Can you post a pic of the damage?
I remember when I did this to my iPhone 5S back in the day. Much like you I was fortunate to only have cosmetic damage. It sucked but I eventually got used to it. At the end of the day, if the only thing damaged is the aesthetic, the correct answer is to be thankful (even if it still feels ******) and try to learn from the mistake and be more careful (because if there is a next time there's a good chance the damage won't just be cosmetic)No, I haven't. As much as I know Apple Care wouldn't replace or repair optical damage.
Yea... I think I will just do that. There are no better options...
Maybe I was too overprotective about it. A lot of people I know who don't care at all about their stuff and just use it don't have stuff like this happening to them...
Besides the scratches and dents everything is working fine... You're right. It's just a tool. I think I spent too much time admiring its design and look and caring about it getting a scratch. I calmed down a bit.
Yea it's just that. I think it isn't worth the money. Ay, **** happens. It's just that it was such a dumb mistake. Forgetting about the zip.
It's a full year, but after 60 days you need to make a Genius Bar appointment for them to look at the machine first. If they see damage, they aren't going to sell you AppleCare+.Is it a full year now? ? I thought it was something like 60 days?
Like others say, put stickers on it. Hey, put a band-aid over the boo-boo!Arrrgh... I was walking, having my Macbook in the bag in which I carry it around, but I forgot to close the zip. It slipped out of it and fell to the concrete full of loose gravel. It is working but it has dents and scratches all over the body.
Is there a way to get a new aluminium body for it? What would you do?
I'm so angry right now because I'm so overprotective with this stuff and there isn't a single device I manage to keep save. I'm so clumsy... Maybe I should start using stuff and not trying to protect it. It will happen anyways sooner or later.
If you can afford $900 for a new case, that might be between a third and half the way to a new machine anyway.You likely need a new top case and clamshell. It's been a few years, but clamshells were about $600 or so and top case with keyboard were around $300 or so? I can't remember exactly. Honestly, it won't be worth it.
I see what you did there!You can't judge your macbook by its cover
It's a healthy patina, so why would you want to get rid of it?I know exactly how you feel and I couldn’t live with it. Try to sell it to recoup some cost and get another one. Just bite the bullet and don’t overthink it.
you can cover it with a nice case like thisArrrgh... I was walking, having my Macbook in the bag in which I carry it around, but I forgot to close the zip. It slipped out of it and fell to the concrete full of loose gravel. It is working but it has dents and scratches all over the body.
Is there a way to get a new aluminium body for it? What would you do?
I'm so angry right now because I'm so overprotective with this stuff and there isn't a single device I manage to keep save. I'm so clumsy... Maybe I should start using stuff and not trying to protect it. It will happen anyways sooner or later.
dont drop your laptopArrrgh... I was walking, having my Macbook in the bag in which I carry it around, but I forgot to close the zip. It slipped out of it and fell to the concrete full of loose gravel. It is working but it has dents and scratches all over the body.
Is there a way to get a new aluminium body for it? What would you do?
I'm so angry right now because I'm so overprotective with this stuff and there isn't a single device I manage to keep save. I'm so clumsy... Maybe I should start using stuff and not trying to protect it. It will happen anyways sooner or later.
Or just get careful.This thread should be a warning to all potential mac buyers and should serve as a warning to all because these type of threads are becoming very common 'I damaged my macbook and don't have Apple care, what do i do'.
GET APPLE CARE!!!!
But AppleCare doesn't cover cosmetic damage, does it? It literally wouldn't have helped here.This thread should be a warning to all potential mac buyers and should serve as a warning to all because these type of threads are becoming very common 'I damaged my macbook and don't have Apple care, what do i do'.
GET APPLE CARE!!!!
If it does not help then why is the forum littered with threads of people asking for help when they have dropped their Apple device (iphone, ipad, macbook) wanting the cosmetic damged to get fixed and the number one reply from experienced Apple owners is 'Go get Apple care'. Are they all wrong then and MR mod's should be removing such posts due to members giving missinformation?But AppleCare doesn't cover cosmetic damage, does it? It literally wouldn't have helped here.
Out of sight out of mind. Get a full body case for it. Or skin.Arrrgh... I was walking, having my Macbook in the bag in which I carry it around, but I forgot to close the zip. It slipped out of it and fell to the concrete full of loose gravel. It is working but it has dents and scratches all over the body.
Is there a way to get a new aluminium body for it? What would you do?
I'm so angry right now because I'm so overprotective with this stuff and there isn't a single device I manage to keep save. I'm so clumsy... Maybe I should start using stuff and not trying to protect it. It will happen anyways sooner or later.
I used to use an iPod as a voice recorder, fitting a microphone accessory over the protective neoprene cover. One day, while interviewing Steve Jobs, I pulled out my iPod to begin recording. Jobs recoiled as if I had introduced something toxic into the room. His look seemed to say, why would you hide something so gorgeous? My translucent neoprene was making a mockery of all the innovation and sweat that he and his employees had expended on visual design. Besides, he told me, "I think stainless steel looks beautiful when it wears."