Is there a chance of magsafe charger harming your Mac?

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Twalcutt Author

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Is there a chance of magsafe charger harming your Mac?

I'm really curious. I grew up around computers and I have seen many get destroyed by magnets.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Nov 27, 2016 12:07 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 27, 2016 12:13 AM in response to Twalcutt

There are no magnets in a charger. Any alternating magnetic radiation from the transformer coils will be so slight as not to affect anything.

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Answer 2

tjk

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Nov 27, 2016 12:17 AM in response to Twalcutt

Hi,

There's no chance of magnetic damage. MagSafe and MagSafe 2 have been around since 2006 and I've never heard of anything like that. The magnet is nowhere near the HDD (on those MBPs that have them), and I doubt it would be strong enough even if it were right on top of the HDD.

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