My Magsafe cord is turning yellowish

I typically get a couple years out of the cord—before they fail. And it typically stays in place 98% of the time.

The quality seems poor.

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Here is the current state of affairs:

Same for me 98% of the time it is charging on my desk away from anything that could damage it.

I just hope that it is not the computer that is having a problem and that if I change the cord, the new one will turn yellow 2 days later.. at 95$ (CA) the unit it is kind of an expensive cable..

Same as you.. Just out of nowhere my macbook air magsafe cord also turned yellow. No other apple cord (iphone or Ipad) have that problem so I doubt that it is dirt ok because of oil on hands as someone suggested in another post, especially as it happened so suddenly.

I am curious as what would be the cause as I feel no overheating, and I don't want to buy a new one just to have the same thing happen one month later.

The cord is still charging, but I dont want to damage my computer if it is not safe.

Wow I just saw your picture 😱

mine is nowhere near that state!

It’s 3 y.o. but anything else on the cord is perfectly clean. I really take care of my stuff... I wanted it to last at least one year or two more. I mean.. 3years is not that old. It makes me question my next computer buy.. I have 6 years old HP or Dell power cords that are working perfectly. On the other site my makbook air cord that I kept clean and tood care as if it was a baby, is falling apart -_-

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