I will be closed and only accepting mail-in screen repairs and data recovery projects starting April 8th. If you would like to ship your hard drive in for data recovery or your Mac in for screen repair, please start the process on my mail-in repair site: MacScreenRepair.com

2014 A1398 15″ MacBook Pro Battery Replacement

Swollen battery and dust in 2014 MacBook Pro.

A local Boise client brought in their A1398 MacBook Pro which had a swollen battery and a trackpad that was not clicking properly. They had already self-diagnosed it as an issue with the battery, and they were correct! The swollen battery was pushing up against the bottom of the trackpad which was causing the trackpad …

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I will be closed and only accepting mail-in screen repairs and data recovery projects starting April 8th. If you would like to ship your hard drive in for data recovery or your Mac in for screen repair, please start the process on my mail-in repair site: MacScreenRepair.com

A2338 Cracked Screen MacBook Pro

A2338 MacBook Pro with cracked display.

A Boise client accidentally cracked the screen of their MacBook Pro. They had one of the newer M1 A2338 models, and they wanted the entire display assembly to be replaced with a genuine new Apple display. It sometimes takes Apple a while to ship out the parts, but in this case, I received the replacement …

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I will be closed and only accepting mail-in screen repairs and data recovery projects starting April 8th. If you would like to ship your hard drive in for data recovery or your Mac in for screen repair, please start the process on my mail-in repair site: MacScreenRepair.com

MacBook Pro Trackpad not working? It might need to be replaced.

Trackpads are an important piece of hardware for your Mac. It allows you to interact with the operating system by moving your pointer and clicking, as well as scrolling through web pages. If your trackpad is not working as you expect it to, there may be a problem with the trackpad not working. Different Types …

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I will be closed and only accepting mail-in screen repairs and data recovery projects starting April 8th. If you would like to ship your hard drive in for data recovery or your Mac in for screen repair, please start the process on my mail-in repair site: MacScreenRepair.com

Speeding up slow 21 inch iMac

Solid State Drive held in front of iMac

In 2012 Apple introduced a redesigned iMac. If you have some time for nostalgia, check out the video of Phil introducing the iMac. It was super thin and they had decided to leave the DVD drive behind and push forward in the new diskless world. “Nobody uses disks anymore, they are downloading everything now”… but …

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I will be closed and only accepting mail-in screen repairs and data recovery projects starting April 8th. If you would like to ship your hard drive in for data recovery or your Mac in for screen repair, please start the process on my mail-in repair site: MacScreenRepair.com

Damaged LCD display on 17 Inch Apple MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro Broken Screen a1297

There’s no mistaking what happened to this MacBook Pro screen–the 17″ widescreen display suffered a direct hit to the center of the laptop. As you might guess from the crack marks and crazy lines covering the desktop, the LCD panel is damaged. When there is damage to a computer screen like this, you might see …

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