Swollen Battery and Warped Trackpad on a 13″ MacBook Pro

Trackpad lifted by swelling battery

Batteries are one component of a Mac that is consumable. Eventually, your battery will degrade and even stop working altogether. Hopefully, it usually will just die quietly and you can replace without issue. But sometimes, batteries fail spectacularly. This MacBook Pro came to us with a warped trackpad and in inability to hold a charge. These …

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Broken Screens on MacBook Pros

Mac Display with colored splotches

Broken screens are just one of many things you know we can always fix quickly and expertly. It’s also one of those problems that looks far more terrifying than it is. If you own a MacBook Pro from 2009 or later, there are essentially three major components to your display: there is the glass overlay, …

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LCD Replacement on MacBook Airs

  MacBook Air LCD screens are difficult to get repaired at a fair price. As with all laptop screen repairs, Apple will simply replace the whole display assembly when the LCD is cracked. This is an expensive fix when only the LCD is broken. It is easy to see why Apple approaches screen repairs in this fashion; for the …

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The Big Deal About Fusion Drives

Fusion Drive Terminal Window

Apple has always been known for its ability to find new and cutting edge ways to improve the personal computing experience. In the last two years, one of their most exciting new developments is the ability to create a fusion drive. Fusion drives are an amazing computing hack. Essentially, they give a computer the speed …

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