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Reading further on the page, the "Laptop Repair" part is interesting : >If your laptop is broken and needs to be repaired you can take it into an Apple repair
by jaclaz 4y ago
Reading further on the page, the "Laptop Repair" part is interesting :
>If your laptop is broken and needs to be repaired you can take it into an Apple repair store. You should ensure that you have a recent backup before doing so, and that your laptop is not your only registered device for iCloud two-factor authentication.
>If the repair is not going to be too expensive (more than $1000 dollars USD), go ahead and repair and expense. If the repair is going to take longer than a day then you need to make sure you have a back up laptop to work on that is non-Windows.
It seems like you need to have TWO Apple devices, to be on the safe side...
- prmoustache 4y agoNo you can just buy another one on the spot if repair lead time is too long.
- Xylakant 4y agoThat‘s very funny since almost all repairs on apple devices that I‘ve seen took longer than a day. Apple had [1] some very funky policies about shipping spare parts that essentially required the repair shop to have the laptop on their workbench before ordering the spares. [1] or even still has, it‘s been a while
- rubslopes 4y agoThat's was my experience while trying to replace a battery. I proposed to pay in advance and only leave it there for the swap, but they can only order the battery if I hand over the macbook. Moreover, where I live they take at least a week to give your computer back for a simple battery swap. I ended up giving up.
- switch007 4y agoAnd you need to have an appropriate Time Machine backup target...