After several months of hearing little on the story of over-applied thermal paste in Apple portables, it looks like the problem is rearing its head again. Some owners of the new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pros are complaining that their new machines are hotter even than earlier MacBook Pros, and some of the more intrepid […]

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MacFixIt has a writeup on an issue that it seems many owners of the latest 15-inch MacBook Pros–those featuring LED-backlit LCDs–are suffering from. The problem generally occurs when the MBP is running with the LCD at less-than-full brightness, leading to a flickering display.

If you have this issue, we recommend going to your local Apple […]

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Apple has released Battery Update 1.2, and in typical fashion has limited the description of what exactly it does to the concise “improves battery functionality.” If you’re wondering if you need the update, it supports the following models of MacBook and MacBook Pro:

MacBook
MacBook (Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch)
MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy)
MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 […]

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It’s been awhile since we’ve opened up the ol’ reader mailbag, but we were impressed by a recent email we received on fixing an ailing PowerBook 180. In an era of frequent product refreshes and disposable electronics, it’s a rarity to see such perseverance in keeping a machine running. We’re hoping that a […]

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Once again, Engadget has a story and photos of a 17-inch MacBook Pro with significant battery swelling. They’ve reported on this before, but with a site as prominent as Engadget, each case they bring up seems to set off another wave of people hotly debating if it’s a widespread problem, and if so, whose […]

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Engadget has a story and photos of a 17-inch MacBook Pro with significant battery swelling. These things do happen, but of more interest is the fact that they say they’ve received multiple reports of similar occurrences from other readers. The real alarming part is how many people added in the comments to the […]

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Australian Mac site MacTalk recently had a pretty incredible post on its forums. A MacBook owner’s battery caught fire, resulting in some severe damage to his machine:

Here’s the bulk of the post accompanying the photos:

3am last night. I woke up to my housemate screaming (yelling “Matty!”) and the dog barking. She fell asleep on […]

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If you’re one of the MacBook Pro owners suffering from the irritation of a high-pitched buzzing noise coming from your notebook, Apple has at least confirmed you aren’t crazy or making it up in a new Knowledge Base article. The article offers no direct solutions to the noise, which sometimes brings along some vibrations, […]

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If you’re one of the MacBook owners who has had issues with fraying or breaking of their MagSafe AC adapter, it looks like Apple is admitting it wasn’t your fault. A post onDigg says that Apple is taking back the broken AC adapters and sending out newer replacements that are more durable. At […]

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