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In my experience, the frayed cords come from pulling or sitting directly on the cord. Don't pull or sit on the cord. Use the connector directly to manipulate th

by duaneb 10y ago

In my experience, the frayed cords come from pulling or sitting directly on the cord. Don't pull or sit on the cord. Use the connector directly to manipulate the connection.

rectang 10y ago
The insulation on Apple cables is notably fragile in comparison to other cables. It would be OK for a permanent installation, but these are portable machines. Moving around just a bit on a regular basis is enough to cause failure after a few months. I've gone through multiple power bricks and multiple lightning cables. The experience has made me even more hostile in the face of Apple's long history of proprietary cabling.
- epistasis 10y ago
  >Moving around just a bit on a regular basis is enough to cause failure after a few months. This is shocking. The only power adapter that every started to have fraying was one that went into a tight backup situation that I biked with every day for three years, plugged in and out of several times a day. There was a ton of wear on that cable, every few months I'd clean it off because of the abuse it took. And it still lasted three years. Also, which proprietary cables are you talking about? Charging cables are the only proprietary connector on a Mac and this is an industry-wide phenomenon, not an Apple phenomenon. It's an odd juxtaposition of an extremely unusual cord experience along with an unusual opinion on proprietary cords.
AWildDHHAppears 10y ago
C'mon now! The Apple apologists are a big bore here.
FireBeyond 10y ago
In my experience I have a MBP charger sitting in a cable channel under my desk, laid across my desk. There's about as little pressure on the cable as physically possible. The cable is even channeled across the desk with little BlueLounge connectors. Two have frayed in four years. Genuine Apple, not $20 knock offs.

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In my experience, the frayed cords come from pulling or sitting directly on the cord. Don't pull or sit on the cord. Use the connector directly to manipulate th

by duaneb 10y ago

In my experience, the frayed cords come from pulling or sitting directly on the cord. Don't pull or sit on the cord. Use the connector directly to manipulate the connection.

rectang 10y ago
The insulation on Apple cables is notably fragile in comparison to other cables. It would be OK for a permanent installation, but these are portable machines. Moving around just a bit on a regular basis is enough to cause failure after a few months. I've gone through multiple power bricks and multiple lightning cables. The experience has made me even more hostile in the face of Apple's long history of proprietary cabling.
- epistasis 10y ago
  >Moving around just a bit on a regular basis is enough to cause failure after a few months. This is shocking. The only power adapter that every started to have fraying was one that went into a tight backup situation that I biked with every day for three years, plugged in and out of several times a day. There was a ton of wear on that cable, every few months I'd clean it off because of the abuse it took. And it still lasted three years. Also, which proprietary cables are you talking about? Charging cables are the only proprietary connector on a Mac and this is an industry-wide phenomenon, not an Apple phenomenon. It's an odd juxtaposition of an extremely unusual cord experience along with an unusual opinion on proprietary cords.
AWildDHHAppears 10y ago
C'mon now! The Apple apologists are a big bore here.
FireBeyond 10y ago
In my experience I have a MBP charger sitting in a cable channel under my desk, laid across my desk. There's about as little pressure on the cable as physically possible. The cable is even channeled across the desk with little BlueLounge connectors. Two have frayed in four years. Genuine Apple, not $20 knock offs.