2016 13-inch MacBook Pro now has a Display Backlight Service Program
“Flexgate” cropped upward before this yr inward a big way, alongside owners of the 13-inch 2016 MacBook Pro expressing their dissatisfaction alongside a backlight number inward their machines. The work gave a “stage lighting” consequence on afflicted models, an apparent number alongside the cables nether the hood.
Apple quietly aimed to cook that number alongside longer cables before this yr inward newer models. However, the 13-inch 2016 MacBook Pro was nevertheless plagued past times the number for many owners, together with then Apple is aiming to salve roughly of the pressure level together with offering upward costless repairs. You volition remove to convey an eligible model to croak a costless repair for the phase lighting issue, and, correct now, solely 2 MacBook Pro models are covered:
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Four Thunderbolt iii Ports)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Two Thunderbolt iii Ports)
Apple states on the official landing page for the novel Display Backlight Service Program, that a “very pocket-size percentage” of 13-inch MacBook Pro models from 2016 are impacted past times the issue. The companionship too notes that “no other Mac notebook models are business office of this program”.
If the model does exhibit symptoms, they volition await similar this:
- Display backlight continuously or intermittently shows vertical brilliant areas along the entire bottom of the screen
- Display backlight stops working completely
Apple says that affected models were sold betwixt Oct 2016 together with Feb 2018. So if you lot purchased your 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro inward that stretch of time, together with you lot are too suffering alongside display issues, it mightiness hold upward worth making an engagement at an Apple Store or an Authorized Service Provider to croak it checked out together with repaired if remove be.
When it comes to these repair programs, Apple is ordinarily inward a work solid “better slow than never” scenario. It’s proficient that Apple is in conclusion offering costless fixes for the issue. This could definitely hold upward a major work for whatsoever owner, specially when the display backlight simply stops working altogether.
In related news, Apple expanded its Keyboard Service Program today every bit well. It straight off includes the 2018 MacBook Pro lineup, every bit good every bit the 2018 MacBook Air together with the newest MacBook Pro models.
Did you lot sense whatsoever display backlight issues alongside your 2016 13-inch MacBook Pro?
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