Apple said it is also shortening the repair time, which previously could take a week.
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All Mac laptops with butterfly keyboards are now eligible for Apple’s program and are covered for up to four years after the original purchase. The newly announced MacBook Pros-shipping Tuesday-will have this new material. Apple didn’t say what specifically changed but said it would help with the double key-press issue. The company said it has made a change to a material in the keyboard mechanism. As noted by The WSJ, Apple didn’t detail exactly what it had modified on the keyboard except it using a new material:Ĭhanging a material. The new keyboards and expanded repair program come as Apple today announced the first 8-core MacBook Pro that sports the updated butterfly keyboard. The program previously covered first- and second-generation keyboards, but now includes coverage of the third-generation keyboards introduced last year on MacBook Air and high-end MacBook Pro models. The Wall Street Journal reported on the changes today:Īpple on Tuesday said it was changing a material used in its butterfly keyboards and expanding its keyboard-repair program. Additionally, Apple has started another Service Program for MacBook Pros with backlight display failures. The company is also using a new material in a revised third-gen butterfly keyboard that it claims should resolve issues like missed key presses and double key-presses. After acknowledging issues with its 2018 butterfly keyboards earlier this year, Apple has today expanded its Keyboard Service Program to cover the 2018 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air notebooks.
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