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Cracked Bezel MacBook Air M2

I'm not too sure how it has happened but a crack has formed on the metallic bezel at the bottom of my MacBook screen. It is localised to a single point and almost looks like it may have been caused by the hinge itself. There has definitely never been any debris close enough to the laptop to cause this type of damage, unless a bit of dirt or cat hair managed to cause the bezel to break (which seems unlikely, unless the apple screen it just very weak).


Has anyone experienced something like this?

MacBook Air, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 29, 2023 4:18 AM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2024 11:08 PM

I got a similar crack on mine. Used it all morning and closed it during afternoon, opened a couple hours later to see it was cracked. I always open and close it gently holding the center or both the corners. How much did they charge to change the screen?

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Jan 31, 2024 6:09 PM in response to Bethy_123

This is totally a design flaw. It happened to me right after warranty. Not quite sure if I want to bother replacing it. What’s the point if it’s just going to happen again. I am so careful with my computers. I’ve never had this problem with any other laptop before. I am pretty much done with apple products after this. I feel like their quality has been going down since 2013.

Nov 2, 2023 12:51 AM in response to Bethy_123

An identical thing happened to mine and I am super careful. This is crazy. I had my MacBook Air from 2020 for 3 years and it never had this issue. My M2 is only 1.5 months old and the bezel is already cracked? This is nuts! Can't Apple be held responsible? This makes me so sad :(


Is this really going to cost $400? for a brand new machine that is used gently daily??? There has to be a design flaw.

Feb 25, 2024 9:03 PM in response to Bethy_123

The same issue happened to me. I bought the Air M2 (Midnight) in August 2022 and in December 2022 it showed the first crack and I replaced it a few days later free of charge. Everything seemed fine until last week when I noticed the crack reappearing on my display, took it to apple and they are doing another free replacement however now I don’t have my daily driver laptop for 7 days. Honestly this shows it is a design fault

Cracked Bezel MacBook Air M2

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