Spilled water on MacBook Air - safe to use after a week?

I didn't know they could do that. I'll make an appointment at the Genius Bar and look into it. I'd like it if they could take another look anyway, since the screen, speakers, and keyboard seem fine but they weren't before.

Wow, I can't believe its lasted 5+ years. It kind of worries me that I couldn't take apart my MacBook since the screws on the back are weird and apparently you can only take it apart at the store. I'm sure the guy that helped us got rid of some of the water when he opened it up...at least I hope he did. If not I guess it should have dried by now. Thanks for sharing though.

Whether or not it lasts forever from here or not, I'm still going to take it in and have it looked at again, since it's in different shape than right after the accident. It is sort of difficult to listen to everyone's advice and decide what to do since I'm obviously not that knowledgable about my situation, but I think it's best for me to take it in and get another opinion on it in person. I can also ask my brother to come with me, since he knows computers pretty well. I haven't told him what happened yet, mostly because I'm worried he'll be angry that I was so careless, but accidents happen.

I do appreciate the replies, though. I didn't expect so many.

Hey I'm really sorry that happened to you. Well, it's hard to say if mine is okay or not. It works pretty okay, except the webcam doesn't connect and the M key on the keyboard doesn't work. I also find it heats up really easily, so I don't really use it, because I'm worried about what might happen to it if it overheats.

I took it to the Apple store to get reevaluated, and the cost to fix it was $600. The guy there said it would probably fix the problems I was having, but the laptop did get water spilled on it, so it probably never really would be the same. Also it's hard to say how water corrosion could affect the laptop on the inside in the future, and I might have other problems that cost even more to get fixed. I decided to save up for a new laptop instead, one that didn't have any water damage at all, and would be well worth my money. I think they updated the Airs a bit too since I got mine over a year and a half ago. I also notice my MacBook is kind of creaky, for lack of a better word, when I pick it up.

My advice would be to open your MacBook air, and lay it sort of screen down and keyboard down somewhere where it can dry. I mean obviously it won't lay flat, but hopefully you know what I mean. I left mine like that for...a month? I'd wait until you're sure it's completely dried out, try turning it on after it's dry, and take it to the Apple store. I found when mine was somewhat wet, my screen seemed basically busted and it had a lot of horizontal lines too, but now it's fine. If you want to get it fixed, that's your choice, it could go completely fine and your MacBook will be good to go for a long time, but it's hard to say what water corrosion can do.

I hope this helps.

Oh no 😟 yes, it sort of still works, but I don't use it. I finally saved up enough money for a new one at the beginning of November. My cost to fix it from the Apple store was $600, and even then they couldn't guarantee that it would fix the problems I was having or that I wouldn't have any problems in the future, so I thought it was a better idea to get a new one, instead of potentially ending up spending the same amount as a new laptop.

My advice is to open it, flip it upside down, and let the water drain out. Don't try to turn it on. When mine was first turned on in store later the same day I spilled water on it, the screen was totally messed up and it was having a lot of problems because there was still water in it. The estimated cost to fix it was about $1200 that day. I believe at least a month later, once all the water was gone and evaporated, I had it reevaluated and that's where I got the $600 price point. It does heat up very fast because the fan doesn't work, and the 'm' key and webcam don't work because of the damage. It's also pretty creaky and makes weird snapping noises when I move it, and sometimes if it's moved in a certain way it will turn itself on. Other than that, it works fine, but the fact that the fan seemed to have problems and it would get hot very fast scared me too much to continue to use it, since I watch a lot of videos and play games and such. This might not be what will happen to yours, but that's my experience.

I hope this helped you. Reply to this if you have any questions.