you can send to Rossmann Repair Group, they are specialist with Macs
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Spilled water on my Macbook Pro
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Yes! I can see the Apple logo. In your experience is this cheaper or a better idea than buying another refurb?
Apple's repair pricing is absolutely absurd, especially if it's water damaged and out of warranty.
If you live in the US, hands down take it to Rossmann Group.
Thanks. I live in the US but nowhere near NY. It'll cost way more to get it there than a local Apple store.
It doesn't cost anything to have Apple give you a quote for the repair. If you're unhappy with the cost quoted then you can shop around for an authorized apple service technician in your area. I'm assuming that having the repair done, depending on what is damaged, will be cheaper than getting a whole new refurb.
oh if that's the case apple won't even touch your machine its too old, and you are better off buying a new 2012 as it will be significantly cheaper you can even get a 2017 base model mbp for around $750 used on offerup
That's sad to hear. I got also a mid 2012 rMBP 6 years ago and within the first 4-6 weeks I spilled some food on the keyboard and needless to say, even though it worked, it got sticky and stunk. Then I got lucky: I was reminded that since I used AMEX to buy it, I had a 90-day accidental coverage. The repair (replacement of the entire top assembly including keyboard + battery) cost a little over $400 and AMEX insurance paid 100% of it.
https://www.macs4u.com/apple-macboo...6-ghz-core-i5-4gb-ram-128-gb-ssd-thunderbolt/
I haven’t tried to get an estimate yet. Is the MacBook Air in the link above able have creative cloud? I mostly do a little photoshop and indesign. Ind are mostly Facebook ads and banners. Really small files. Photoshop is working with a photographer with a few photos in layers. Usually a bit larger file.
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I haven’t tried to get an estimate yet. Is the MacBook Air in the link above able have creative cloud? I mostly do a little photoshop and indesign. Ind are mostly Facebook ads and banners. Really small files. Photoshop is working with a photographer with a few photos in layers. Usually a bit larger file.
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Can you send me a link to something like that? I can’t find MacBook Pro under $800
In that case, it's probably one release away from being obsolete as regards running current software. My late 2011 MBP is capped at 10.13, so I'm guessing yours will be capped at 10.14. You'd probably want to upgrade it soon anyhow. My suggestion is to get whatever newer MBP your budget will cover, get an inexpensive external enclosure for the old hard drive, and recover what you can from that. There's a good chance that will be everything, with the water damage confined to other areas. There are data recovery utilities that try to recover data from damaged disks, but you may not need one. There are also data recovery services that can recover data from any drive that hasn't been smashed with a sledgehammer before being run over by a locomotive, but they're really pricey and not worth using if you have a half-decent backup.
[doublepost=1557858128][/doublepost]The same thing happened to me 5 days ago. Unplugged my Macbook Pro, let it dry with a fan for 5 days and it seems to be working fine.
Do you recommend taking it to Apple Store to check for water damage or just let it be?
Thanks.
Not the person you're responding to, but I'd advise still bringing it in to check as soon as you have the time/chance. Water damage doesn't always manifest immediately, it's possible that everything works fine for days/weeks but you run into failures later down the line because of corrosion, and if that's the case then the longer you wait, the more severe (and potentially the more expensive to repair) the damage might be. Diagnosing and (if necessary) repairing these types of damage early might end up cheaper (and more frustration-free) in the long run.
If they tell you everything looks fine, then great: you can still take your machine home and continue using it as it is. But if the Apple Store technicians do find some water damage or early signs of corrosion, then you might be glad that you brought it in. (I believe having them check the hardware for damage is also free, though I'm not 100% sure since I never needed to do itself – you AFAIK only have to pay for the actual repair (if one is necessary). So it really doesn't hurt to bring it in – if there's water damage then you can still decide whether or not to initiate a repair, depending on how severe they tell you the damage is.)