

While these new keyboards may include different materials, they are not newly designed. Using specialized equipment (called Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, for those who really want to know), iFixt discovered at least two material differences in the 2019 MacBook Pro keyboard.Īpple has said before that the “vast majority” of its laptop customers haven’t had issues with the keyboard, but since the launch of the 2015 MacBook, customer complaints have ranged from stuck keys to repeating keys to the space bar or shift keys not working.

But those changes still don’t shed a whole lot of light on exactly which problem Apple is trying to solve for, as the iFixit report points out. Now we have a little more insight into what those changes might be.Īccording to iFixit, the company that publishes online repair guides, sells parts, and shares information on consumer products after it has torn them apart, the new MacBook Pro keyboard does appear to have some different materials in it. Apple said on Tuesday that the change related to a material in the laptop’s third-generation keyboard, which uses a butterfly-switch mechanism. Most notably, that update included a change to the keyboards that have been causing problems for some customers in recent years. The MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Early 2013 earned a 1 out of 10 in iFixit's repairability assessment.Earlier this week, Apple announced an update to its top-of-the-line MacBook Pro laptops. Once you've bought your parts and tools, check out iFixit's MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display Early 2013 repair guides for step-by-step instructions on how to make the fix. Our battery kits include all the needed tools. The MacBook Pro 15" Retina Display models require a P5 Pentalobe Screwdriver to remove the lower case to begin any internal repairs.

Our battery repair kits include the needed adhesive. The battery in a MacBook Pro 15" Retina Early 2013 is adhered to the inside of the upper case. The most common repairs with the 15" MacBook Pro Retina Early 2013 laptops are replacing a dead battery, replacing a malfunctioning left or right fan, or a damaged display assembly.

The MagSafe Port has also been replaced with the MagSafe 2 port allowing for a thinner case design. It does not have Ethernet or Firewire ports, although adapters are available. The Early 2013 MBP Retina 15" has two USB 3.0 ports, an SDXC card slot, an HDMI port, and two ThunderBolt ports. The Early 2013 machines share most of the features of the Late 2012 models: a 2880x1800 LED-backlit display, an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics processor, and the same external ports. On FebruApple introduced a new 15" MacBook Pro with Retina display offering faster processors than those available in the Late 2012 models.
