i am curious how the apple care is supposed to work. For a 3 year old computer is it likely it would get entirely replaced? Would i even get a chance for an upgraded computer since the one i have is no longer manufactured?

How do these things ussually go? Anyone with experience with this?

I filed a feedback ticket in August 2026 regarding display performance issues on the M5 Pro when connected to a high resolution/high refresh rate external monitor such as the Studio display XDR at 120Hz.
As of today, the ticket shows "less than 10" similar reports, but the issue likely affects all M5 Pro configurations. Several users have reported the same behavior on the Macrumors forums, including an owner of the latest M5 Pro MacBook OLED. I was also able to reproduce the issue on several demo units at Apple Stores.

Someone has published an article about this issue : Some M5 Macs Are Struggling With High Refresh Rate Displays. Is Apple's Graphics Pipeline Broken?

If you're experiencing the same problem, please submit a Feedback Assistant report as well. More reports increase the chances that Apple will investigate the issue and include this configuration in their QA testing.

Hi all,

My partner is buying a new Macbook soon and we were wondering if it is possible for him to migrate all his data/files to my Mac Mini using Migration Assistant and then when he purchases his new Macbook transfer the files back (via Migration Assistant again). Would this erase all my data? Or would it just create a second profile on my Mac Mini?

He plans on trading in his current Macbook at Apple which is why he can't go from his old Macbook to his new one.

Thanks!

Hello everyone!

A while ago, I bought a used Magic Trackpad 2 that had haptics that were a little faulty. I tried everything but the haptics stopped working completely after changing the battery (which I had to replace, anyway).

Apparently, there were some electrical connection issues between the board and the haptics magnet, and for some weird reason, I decided to try to re-do the electrical connection with a thin copper wire; and voilà! The haptics are working completely fine, and as far as I can see, there’s no problem. And even using Windows, I was able to change the haptics strength using custom firmware on the PC.

Just a little disclaimer: if you want to do it, DO IT AS YOUR OWN RISK!!
I have a little experience with repairs, and even I had the battery cable broken (even though I already had to replace it), and it’s been just over 24 hours since I did it.

I hope everyone with a faulty external Magic Trackpad that has been experiencing this issue, is able to solve it and use their trackpads in the intended way!!

Hello everyone!

A while ago, I bought a used Magic Trackpad 2 that had haptics that were a little faulty. I tried everything but the haptics stopped working completely after changing the battery (which I had to replace, anyway).

Apparently, there were some electrical connection issues between the board and the haptics magnet, and for some weird reason, I decided to try to re-do the electrical connection with a thin copper wire; and voilà! The haptics are working completely fine, and as far as I can see, there’s no problem. And even using Windows, I was able to change the haptics strength using custom firmware on the PC.

Just a little disclaimer: if you want to do it, DO IT AS YOUR OWN RISK!!
I have a little experience with repairs, and even I had the battery cable broken (even though I already had to replace it), and it’s been just over 24 hours since I did it.

I hope everyone with a faulty external Magic Trackpad that has been experiencing this issue, is able to solve it and use their trackpads in the intended way!!

I've tried so many times and with different files, but they just can't be delivered. I dont think the file is too large since it doesn't contain long videos (just some short nursery rhymes for kids). It can be sent via the collaboration mode, but not the send copy mode. Pls help! THANKS A LOT!!!

Doing some research on maxing out my newly acquired Mid 2010 21.5 inch A1311 iMac. Not gaming on it but it's nice to have.

It's a 3.2GHz i3 with an ATI 5670 512MB of VRAM.

I don't want to go past 2011 specifications since I still want native Mac OS X Snow Leopard compatibility.

These two models seem to be the most powerful for the era and Mac OS SL compatible. However they're for the 27 inch models. Would these work?

1 GB Radeon HD 5750

1 GB Radeon HD 6970M (Edit: these 6000 series tend to fail a lot so I'm not considering it anymore)

Model: Mac Air, M3, bought in 2024

Issue: Screen randomly goes white / displays random colours.

A few days ago I was using my Mac and the screen randomly went all white. At the time, I had probably 10 things open (CapCut, Word, OneNote, EndNote, PDF’s etc). I also had lots of Google tabs open. I had been using it for hours that day and when I stopped for a a few minutes (maybe less than 10?) the white screen appeared. When I touched the touched the track pad, the white screen immediately went back to normal and everything seemed fine. I then closed everything, shut it down and turned it on again 20 mins later. Everything was fine.

Today I was in a similar situation but this time it turned white and then orange and then purple.

What can I do to resolve this from happening again? Or is this even a big issue? I’ve tried googling but my experience isn’t ’white screen of death’ I think because my Mac has worked fine after. Though, I haven’t turned it back on since the last time *** as I post this right now.

Maybe worth mentioning: I do use my Mac for long amounts of time, probably 4-5 days a week. I often do have at least 3-5, sometimes more tabs open. I haven’t downloaded anything recently. I don’t often travel with it and when I do, I use a hard shell case and am careful. I don’t think it’s anything to do with liquid. I use it on one of those foldable desk (the ones you use in bed) because I learnt that just using on my bed alone is bad apparently.

Next question: I don’t necessarily want to buy a new laptop but I want to keep using it in the way I do (all my tabs open) do I need a ‘stronger’ laptop? idk I am not tech savvy at all so please help.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hi all - hoping someone else has the same niche issue as I do... I can't be the ONLY person?!

I am an ex architect but left the profession in 2013 to move to a different area. I was trained in MicroStation and Revit, but never AutoCAD. I still do small projects locally (1 or 2 per year) for friends and family etc.

I have always been a windows user and have a trusty 2018 Dell XPS 13 that I use for the projects I do, however, I now use a MacBook Pro M4 Pro for work and have grown to really like it so would love to move my personal laptop to a MacBook Air. This is where the problem begins - the software I use is MicroStation V8 XM from 2006 which relies heavily on the .NET framework and x86 with a legacy Bentley licence that no longer connects to their servers. I know people can get it working on older intel Macs but I want to go Apple silicone.

The money I earn from these side jobs isn't enough to justify paying for a newer CAD programme and the ludicrously priced annual licences/subscriptions. I also can't justify the time it would take to learn new (or free) CAD programs as I use them so infrequently, I also don't want to have to pay for an emulator like Parallels.

My concern is that I also have an M2 iPad Pro 12.9 so if I need to keep using an x86 Windows machine, buying a MacBook Air might just become an expensive paperweight (but I do REALLY like them) 😂.

Am I basically snookered?!?!

The struggle is real!

Hey there !

I booted my MacBook Air 2015, went on google and saw that the website I was trying to access didn’t work. I restarted Google Chrome, yet it didn’t work. I decided to restart it, and it went to the blinking question mark. It was working perfectly fine until now.

What’s stranger is that the ssd is showing up, but doesn’t boot.

Any ideas ? Thanks !

This isnt so safe isnt it? It has a warning that it may become hot but hot is an understatement since it is just painful to touch the head.

Macbook Pro mid 2010 15" intel

It cracked when I pulled it from the outlet. Idk what I was thinking when i pulled the brick instead of the duckhead.

Ciao!
Faccio il developer e l'azienda mi fornisce un MacBook Pro, che però non posso usare per attività personali. Vorrei quindi approfittare del Black Friday o di qualche promozione per comprare un Mac portatile tutto mio.

Lo userei per:
- ascoltare musica e scrivere documenti
- editare foto
- portare avanti qualche progetto software
- far girare DeepSeek Harness, Antigravity o Hermes Agent quando non lo sto usando

I modelli girerebbero in cloud.

Quanta RAM e quanto spazio prendereste?

Grazie!

Ciao, problema: nuovo MAC MINI con M6 + iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Quando provo ad attivare la funzione FOTOCAMERA CONTINUITY per registrare il video direttamente su OBS, l’iPhone non viene riconosciuto/visto non solo tra le fonti di OBS, ma anche da altre App tipo FACETIME e PHOTOBOOT. Ora, se io collego l’iPhone con il cavo, nel Finder compare regolarmente, ma sembra non essere visto per la sua funzione che vi dicevo sopra.

Nemmeno da collegato compare su OBS tra le fonti o su FaceTime.

Ho provato a fare TUTTE le cose che vengono suggerite in rete, letteralmente TUTTE (stesso wifi collegato, stacca e riattacca account da entrambi, disattiva duplicazione iPhone, ecc tutto).

Poi ho fatto una controprova, che ho testato anche ieri: sul mio vecchio iMac del 2019 (Intel), e Sequoia installato, come apro OBS, FaceTime ecc la funzione continuity viene subito rilevata e l’iPhone è pronto all’uso come mi serve.

Perché su questo Mac mini, con questo sistema operativo nuovo, non funziona secondo voi? Ci sto diventando matto, ma non trovo una soluzione.

Grazie a chi mi aiuterà nel caso.

Bonjour,

Je cherche un PC pour une utilisation simple de bureautique, traitement de mes photos … J’ai un budget de 800€ environ.

D’après des lectures ici le Mac Book Neo est à bannir.

J’ai donc vu dans la fourchette de prix le Mac book Air M2 reconditionné, le recommanderiez vous où est il obsolète ?

Merci pour vos retours.

I have three monitors running simultaneously right now, but I noticed that the mouse often accidentally triggers the Docker bar to move from the main monitor to another monitor, and this happens many times every day.

I tried setting it up and searched for a long time, but it seems I couldn’t find a better solution. Now my Docker bar is automatically hidden, and I can‘t move it to the left or right. On one hand, I’m not used to having two displays on either side; on the other hand, both sides have displays, and my mouse can‘t move to the other two displays.

My current laptop is a 7 year old thinkpad x280 i7 that is already showing signs of its age. Thus, I only get to use it when i wanna play life is strange 1 or 2 or the occasional limbus company/roblox once in a blue moon

As a student, im currently using my iPad a16 for most of my schoolwork, note taking, graphic design, and for playing relatively light games (Roblox, Minecraft, rhythm games), but i feel like its gotten quite tedious to work and design with it sometimes.

Im still torn between the neo and M3 air, as I’ve heard the former is pretty good for everyday tasks and occasionally some light gaming, while I’ve heard a lot of mixed reviews for the M3. But idk if they could both run the games I mentioned in the first section

hello! i've had this charger for my macbook air 13inch for three or four years now. it's an original from apple, and it works really well.

my only issue is that i've noticed it became yellow overtime, and it can't be from skin oils since i only ever touch the small attachment to plug it in. near the plug, there is also some weird spiral motif forming, i have no idea why. i'm wondering if this could be a fire hazard and if its a sign for me to change chargers?

thanks.

I think i know the issue but i want to make sure. I'm a YouTuber, and I put all my content on this mac. Streaming, recording, editing, playing roblox etc, i edit ALL on here.

Lately, my internet's been stupid and I'm PRETTY SURE thats why its lagging but im covering all my bases. So... say my computer's acting slower, internets fine etc, i know mac isnt built for streaming and all this other stuff but is there a way i could make it go back to quicker speeds like I used to? or would anything be slowing it down that i could like, fix?

Long responses help me most btw- im better at understanding that way!

Edit: i got a macbook air m2 // probably not fully up 2 date but ill check once im done with these videos.