Apple Released Free Repair Plan for Butterfly Keyboard

Apple finally took measures on the butterfly switch keyboard for MacBook. Last Friday, Apple admitted the problems on the keyboard of MacBook and MacBook Pro. The company acclaimed that in some of the MacBook, the keyboard is having issues on paste keyboard. What worth to take notes is, the influenced user will get free repair service from Apple. For the people who have paid for the keyboard or key replacement, they will get a refund from Apple.

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Apple created a new butterfly switch keyboard, which is 40% thinner than the most keyboards on the market. The keyboard is full-sized and each of them has its own LED, which is used for back lighting. But if there’s dust on them, they will become unresponsive. This problem has been reported for several times, even been brought to the court. For the repair fees, it’s up to 700 dollars when the laptop is out of warranty. Apple released a support page for this issue to tell people how to clean the keyboard, which is only a temporary solution, not the ultimate fix.

Moreover, Apple argued that they released a keyboard repairing process today, which is used to fix the repeated letters or characters and the typing lag out. They also indicates that customers can bring the influenced MacBook to the retail store to get it repaired for free.