Small yellow balls emitted from MacBook Pro?

Hi everyone,

sry about the delay!!! 😝

Hi All,

I also have this issue. Did anyone get a response to this question? Is this a sersious issue or just normal behaviour?

Thanks,

Scott

I'm also dealing with the same problem, would you like me to upload some photos of the issue?

kind of a crystal tiny balls. It's a mac air 11" 2012.

Ya, upload some pics and a better description at to where these sand balls are coming out of.

I wonder if Apple has installed a pack of desiccant in the system for some purpose and that packet has ruptured and it's spilling out the desiccant.

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I guess it goes out of the speaker area (bet' the keyboard&the screen), though last week one tiny ball got stuck inside the usb socket:

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That's hard to grasp on if they're solid or liquid or if they're solid and stationary. Can you explain. And where are these? They look like they're on top of your laptop and coming through the metal or something. The pic isn't exactly the best because it's hard to tell those details as I said above. Please explain.

come on, it is just solid glass balls/beads, nothing interrupting me with the daily life. just wondering if it can harm the comp. I took the 1st pic on a transparent table, so you''ll be able to see their size.

here is another pic:

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Don't get snippy. lol

I'm trying to help you figure this out and all I asked for is as much detail as possible. I can't read your mind on what you're seeing and if I can't get a good idea from your first pic, don't chew my head off. You're there, I'm here.

Anyway, if these are coming out of your ports and such, and it's not something that's getting lodged in the ports due to the way you're carrying it in a dirty bag or something, then it has to be some kind of adhesive that's dried up and is possibly coming out because it's dislodging itself from the parts it was on due to the heat within the system. If that's the case, I can't answer if this will eventually cause any issues for your laptop, all I can suggest at this point is if it's something that happens regularly and a lot, take all those non-balls (that's right, they're not perfect balls, lol) in a small bag and the laptop with you to an Apple Store and tell them what you're experiencing.

This issue appears to be a minor one since only a few of you have it, but it doesn't mean it's not a problem, just that Apple hasn't see a large report of it.

From The images in this thread, I would say that it looks like a packet of dessicant got damaged, and has "leaked" into your carrying bag. It it is the dessicant, then it shouldn't harm your computer, especially since it is designed to absorb liquids to keep your electronics dry. Keep in mind that most dessicsnts are not healthy to swallow, so keep them safe frmo children & pets.

I have been dealing with the same problem on my mac book, accept the yellow balls aren't falling out, they are just getting wedged in my dvd/cd player and my head phone jack. It's making life super inconveinient. I can't listen to music with my head phones any more or put a dvd/cd in. Do you have any further information on what this could be? I don't understand how it's getting stuck in my mac book. I take pretty good care of it.

Me too, Macbook Air late 2010. Thought I was going nuts. The bottom of my bag is filled with them. Thanks to this forum I now know where they came from. I think. Unless the bag came with them.

One got lodged in each of my 2 usb ports. One a long time ago which I ignored (just used the other, rare anyway). Then today the other port stopped accepting the cable.

It took a flashlight and close look to see wha it was. Same as in the pics provided here. Tweezed them both out, then dug them out of the bottom of my bag and I'm good to go.

My STM bag takes the laptop vertically and by random luck the port would fall on a bead.

GeekBoy,From.Illinois has it right. it is dessicant, bag probably ruputured in shipping, or from a carry case that you may have purchased.

If you are concerned ,bring it to an Apple store and if you are under warranty, they should take the bottom off and empty them, and if you are not under wrranty, if you ask nicely they will probably do it anyway.

They should not cause issues unless some were to get jammed in a fan.

Easy fix.