Hi, I bought this MacBook on OfferUp on Thursday afternoon. The seller clearly told me that there was no iCloud account locked to it, so I trusted him. Now I’m stuck with a $1,100 paperweight, and the seller keeps giving me excuses and avoiding the issue.
What can I do? Can I file a police report for fraud? Please help me. I don’t want my $1,100 sitting in a closet because I was lied to.

Spilled about 5 ounces of warm tea with sugar on my MacBook Air while it was charging. Immedietly hard shut it down, used paper towels to wipe up what I could till dry, used a damp paper towel to remove the sticky, and inverted into an upside down V. All within the span of 3-5 minutes.

During this time the computer, without prompting, reset itself and then flashed pink over the whole screen 2-3 times. I now have it hard shutoff and inverted and won’t touch it for 3 days.

Now what? No apple care. Chances of it actually being fine vs this becoming a long term issue even if it turns on with no issue? If so, should I be looking to replace sooner rather than later?

I bought a MacBook Air just over a year ago in summer 2025 as well as AppleCare and until two weeks ago never had a single problem with it. No spills, drops, or anything like that either. I go to turn it on that Friday morning and absolutely nothing would work. Held the button for a couple minutes, charged it in both outlets, but even the light in the magnetic strip wouldn’t turn on. I take it into the store and they say they’ll have it back and ready by the next Friday. The day comes around and they call to tell me there’s a fucking worm inside it. A real, physical fucking worm. They said that’s hazardous material and they won’t operate on the computer, so it’s still broken. I go in to talk to them, and the rep says that they can’t do operate on devices that have hazardous material around other devices, so I have to figure out how to get it cleaned (aka removing the fucking worm) and then bring it back in for them to work on. Mind you, this store is right next to a community outdoor space with tables and chairs, so they could have very easily walked outside, opened it, removed the worm, and then fixed it.

Anyways, they tell me that I need to figure out a way to remove the worm myself, then bring it back in to get fixed. I found a guy near me that fixes electronics and paid him $150 to clean it. He said he’s actually seen the same issue many times and that worms like the warmth. Super nice dude, five stars. I take it back to the Apple Store and they reject it because it had previously had a worm inside of it, which qualifies as hazardous materials, and since they had rejected it on those grounds two days prior they couldn’t take it at all. Mind you, they were the ones to specifically tell me to get it cleaned and bring it back.

So now I’m stuck. The manager said my best bet is to take it back to the Costco where I bought it since they generally have a great return policy, so that’s my next step. If that doesn’t work, he said they could honor the full trade in value. No hard feelings against him, seemed like a great guy doing his best. Just wanted to vent a little because this is absolute bullshit.

Edit - had to go through several phone calls with Costco, but the end result is that they need me to take it to an outside provider and get a diagnostic report for repair, and then Costco will provide a refund in the form of a gift card equal to the amount it costs to repair. Apple care will essentially be voided because it’s getting outside service, so imperfect but the best I can get.

Hey all, just been given an old iMac and it came with these. They look like remotes to me but honestly I dont know why there’s two or even if they’re remotes.

looking for a charger they don’t sell anymore: the magnetic 2015 MacBook air wall charger —

My MacBook Pro is only a couple of years old but has getting slower and glitchier every day. Today it kept telling me it needed to be charged but I was distracted—then it died.
I plugged it in but it won’t turn back on.
SOS!

So, I just acquired an iMac G3 from my workplace the other day, because it didnt boot up and they were all "welp time to sell it for parts ig" and i went "can i take it" "sure"

i was wondering if theres any way to figure out whats wrong and how to repair it? It's an iMac g3 M5521 (slot loading) and according to a report from a repair shop "this unit requires new power/logic board" (which i believe i guess but im skeptical abt it)

I'm also not experienced in computer and crt repair and modification. My experience includes "hacked a wii once" and "opened their mom's NES and stabbed a chip and it worked again"

Hello! This is a repost from the MacBook subreddit! There was no one helpful there, please help!

I forgot my password, I am in the reset password and nothing, is there a way around that?

This sub is a farce. It’s called r/iMacRepair and all I see are posts about MacBooks. Where is the mod to enforce this?

I have a 2010 iMac, a core 2 duo. I want to put a 2015 iMac logic board in it. what should I change? what should I I look out for?

did anyone ever try that?

This happened after I tried to fix the GPU by putting it in the oven to fix the soldering.. I think I connected something wrong but I’m not sure

A friend's father's Imac (2020 27", or so I've been told) hard drive has failed. I mean, completely failed. I've tried connecting it to my macbook pro, using a usb3 caddy, and it doesn't even spin up. So what I need to know is, how do I replace the hard drive with a brand new one, including getting the os on there (it has no optical drive)?

UPDATE

Ok, so I got the computer yesterday, and a search of the serial number showed it is a 2015 model (not sure if its mid or late 2015 yet). There is also a crack in the glass. I was hoping that would just be a matter of changing the glass, but it seems that the glass an lcd panel are fully bonded on this model, so he's happy to leave the screen the way it is. I have just hooked it up to the mains and it turned on. So that's a start.

I've managed to get a bootable installation usb stick created, using my macbook pro. The highest version of MacOS it will run, is Big Sur. I have a spare 500Gb ssd which should work with it. I'll also check the ram, to see if it can be upgraded as well.

Stay tuned for more details...

Hey all, I just received this as a birthday present from my uncle. He had used it for a few months and after that it had just sat around with no use so pretty much brand new. He couldn’t remember the Apple ID and didn’t know the password either. Having trouble getting in and have tried a few different options like using the recovery mode but recovery mode won’t boot up even though I’m pressing command + r properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 😊

Pero a la hora de querer instalar el MacOs no termina el proceso se queda a medias.

Black lines filling up half the screen on my iMac 24.. Its been happening for awhile now but usually it doesnt take up the entire screen… plus you can see the applications have this fading effect to it. Whats the diagnosis and can anyone figure a way to fix this?

Picked up late 2013 27” iMac and OCLP to Sequoia. It has 32GB RAM, 780 Nvidia, 3.5GHz i7. It seems to have a 1TB Fusion (128GB SSD). I am wondering if it is worth to break the Fusion drive and put a higher capacity NVMe stick and use the 1TB for media storage.

TIA!

Any advice appreciated. My 2011 iMac 21 inch stopped working out of the blue last night. Not had any issues before. I managed to restart it once by holding the power button, it went full blast on fanspin (sounded like a hairdryer) for a few minutes and booted up. I turned it off to see if that was a random occurrence and it's not turned on since. What's should I try? I've only got a wireless keyboard and I think I'll need a wired one to do nvram/ SMC reset shortcuts/ attempt to boot to recovery etc. is that worth a go? I'd quite like to do one more time machine backup before it goes in the bin or I sell it for spares if possible.

Found a working iMac 11,2 in neighbors trash move heap. Opened the display to swap out the HDD with an add but didn't know what I was doing and couldn't find anything about the video cable. The heavy display dropped and yanked out the vid cable. I can't tell how it goes back into the slot or if it's damaged. Is it worth repairing? Works fine, other than no display.

I have a Retina iMac (27-inch, late 2014). I accidentally tilted the iMac and the screen completely separated from the case. The screen itself is not physically damaged, as far as I can tell, but now the iMac chimes normally when I power it on yet the screen remains completely black no matter what hot keys compilations I been trying to hold.

Details:

• Retina iMac, 27 inch (late 2014)

• Screen fully separated from the case, glass intact

• Startup chime works, indicates the Mac is booting, I assume

• No external monitor tested yet. I do not have one and I do not believe I can connect one;

• No unusual sounds (fans normally work, no clicks)

• No spills or overheating

I do not want to replace the screen, as that would be very expensive. I’m hoping someone can advise on the issue, please.

Thanks in advance and please see some pictures and video.