I not that you guys have flimsy chargers that break down quite easily. I used to have a MB Pro 2011. I had to buy replacement chargers from eBay. I had to replace them 5 times. I currently have a mB Pro 2020 m1 my charger lasted for 3 years I had to buy a replacement charger from fb marketplace. I hope in the future you guys would create much better chargers similar to pc chargers.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.0
2011 MBA and 2001 PowerBook G4, respectively:
Both are original. As you can see the PB G4 strain relief eventually gave way but that's what you can expect after ten years of hard use. The PB G4 was in use until replaced with the MBA, which remains in daily use.
To the OP: don't buy power adapters from eBay, or even Amazon for that matter. They are almost certainly counterfeit and dangerous — as in potentially lethal and / or fire hazards. They are poorly constructed; details which cannot be seen unless you were to disassemble one (which destroys it anyway).
If you are unable to source replacements from Apple, OWC / MacSales offers authentic Apple power adapters at substantial discounts. They are bulk packaged and guaranteed to be authentic.
2011 MBA and 2001 PowerBook G4, respectively:
Both are original. As you can see the PB G4 strain relief eventually gave way but that's what you can expect after ten years of hard use. The PB G4 was in use until replaced with the MBA, which remains in daily use.
To the OP: don't buy power adapters from eBay, or even Amazon for that matter. They are almost certainly counterfeit and dangerous — as in potentially lethal and / or fire hazards. They are poorly constructed; details which cannot be seen unless you were to disassemble one (which destroys it anyway).
If you are unable to source replacements from Apple, OWC / MacSales offers authentic Apple power adapters at substantial discounts. They are bulk packaged and guaranteed to be authentic.
With the older Magsafe 1 & 2 power adapters, I know that the built-in charging cable had issues with breaking unless the user was extremely careful with how they handled & wound the cable around the brick. Even with extreme care, those old molded/built-in charging cables would start to twist which would lead to them fraying. Apple even had a secret free repair program at one time (now expired) where Apple would replace the power adapter if a user contacted Apple about the issue. However, this is no longer an issue since the USB-C power adapters have detachable cables.
The other weak point is the Duckhead adapter Apple includes with their power adapters. I have seen a lot of failures of the Duckhead adapter because it cannot handle the weight of the brick if used on a horizontal electrical outlet & the moving prongs can be damaged if the power adapter is not carefully plugged & unplugged from the electrical outlet, or if the prongs are left extended during transport.
Otherwise, the Apple power adapters hold up extremely well besides sometimes just needing to be unplugged from the electrical outlet in order to reset the power adapter's internal circuitry when it may get into a weird state usually caused by some sort of power/electrical issue with the building's electrical system or the laptop's charging system when a hardware problem exists with the laptop.
All I know is that even with those issues I would still trust an official Apple power adapter over most third party options any day. In fact I am using several Apple OEM power adapters which people told me did not work & I've been using them for years without any issues. I would be concerned why you have experienced so many bad power adapters since that is extremely unusual.
... I would be concerned why you have experienced so many bad power adapters since that is extremely unusual.
OP provided the reasons. eBay and Fakebook Marketplace.
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<< I had to buy a replacement charger. >>
why? what part is failing? what are the symptoms?
I used to have a MBP 2011 the charger on that laptop stopped working after 2 years. I had bought 5 replacement chargers while I had that computer. I thought Apple would improve their chargers after I bought a MBP M1. I guess no improvements at all. They still make flimsy chargers.
Sorry for your bad experience. Mine has been quite different, I've never had an Apple notebook charge fail (though I have had the plugs of a few lightning connectors get damaged).
These are the 85 W MagSafe 1 charger from a 2010 17" MacBook Pro and the 45 W charger from a 2004 PowerBook G4, both of which still provide power to their respective Macs (and those Macs still boot up, not that I actually use them).
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