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Weird taste in mouth when using midnight 13" m3 air
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I think this is pretty common with anxiety and migraines. Do you have any history of migraines or anxiety? What are you doing on the laptop? Work? Could the refresh rate be triggering a migraine? Are you stressed out? I'm not a doctor.
hey guys, decided to stop being a human Guinea pig and returned it and swapped it out for a silver M3 MacBook air (just in case I was consuming something toxic)
to recap so far:
I'm going to go find some gloves next and see if that takes the silver experience down to 0%...
any other m3 air owners on this thread
to recap so far:
- compared to my 15" m2 air and 16" m1max, which have no taste LOL, within minutes on the mightnight machine I would taste this grainy dry, slightly metallic taste in my mouth when using and without being plugged in. I reproduced it 5+ times (i.e. every time I touched it) and it went away quickly with my legacy machines. weirdly enough, I could sometimes taste it within a single minute of touching it. (have you ever touched gasoline before, you can taste is instantly?)
- After exchanging it for a silver M3 Air, the experience is significantly decreased, I'd say by ~80% gone, however, and I know this sounds nutty, I still get is just slightly with this new machine too!
DOES anyone know if the silver machine also has the new anodization process or is it only midnight?
I'm going to go find some gloves next and see if that takes the silver experience down to 0%...
any other m3 air owners on this thread
zero history. meditate daily. virtually zero stress or anxiety.
again, I have been using a 15" air and 16" m1max daily with zero problems!
Set up a Genius Bar appointment for this issue, live stream if possible.
I used different environments with different machines, m3 mid night always did the same thing
Fun fact: If you rub garlic on the bottom of your foot, you will taste it very quickly.
Are you using it on battery or plugged in? There was a grounding issue with MacBooks when using 2-pin chargers (with no ground) - I had this previously, experiencing it as a tingling sensation when touching the palmrest or trackpad. I can imagine that in some people this current could generate a metallic taste via dental fillings: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/62046/Metallic+taste+from+surface+of+laptop
If they're not having a seizure or migraine then it's not an aura.
I used a Chromebook once and it tasted like sadness. True story.
Dude I can't tell if you're being obstinent on purpose, but I'm in medical school, and here is what UpToDate says about migraine auras
The gloves seem to help, remaining taste is gone after switching to gloves.
if you feel the new Macbooks compared to the last gen, they have this very slightly grainy texture, whereas the previous ones feel super smooth.
has anyone here confirmed if apple applied the anodization process to all Macbooks (not just midnight) to back up this theory?
if you feel the new Macbooks compared to the last gen, they have this very slightly grainy texture, whereas the previous ones feel super smooth.
has anyone here confirmed if apple applied the anodization process to all Macbooks (not just midnight) to back up this theory?
I'm back on the m2 15", with bare hands, same location, and issue is gone!
one more thought... this could be a MASSIVE issue for Apple
or perhaps my genetics/awareness of perception puts me in a 'sensitive' group as Apple PR would likely say
or perhaps my genetics/awareness of perception puts me in a 'sensitive' group as Apple PR would likely say
You are the only person reporting this… seems unlikely to be a “MASSIVE issue for Apple” 😂😂
Well, material safety is a real thing.. never know.. lots of things cause disease and cancer.. just sayin!
yeah, but 0.5% of millions is a lot! that would be hilarious if I was the only one. Doubt that!
amen to that! Apple needs to be careful to not let their game down.
on a plus side, this thread does have hilarious digs at me
This is a common problem with these kinda of MacBooks. You are not alone and many others are experiencing the same thing. People don't understand how important this case is. And many think .. well... you know.. But here is a solution for this problem. Trust me, it helps. Get yourself something that removes the stains and electric magnetic fields from the laptop. This is a perfect job for the apple cleaning cloth, only 29,99 at your local Apple Store.
that is a good point, maybe getting a skin for the palm rest area and top and bottom, or I just skip this generation and send t cook an email to fix their ****