New MacBook Pro Speakers Are Most Affordable to Repair Since 2015

For the archetypal clip successful astir a decade, Apple is capable to repair idiosyncratic MacBook Pro speakers without replacing different components too.


In a memo shared with Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, Apple said it is offering speakers arsenic standalone repair parts for the caller 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips. This is the archetypal clip Apple has made idiosyncratic MacBook Pro talker parts disposable since 2015.

For each MacBook Pro models released betwixt 2016 and 2023, Apple replaces the full "top case" with the artillery and different components for talker repairs. This results successful out-of-warranty talker repairs costing hundreds of dollars much than they should, truthful standalone talker parts volition marque these repairs acold much affordable.

Even better, the talker parts volition not beryllium constricted to technicians astatine the Genius Bar and Apple Authorized Service Providers. Apple has already shared speaker repair manuals for the caller MacBook Pro models connected its website, truthful it should marque the standalone talker parts disposable to bid done its self-service repair store soon.

The repair process is reasonably complex, involving the usage of Kevlar thread, talker installation caps, and a single-use artillery cover, truthful the mean lawsuit volition apt privation to trust connected an experienced technician to guarantee it is done correctly. Fortunately, those who opt to spell down that way should wage acold little than they would person before.

Update: According to a reliable source, Apple is present giving technicians entree to idiosyncratic talker parts for ALL 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with Apple silicon, going backmost to models with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. It remains to beryllium seen if those parts for older models volition beryllium added to the self-service repair store too.
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