Friday, 23 March 2018

PROS AND CONS OF NEW MACBOOK PRO 2018, macbook repair at applefix hamilton new zeland

Apple has its own unique way of upgrading the technology, macbook pro series is considered one of the best computer technology of this global market. We have seen how macbook pro series have become superior over the few years.
This year, apple finally came up with something new that one may be not expecting this much sooner. Apple macbook pro with “touch bar” is lot more stylish and handy in compare to previous versions of apple macbook.
From last 4 to 5 years we have not seen any new changes in the macbook series. Finally apple decided to give their users something new, which they are going to cherish for long period of time.
If you’re thinking to switch or looking for an upgrade then this article is a must read for all you.
Take a look at few pros and cons of macbook pro before you make a purchase :-
Pros
Handy touchbar
Most of you are probably not happy with having no “f” keys at top but the touch will make things more easier for you even without it. Now, you can control brightness, volume, music, apps from the bar very easily. Moreover, you have option to add f keys in touchbar whenever you feel the need of it.
Brighter & colorful display
The new apple macbook pro display is astonishing and looks pleasing to eyes. The colors are amazingly great which will enhance your high definition movies experience tremendously. Moreover, the display brightness is accurately meeting the normal human eye requirement on point.
Faster processor
Time to say goodbye to those long spinning wheels that makes you impatient and frustrated all the time. Now, it is time to say hello to much faster & smoother processor that is going to increase the productivity drastically. with bigger storage option and faster processing speed, you can now use heavy softwares smoothly.
Sleek design
I have always liked the way apple designed their macbook’s right from the beginning. Last 2-3 macbooks have not changed much but this time they designed screen lot much thinner. It is like a paper attached with a typewriter.
Cons
Needs to be gentle & careful
As i mentioned above, the new macbook pro screen is thin which means you need to be very much careful when you flap the screen. You can’t just hand over the macbook to someone without letting them know that it’s really sensitive and you must be careful with that everytime when you open it.
No “escape”
Yes, now you don’t have option to press the button escape in seconds and get rid of all those irritating apps and website quickly. However, you can add escape key into touch bar but it is not going to be that much smoother especially in a case of ESC tab.
Expensive device
Macbook pro is so expensive that it can almost give you a heart attack if it gets damaged or harmed. 2000$ macbook can leave you broke if not managed well.
Bottom line
Macbook pro is a great device but needs to be maintained well in order to avoid the damage expense. Apple macbook repair is not much expensive if you hand over the job in the right hands. Apple fix has experts that will make your macbook same as it brought from the showroom. Contact us for one of the best apple macbook repair in hamilton.

5 WAYS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR MACBOOK, at applefix macbook repairs in hamilton


Macbook is a terrific device that already has capacity to work smoothly for longer time. Sometime the way we use our equipment becomes the major factor as it is directly proportional to your pc life.

Nobody like to spend money on same thing over and over again for its repairing or on a brand new purchase. Macbook is a expensive device that can cost a good amount of money if it comes to repairing.

There are several ways through which you can extend the life of your macbook to a great extent. Here are some smart ways which you need to start following as soon as you read this article :-

1. Don’t fill up your drive to its full capacity
Try to keep 5-10 percent of your drive space free because when you fill the space of your drive to its most, laptop starts slowing down. After a while, when you need to save something important in the same. your drive needs to restructure all over to adjust the new file. Sometime your computer gets tired by doing this organisation again and again which results in slow performance.

2. Upgrade ram when using heavy programs
If you work on softwares like premier pro, adobe photoshop, fcp etc. then check once whether your computer ram is enough to handle these softwares easily. Try to keep the ram one or two level above than the requirement. If not, then upgrade the ram sufficiently.

3. Use in optimal temperature
Don’t use your macbook in too cold temperature or In too hot atmosphere. Try to operate the machine in a room where the temperature is moderate. There are accessories which provide protection to laptop in humid temperature. Also, Make sure that your laptop fans are working appropriately.

4. Don’t fold the charger wires
Charger is a very essential accessory that comes with laptop itself. You don’t want it to get damaged or harmed because it is the only source which provide laptop the energy. In order to avoid macbook charger repair cost, you should stop folding it inappropriately and start taking care of it. Don’t stretch the wire when laptop is on charging as well as don’t let it bend tightly.

5. Reduce the amount of files on desktop
Try to keep the number of files, icons and images on desktop less as much as you can. Your computer system eats up ram badly when you keep bundle of stuffs on desktop. It have to render all the files every time when you open the laptop.

6. Update whenever it is sent
Updation is very helpful if you want to make the laptop bug free and lag free. Keep updating the macbook as apple updates are best in removing the issues. Don’t forget to backup the files while you are doing it as in some case files do get loss.

Bottom line
Macbook battery is also one of the things that you should not forget to take care of. Take care of your battery to avoid drainage problem later on. Keep the charger at its best, if you already done a damage to it then contact applefix as we have best macbook charger repair technicians in hamilton.

5 REASONS WHY MACBOOK AIR IS STILL A GREAT BUY, macbook repairs in hamilton new zeland


10 years back macbook air was first introduced to the world and brought boom in a market. From that day onwards, apple never looked back and continued its successful streak of mac’s.

Macbook pro series is considered one of the best release of apple till the date. They are much thinner and powerful than the air. After that apple decided to stick with pro’s and end the updation of its most mainstream laptop “air”.

It was 2 years back when the the most latest version of macbook air came. After that, we have seen no sign of macbook air yet. Most of the people might be wondering why apple is still selling this obsolete laptop? But i think air is still worth buying even after 2 years of no updation.

Here look at 5 strong reasons why apple’s macbook air is still a great purchase for you :-

1. Cheapest mac
If you’re a apple fan and don’t have money to buy macbook pro then nothing could be the better choice than the macbook air. It is still the cheapest mac which is available in market in comparison to pro series. The price of smallest macbook starts at 1,299$. The average laptop apart mac series will cost you between 150$ to 650$. This means that macbook air is a affordable buy if somebody looking for a apple branded machine.

2. Longer battery life
No device of apple can provide longer battery life than the macbook air. The 13 inch device can last upto 14 hour with wifi running in background. On the other hand, apple claims that macbook pro battery can survive upto 10 hours and so. Which is 20-40 percent less than the macbook air.

3. Old usb ports
Most of the latest macbooks have c-type connector usb 3.0 port. This ports are actually very useful and will be a great use in future. But most of us still depends on the old one which is usb type-A connector. With this you don’t need to buy dongles, adaptors and all the owner of macbook air can easily connect to usb 3.0 port directly.

4. Card slot
If you’re a photographer or just a person who frequently transfer images from your regular camera then macbook air is quite useful as it has card slot at side. In new macbook pros, you will be needing a usb cable or a card reader to accomplish the same job. Ultimately card slot become a great choice.

5. Better keyboard
If typing comfort is your priority than macbook air have pretty comfortable keyboard than the new updated keyboard of pro. The keys of pro are snappy, updated butterfly version do not perform that good as macbook air do. Macbook air is little deep and responsive.

There are plenty of reasons for not buying macbook air but there are also several points that can pull your attention towards mac strongly. If battery, typing, image transferring is your concern than macbook air is a perfect choice. Moreover, the repairing cost of apple macbook air is less than the macbook pro’s.

Stay in touch with us for more blogs like this, contact us for one of the most affordable repair in town.

Saturday, 3 March 2018

MacBook air no image repair replacing lvds lcd connectors

This blog is about MacBook air no image fix lvds lcd connector repair at applefixwww.applefox.co.nz hamilton. This MacBook came from another repair shop. It turns on with startup chime but no image at all. On close inspection we noticed MacBook logic board is liquid damaged at lcd connectors area. We removed lvds lcd connectors and find out two of the connectors of lcd completely burnt and lvds connectors and back light fuse is burnt. See in the below picture.

Checked backlight IC circuit with multimeter and it appears to be working fine. Now we have 3 things to fix. LVDS lcd connectors on the logic board , fix burnt connectors on lcd connectors ( which will be fixed by jumper wire ) and backlight fuse.

Removing lvds lcd connectors and then soldering new back on the logic board is skilled repair and involves micro soldering techniques. It is very important not to pull the lcd connectors pads other wise whole repair will be screwed.
to read full article click here

MacBook air no image fix lvds lcd connector repair

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

iphone x & iphone 8 plus cracked lcd screen repair in hamilton new zealand

Professional iphone x & iphone 8 plus cracked lcd screen replacement in hamilton at applefix. Both of these iphone x and iphone 8 plud lcd broken lcd screen is recomended for DIY repair. There is nothing difficult to replace iphone lcd screen yourself. You can buy $20 iphone lcd replacement tool kit from us and you can easily replace any iphone lcd. What you need is just study hands , tool kit and a project mat which is $20 you can buy us. The tools you will need on iphone x & 8 plus cracked lcd screen repair in hamilton are 6.9 mm pentalobe screw driver, heat gun, metal spudger, Y000 screw driver, ESD safe tweezer and plastic spudger



Remove two pentalobe screws from the botton of the iphone x screen and than give it a bit of heat and than with metal spidger start pulling up the lcd. Make sure you have to go up slowly with spudger all the cables of home button and lcd are situated on right hand side. Be very gentle on right side and dont insert metal spudger too deep or it can break the cables or fpc connector

in above picture on iphone 8 see the home button and lcd cables are at botton right hand side. One more convenient thing fir DIY repairers or repair shop technicians that they dont have to worry about home button removal or breaking the home button while replacing lcd on iphonex. As home button on iphone x is all builtin the lcd or you can say there is no home button on iphone x.

Once you have removed the metal plate off lcd connectors from iphone x which has 5 y000 screws.

Under the metal plate you will see fpc connectors. remove these connectors with plastic spudger. On the same iphone x and iphone 8 lcd repair you can read good article here . If your iphone x or iphone 8 plus need a new lcd screen and you are looking for a professional iphone repair centre. Call applefix 078394188 or visit us at 85/a victoris atreet hamilton. If you dont live in hamilton send your device. or for a free quote send us query.

Saturday, 16 December 2017

apple watch cracked screen repair in hamilton new zeland

Cracked the glass on your apple watch? apple watch cracked screen repair in hamilton New zealand. Don’t worry! get it fixed professionally at applefix hamilton. If you into DIY electronics repair. This is an easy repair you can do it yourself. Follow the instructions below for apple watch cracked screen repair but if you not confident enough bring it to applefix. Told you will need, a fine metal or plastic spudger a fine tip tweezer, new lcd, lcd frame double sided tape and heat gun.
Before you start turn off watch if you can as you might end up blowing the apple watch back light fuse. If you can’t turn off make sure battery is fully drained. Start heating the edges of apple watch lcd. You can feel with your finger if it is hot enough to melt double sided tape adhesive holding the apple watch screen with metal frame. With a fine sharp tip spudger try pulling off lcd. While pulling off lcd watch lcd cables locations. Try pulling off the apple watch lcd away from the lcd cables connected on logic board. Once lcd is pulled off 90 degree you will see lcd cables are connected with board and a metal lock holding them together.
Intresting read furthre here http://www.applefix.co.nz/blog/apple-watch-cracked-screen-repair/