[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] SUDO: macbook experts?

[Akwerius]

Thanks for all the responses ya'll!!! really appreci-love it.
I will give another try to the genius bar with a smile this time :)
bless

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Julio Rios <julio.rios at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was going to recommend InHomeMac, which was a repair shop on Mandela and
> 10th St, but I can't find it online any more, so they may no longer
> exist.... but they may have just moved or renamed.  Anyway, going to a shop
> is a good source of last resort.  Hope it doesn't get to that if it's just
> the charging module.
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:15 PM, danarauz at gmail.com <danarauz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> MAYBE IT IS NOT, BUT...
>> If the computer works, and only the charging part is not happening... i
>> would make sure the contacts are clean, using a dry toothbrush wouldn't
>> hurt. The power connector has a magnet property, a staple or something like
>> that could have gotten there; or simple some dirt.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:27 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> eeesh I'm sorry to hear that. I would be a little hesitant to let just
>>> anyone work on that one, unless you really trusted them and their abilities.
>>>
>>> I don't know how successful it would be, but if you took it to the apple
>>> store and told them it wasn't charging and conveniently left out the part
>>> where there was any water involved, you might have some luck....
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Akwerius <akwerius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> right. it's a macbook pro retina (late 2013)... apparently one of the
>>>> worst in terms of repairability.
>>>> thank you for forwarding the message to the larger list.
>>>> kwe
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:18 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've copied sudo-discuss on this email so that all of the sudo folks
>>>>> get this message. I think a lot of them aren't subscribed to the onmi
>>>>> emails.
>>>>>
>>>>> One useful thing to know would be what year/model macbook it is. It
>>>>> makes a really big difference in terms of how easy it is to open it up and
>>>>> dig around.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Akwerius <akwerius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hi everyone,
>>>>>> just wondering if anybody in sudo room knows how to fix macbooks? i
>>>>>> accidentally spilled water on mine and it is not charging anymore.
>>>>>> everything else seems to work fine but i'm on 5% batt. life left. tried the
>>>>>> rice trick, didn't work. any help would truly be appreci-loved. give thanks,
>>>>>> kwe
>>>>>>
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