Daughter just spilled coffee on her macbook pro with essential files needed for papers and research due in a week. How can she salvage the necessary files to access and use the work for end of term requirements.
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
More often than not, after a MBP baptismal, the HDD will still be functional even of the rest of the MBP has been crippled. Take the HDD out, install it in an enclosure and connect it to another Mac. See if the data can be accessed.
You will need a #00 Phillips and a #6 Torx drivers, usually available at a good hardware store.
Ciao.
Allow the Mac to dry for 24 hours then try booting.
If after 24 hours it won't boot, make an appointment at a Genius Bar
If you can't get to an Apple Store, look for an authorized service provider > Apple - Find Locations
If necessary, hopefully she'll be able to restore those files from a Time Machine backup > Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support
Other people have reported that Genius Bar have offered to make a backup for $70 using their advanced capabilities before the drive degraded too far. Your local Genius Bar may or may not do the same, but you can ask.
If you don't currently have a backup, you've just got a "lessoned learned" on why you should have had one.
There is a good chance that the keyboard will need to be replaced. After it dries out, you may be able to start it up in "Target Disk" mode at which point the data may be able to be accessed from another Mac with a Firewire connection.
Your best bet would be to make an appointment with the Genius Bar, as Carolyn suggested. And, pick up an external drive for a backup, if you don't currently have one.
What is the year / model?
i.e. mine is an Early 2011 - 13 inch MacBook Pro.
Kim
For non-Retina, there is a chance. The poster I speak of has a later-model Retina with a blade-SSD.
It all depends.
The original post makes no distinction regarding the type of MBP so I made a guess. We''ll see.
Ciao.
Thank you for your suggestions. I have heard that once a spill, the machine may bravely soldier on for a bit, but it has a short life-span. Any thoughts on longevity ? thanks again,
namaste
Thank you for your suggestions. I have heard that once a spill, the machine may bravely soldier on for a bit, but it has a short life-span. Any thoughts on longevity ? thanks again,
namaste
Thank you for your suggestions. I have heard that once a spill, the machine may bravely soldier on for a bit, but it has a short life-span. Any thoughts on longevity ? thanks again,
namaste
It all depends on exactly where the spill occurred and how deep in it got. And, the specific model Mac it is, which you haven't provided.
A few years back, a colleague spilt a bit of pure coffee, no milk or sugar, on the left corner of a Mid-2009 first-gen 13" Unibody MBP barely a few months old. Right where the MagSafe plugs in. It immediately blanked and shut down, would not start even after drying. Took it in as it was under warranty, and was told that a) the warranty was null and void, b) the logic board had shorted out and c) he would have to pay for the new logic board, around 50-60% the original cost of the unit. Which he would have to continue paying given the 18 month financing he had used for the purchase. I believe he managed to get the new board added to the financing.
So are you saying that your MacBook Pro is running again?
If so I would immediately make a clone of hard drive using Carbon Copy Cloner to an external drive.
Because if you have spilled coffee on your MacBook and are not taking it into Genius Bar, you may not be able to recover your hard drive later.
Kim
coffee spilled on a macbook: how to save files with essential and time sensitive information
