MagSafe chargers are faulty...

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MagSafe chargers are faulty...

I had my Mac since '09, and I loved it. But, my experience with my Mac had two weakness: Battery and Power. I HATE the way I charged my Mac. Adaptors wear out and are unusable by a short time, one time I had to service the battery. I would really prefer charging with MagSafe 2, or the barrel-style charger. After 4 years with my Mac, it went out of warranty, and I noticed to myself: “One broken thing comes up again, time to pay the thousands...” I bought a new MagSafe due to the old one becoming overheated. And, once again, the new MagSafe broke down by the same exact problem. AND I AM OUT OF WARRANTY! Making me totally screwed... If you have ANY solution (Like I have to pay a new MagSafe, pay AppleCare, or buy a new Mac. But I DO NOT want to pay an entire fortune (But here in Apple, everything's a fortune), and money makes me more screwed.) This might be a sad bye-bye to my life with a Mac, or install a new power supply, or pay the piper... Help me out, I would be really glad.

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Bought in '09. Old condition.

Posted on Jun 28, 2013 9:53 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 28, 2013 10:36 PM in response to Pikachu4170

You can get a new third party 60W power adapter on eBay for under $20.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=macbook+power+adapter&_sacat=0&_sop=12&_dmpt =Apple_Laptops&_odkw=macbook+power+adapter&_osacat=111422&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270. l1313

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Jun 29, 2013 4:34 AM in response to Pikachu4170

Hi Pikachu4170,

I had that same problem. I thought it was the battery at first. But then I bought a new charger. My mac fully charges and works great. I don't know what you do. But I just surf the web and check my emails and I get a days worth of battery. Try lowering down the brightness on the computer or do a lower time on when your computer goes to sleep. I know, 80 dollars is alot for a charger so try looking for one like on ebay or best buy. REMEMBER! Buy the Magsafe 1 not 2 it will not support your macbook. Like I said had the same problem and buying this new charger fixed it.

Hopes this helps

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Pikachu4170 Author

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Jun 29, 2013 6:34 AM in response to Pikachu4170

Sadly, buying another charger might be such a begginer's solution, maybe NOT a solution at all. It will just break down again as always. If buying a new charger is the only solution, even though MagSafe is a faulty design, I might need to take my Mac to Apple to change the Mac's way it is charged (Maybe switching to MagSafe 2).

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Pikachu4170 Author

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Jun 30, 2013 5:50 AM in response to Pikachu4170

Guys, HELP ME OUT HERE!!! A simple "Buy another cable" is not gonna work. Be more technical!

(This is also a bump)

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SeaPapp

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Jun 30, 2013 6:17 AM in response to Pikachu4170

The problem may or may not be the chargers fault at all, check out this thread for technical......

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5092831?answerId=22216755022#22216755022

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Answer 6

Nov 24, 2013 7:06 AM in response to Pikachu4170

You can't switch to MagSafe 2

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Answer 7

Nov 24, 2013 7:08 AM in response to Pikachu4170

Also your Macbook maybe causing the problem.

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Answer 8

Mar 16, 2014 5:38 AM in response to Pikachu4170

I don't believe that MagSafe is any sort of "faultily designed product". I have been using my own MagSafe charger for the past four years without problem. Tell me, what sort of MagSafe model do you have? Is it the aluminum and round one or the plastic and square one?

I think Mike Sombrio is onto something and you should certainly entertain the idea of an electrical problem in your home.

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