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Apple has issued a statement confirming that the HomePod can possibly leave white rings on wood surfaces with an oil or wax finish.
The strange discovery was brought to light in HomePod reviews published by
Wirecutter and
Pocket-lint, as highlighted by
VentureBeat, while at least one customer
shared a picture of the same problem on Twitter.
Pocket-lint's Stuart Miles:
Apple told
Pocket-lint that it is "not unusual" for a speaker with a silicone base to leave a "mild mark" when placed on certain oiled or waxed surfaces, suggesting the rings are caused by chemical interactions with treated wood.
Apple told
Wirecutter that "the marks can improve over several days after the speaker is removed from the wood surface." If not, Apple recommends "cleaning the surface with the manufacturer's suggested oiling method."It's unclear at this point whether the issue is limited to treated wood, or if the problem could cause any sort of long-term damage to the HomePod's rubber base. For now, we would obviously recommend not placing your HomePod on a surface with an oil or wax finish if possible.
Wirecutter conducted some additional testing and saw no visible damage when placing the HomePod on glass, granite countertop, nice fiberboard, polyurethane-sealed wood, and cheap IKEA bookcases.
Update: Apple shared a "Cleaning and taking care of HomePod" support document that includes a section called "Where to place HomePod." This section includes details on the silicone base of the device and warns that it can cause marks on some wooden surfaces.Apple also suggests users avoid putting the HomePod near heat sources and liquids, and advises users that it can be cleaned with a damp cloth.
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Apple Confirms HomePod Can Leave White Rings on Wood Surfaces With Oil or Wax Finishes [Updated]
"Product testing in likely real-world environments, what's THAT?" says Apple. For safety of my fine wood surfaces, I'm going to leave my iHomePod or whatever at the Apple Store. (As in, not buy one.)
If anyone reading this checks out my past posts and asks, "why are you even here, dude?"...
One, I've been asking myself the same question.
Two, in case Apple ever announces anything good again. For example: "We are extending all iPhone warranties to 5 years, and will replace batteries at our expense up to once per year, if the capacity drops by more than 3 percent from what we claimed when we tricked you into buying something designed to fail in only a couple years." OR... "We're updating the MacMini FINALLY." OR... We're not only updating the MacMini, but we're giving it a gorgeous, solid glass box, (since we're experts on glass now,) and we're making it not only small, but stylish, gorgeous, and expandable, with not one, not two, but THREE slots for additional ePCI SSD modules, and we're selling them with RAM that is where you can actually get at it without the work of two Privates and a Mule, or a sledgehammer and blowtorch, pick your favorite analogy, and we're not hyperinflating the price so we can build ANOTHER giant, ostentatious building on some of the most expensive land on Earth on account of being a bunch of d!cks..."
But no, I expect their next announcement will be for some other crap they didn't test enough, didn't test under real-world conditions, and that's likely to be even more obscenely expensive than their last piece of overpriced crap.
Remember the Apple Computers that made the Mac Cube, a work of fuhcking ART? (Don't censor me.) That made the Mac Pro, (the real one, not that stupid little trash can looking thing,) ? I miss them. Wonder if they'll ever come back, or if they're just going to do that slow-morph into a bloated cellphone company that also sells a few other things, before they slowly all disappear.
Recall how well turning into a glorified cell-phone seller worked out for Radio Shack.
Apple is now Microsoft. I think this may well be my last post. The iPHOME or whatever... this is the moment Apple jumps the shark, and begins a long, slow slide into irrelevance and ultimately, bankruptcy, and good riddance, frankly. Think I'll go on eBay and auction off my remaining Apple crap, and upgrade back to a real goddamned computer. For a phone, I'm going to go shopping for a flip-phone or candybar type. I just don't care anymore. I'm about done with all the bells and whistles and bullsnit. Tired of this. (Also tired of MacRumors censorship.) This has not made my life better, just poorer. If I could go back in time and tell myself not to buy my first, old, used 2006 iMac off eBay, (it was like, a hundred bucks, I think,) I would. DON'T DO IT, I'd say. Nor that stupid iPod. It's heavy, bulky, slow, the Clickwheel interface is crap that just looks neat but then the novelty wears off and you want to just have an MP3 player, I'd tell myself. Also, here are some lottery numbers, and the winners of the next 10 Super Bowls... because... obviously.
Coaster.
