Charging port wear

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Charging port wear

I have a 2015 15 inch MacBook Pro and the past month or so I've noticed a visual difference in the port. It's hard to tell in the pictures, but some of the metal has become shiny and distorted from it originally looked like when I got it about 5 months ago. Has this happened with anybody else? Could it be corrosion?

I've also noticed the charing port adapter seems to fit in a tiny bit more loosely which could be related.

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2015 2.5GHz MacBook Pro 15''

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 1:32 PM

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Answer 1

carl wolf

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Oct 6, 2015 1:55 PM in response to nromano77

There have been dozens of posts regarding how to fix the problem yourself.

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GhonaZ

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Oct 6, 2015 2:23 PM in response to nromano77

It's mostly dirt as aluminium won't corrode and there is some wear on the port making it a little more lose to fit. This in combination with the dirt can give the loose fitting feeling. you can carefully clean your port (shut down your laptop first) with a Q-tip or something if it bothers you.

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nromano77 Author

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Oct 6, 2015 5:04 PM in response to carl wolf

I have completely cleaned my port out of all dirt and everything else. It's not a matter of that. I was just wondering as to why the metal was becoming all shiny and miscolored.

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