A magnet killed my hard drive

if this is not common sense to you at this point in the game I'm curious to know where the breakdown is.

but actually it the 2011 MacBook Pro does indeed warn about magnets.

here

enjoyhannah wrote:

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, this does not help.

Older computers, beyond 10 years old, are prone to failure if exposed to magnets.

New computers, such as mine, are not supposed to be sensitive, especially to a tiny remote magnet

Should Apple cover the cost of hard drives that aren't up to snuff?

No where in the manual does it mention magnets potentially wiping data and causing hard drives to physically malfunction. I was told by the repair store the hard drive is damaged and must be replaced, that there's no reinstalling OSX.

Your profile indicates that you have a MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8) which may lead us to believe it is not a new computer. If your profile is not correct please update it so that we at least know what model/year computer you are talking about.

Although not specifically addressing your data loss this article does say that Apple computers can be affected by magnets.

It may have been coincidental that your hard drive failed at the same time a magnet was near the computer. Unless it was a very strong magnet I doubt it could cause your hard drive to fail. The act of moving your computer while it was running may have been the cause of the drive failure. Replace the drive and restore your data from your backup.

Apple will not cover the cost of your drive because a 2011 MacBook Pro is long past any type of warranty possibility from Apple unless you bought it refurbished directly from Apple and with a warranty from Apple.

Also if your HD died and it's from a 2011 computer all computer hard drives mechanical or solid state have whats' called a mean time before fail or hours before fail which while not a guarantee your drive will go bad in that exact span of time but it is a guarantee if the drive goes bad at sometime between turning the computer on for the first time and whatever time is specified that behavior is expected by the manufacturer. If the drive is in warranty it can be replaced at the manufactures discretion, if not you are among the hundreds of millions of computer owners whos hard drive data is likely gone and your recourse is to buy a new drive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures

any argument you wish to make with apple regarding this policy and others (e.g. squirt guns) I can direct you to their feedback site, but this forum is not that site and Apple does to read posts here.

go to

apple.com/feedback

and let them know your feelings.

This old post may be of some assistance: Magnet destroyed my hard drive, I have many questions about my options.