We suggest that if your Mac is older than five years then repairing it will not be worth it – unless of course there are important documents or photos on it that you want to retrieve in which case it might be worth looking at This page for more information on the above repair programs.Īssuming your fault isn’t one of those listed above, you may be faced with a pricy repair bill. Information about Apple’s product recalls and repair programs here.

A battery replacement program for 13in MacBook Pros from 2016-2017.

A SSD service program for 13in MacBook Pro models from 2017-2018.

A MacBook Pro backlit service program for models from 2016-2018.

Keyboard services for some Mac laptops bought since 2016.

A recall for 15in MacBook Pro units from due to a battery fault 2015-2017.

If your Mac is in the obsolete category above and something goes wrong with it then you are going to struggle to get the necessary parts if you wanted to attempt to get it fixed as Apple won’t provide the parts. And if you see a 2013 or earlier Mac on sale it’s probably not sensible to buy it. This certainly suggests that if your Mac is from before 2013 (and in some cases 2015) it’s definitely time to look for a new one. You’ll find more details about the exact models onĪpple’s dedicated page, but the lists above will give you a general idea. This model will no longer be supported with software as of autumn of 2022 as it can only run macOS Catalina, which will be dropped when macOS 13 arrives. This is the last Mac Apple sold with a CD/DVD drive. This is because Apple stopped selling the model in October 2016, which more than five years ago. The mid 2012 model of the 13-inch MacBook Pro joins Apple’s list of vintage products as of 31 January 2022. This meant that Apple dropped support for a couple of Macs that were previously supported in software updates: With the advent of Monterey in 2021 Apple stopped supporting Mojave (which launched in 2018). Does this mean that Macs last ten years? Unfortunately not.īy the autumn of 2022, when Apple introduces the next version of macOS, all these 2012 Macs will no longer be supported with software. This means that no Macs sold before 2012 are supported by Apple right now.

MacBook models from early 2015 or laterĬatalina launched in 2019 and supported the following Macs:.

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