Broken MacBook Air Hinge
The hinges on the MacBook Air can snap if the screen is “opened” too far.
While this might seem obvious, we see quite a few of these were the user states that the hinges snapped with very little pressure.
On older books like the 12″ PowerBook or first MacBook Pros, the hinges are beefier and need quite a bit of pressure before they’ll snap.
On all models of MacBook Air (and Unibody) extra care should be given when increasing the angle of the the screen (especially near the limit.)
In the case of broken hinges on a MacBook Air, we replace the entire upper section as the new upper sections incorporate a design change that strengthens the hinges.
If your MacBook Air’s hinges have cracked, you can select our free diagnostic for service.
Note: Some MacBook Air hinge damage may be covered by Apple even if your Mac is out of warranty. MyService or any AASP can let you know if your MacBook Air is covered for this issue.
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Upgrading or replacing a Mac hard drive?
There are a many different ways to get info from your old hard drive to your new hard drive. You can use OS X’s Migration Assistant, Apple System Restore, Time Machine, do a block level clone or use software like Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC.)
While we use a lot different methods for data transfer depending on the circumstance, CCC is one of our favorites.
CCC allows you to easily make a “clone” of you old HD to a new HD. This way, all of you apps, settings, files and preferences come over and work exactly as they did on the old drive.
CCC uses some of the built in utilities of OS X like Apple System Restore and does a great job of adjusting user settings and permissions.
CCC requires a perfectly healthy HD to clone from. Sometimes even a hard drive boots and appears healthy, it won’t clone if there are bad blocks or other drive errors. Also, CCC can’t clone Windows partitions under Boot Camp. Utilities like Win Clone can help with Windows data migration.
Carbon Copy Cloner is a great addition to any tech’s Mac toolkit.
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