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Award-Winning Cablewings Add Power Cord Storage Back to Your Mac's Charger

OldSchoolMacGuy said:
Apple includes cord storage and people cry about how it causes their cords to fray. Apple doesn't include cord storage and people cry they don't have the cord storage they complained about previously. There is no winning here.
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Are those the only 2 options, because I would think cord storage that doesn't cause the cord to fray might be a winning combination?
 
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adamjackson said:
Edit: and I've never had fraying or a broken charger in 20 years as a mobile Mac user. The iBook g3 being my first laptop to now. no issues.
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I broke off one of those flip-out tabs. They’re relatively fragile. Two small plastic pins for the hinge. I agree that they’ve taken to nickel & dining is on the accessories though.
 
jimthing said:
£21 for two, that are just bits of moulded plastic. Don't think so.

Just use velcro cable ties around the cable part. On and off in seconds, a pack of 100 for £5.
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I agree this seems a bit expensive but saying that using velcro does the job for less is not unlike saying that you can do the job a Mac does for far less using a $50 Windows laptop.
 
Elijen said:
Are you seriously comparing pricing of product that has been designed and worked on by thousands of people on both hardware and software side for at least a year and piece of plastic that could be designed and 3D-printed in one evening?!
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That's a weak argument. I'm not denying it's overpriced, I'm just baffled by the selective reasoning from Apple consumers.
 
The fray fix is a much better product and also protects the cord from fraying. This is expensive junk. No thanks.
 

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nt5672 said:
Apple used to be known for getting the details right. Now with Cook at the helm they just remove the details for profit. I guess there is a reason it is hard for companies to keep to their brand identity after founders leave. Apple is no exception, it happened with Scully and with Cook. Hopefully, Cook won't last much longer.
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Nice comment that just doesn't match the facts. You do realize its a removable cord now, just like usb lightening cords for iPhones (with no holder), or any other USB powered device? USB power bricks just don't have these pop ups built into them like the old style with the cord attached did. Those monsters HAD to have something. These don't.
 
Dave-Z said:
Apple has never been as profitable as it has been under Cook's guidance. From everything I've read customer satisfaction is also good. So I don't think he's going away.

However, I do completely agree with you. Apple seems more full of themselves lately and the penny-pinching measures are getting to be a bit much.
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No argument, Apple has convinced a bunch of teenagers to spend their parents money like gale force winds. But Apple's products, brand, and strategy are suffering. These problems are longer term that Cook has any vision of. When teenagers decide that the next new thing is not Apple, Cook is done for because he has no credibility with anyone that values the Apple brand that Jobs built.

Jobs was apparently an an idiosyncratic cuss, but that was what made Apple Apple. One was never disappointed for long, even when he made mistakes. Cook either ignores or doubles down on his mistakes and charges ahead.
 
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I have a genius idea...

What if this way of wrapping the USB cable is *worse*? Whether they realized it or not, Apple is implicitly pushing people to avoid doing some sort of wrap-your-cable-around-the-brick thing by not including the wings and allowing the USB-C port to be unplugged. When the cable sticks out the side of the brick, it is more vulnerable to getting frayed, bent, and torn.

The best way to store your new MacBook Pro charger is to remove your USB-C cable, wrap it up in a loop, and store it next to the brick.
 
bladerunner2000 said:
That's a weak argument. I'm not denying it's overpriced, I'm just baffled by the selective reasoning from Apple consumers.
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If you are an Apple consumer you obviously don't think that Apple products are overpriced or else you wouldn't buy them.
 
I've been an Apple customer since 1977. I also have had almost every variant of their laptop from the PowerBook 100 up through the newest MacBook Pro. Maybe 20 laptops over the years. And I have almost NEVER had a single laptop whose charger cord DID NOT fray and die. Most at the exact same point where the cord exits the casing. I NEVER wrapped the cords too tight either. Yes, I use my devices every day, but I am not hard on them. I have had iPhones last 5 years. The My TiBook 667 just died from age. I still use my MacBook Air Rev. A every day on a desk. Probably my favorite screen below a Retina screen too. The chargers have always been made like ****.

I miss Steve. The occurrence of problems like this have accelerated terribly under this number-cruncher of a CEO. This guy just doesn't have the drive and passion of Steve. Sorry. YMMV.
 
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The bigger issue than cable storage is the loss of Mag Safe. That was one of Apple's best innovations. I would much prefer to have Mag Safe back even if it meant it was a slightly thicker design. Apple also could have easily lead here with an adapter that would make USB-C in to a Mag Safe type design. The minimalism is jarring. I'd also like to see at least one USB-A port on the machine instead of all USB-C. USB-C has caused many problems with displays, pass-through power on several of the docks and port expanders we have tried. It reminds me of back when USB 1.0 had a lot of bugs and it never really stabilized until 1.1 and beyond to USB 2.0.
 
OldSchoolMacGuy said:
Apple includes cord storage and people cry about how it causes their cords to fray. Apple doesn't include cord storage and people cry they don't have the cord storage they complained about previously. There is no winning here.
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If you care to check, usually those people aren't the same people. I'm sure there's some overlap, but not much.
 
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