Hello.
I bought a Mac Book Pro 15" 1 year ago and its Apple Care.
I forgot to register the apple care the last 12 months after the purchase of the device.
Is there a grace period? Because the delay is of just 10 days.
Otherwise is it possible to use the Apple Care on another device? Does it expire?
Thanks.
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017), macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)
Please contact AppleCare (telephone: 800-275-2273). So long as you have a proof of purchase where the AppleCare purchase happened at the same time as the MacBook Pro, Apple should honor it and have no problem registering the AppleCare properly.
Background:
The intent of the one-year limit is clear: If you could buy AppleCare after the first year had gone by, only users with problems would buy it, and that would kill the "insurance effect" (that some users will have no claims, but other will) and make the price too high to be affordable for anyone.
I suggest you take the AppleCare box and the computer you bought at around the same time to an Apple Store (if available to you) and humbly ask for their help to get it registered.
If you were to try to apply an unregistered AppleCare box bought at a completely different time from its computer, I expect they will call you a fraud and throw you out.
Thanks for the answer!
I totally get the point of the "insurance" effect, and that is the reason why you cannot register for a car insurance in 12 months, whenever you want, or it will expire - it is a non-sense. I would even argue that the fraudulent approach is not to automatically apply the plan at purchase time, just like many other companies do. Is there any reason for that?
This seems to be meant to exploit the procrastination habit and the lack of knowledge of a lot of people.
If it is tied to the device, let's activate it when it is sold.
That said, how it works is clearly stated everywhere, so I'm on the wrong side, but as a customer of a 3k $ laptop (+ 300 bucks for the extra warranty), I don't feel good and supported with this approach, but just "cheated".
Apple Care Expiration
