My AppleCare is expired and what can I do?

It only extends the 1 year warranty to the second and third years. There is no AppleCare option after that. https://www.apple.com/support/products/mac.html

No, you cannot commute or expand an AC+ warranty upon expiration through Apple. There might be 3rd party companies that offer such a service but you would have to search out that information from a search engine (google, bing, etc...).

Good luck.

Apple Care is not insurance. It is a warranty extension. After a certain point, it is understood that you would have to pay for repairs. A warranty cannot last forever, even with a paid extension. If your device is still working, then you have no problem. Should something happen to the device, it is at this point that you would have to determine on your own if it is more cost worthy to pay to have it repaired, or pay to replace it. After 3 years, the cost of warranty extension would become cost prohibitive. Too expensive to extend the warranty, given the life of electronics.

Lion 2012 wrote:

So basically once AppleCare is expired it's a forever goodbye?

Some people use computers more than 4 or 5 years and TBH Apple

seems to force customers to buy new computers by giving just 3yr maximum insurance lifespan.

You are not forced to buy a new computer simply because your AppleCare runs out...

and just because it runs out, does not mean your computer is going to need service.

Many people have had and used their computer for +10 years without ever having had AppleCare.

You can always call in and pay the $29 which is the pay per incident option. That however will not cover any hardware issues.