applecare

  • The New MacBook Air Is Repair-Friendly… Kinda

    The New MacBook Air Is Repair-Friendly… Kinda

    If you’ve ever listened to an Apple hater rant about why Macs suck, chances are you’ve heard those “You can’t repair or upgrade it yourself!” arguments. But with the new MacBook Air and Mac mini, Apple seems like it’s ready to toss Mac diehards a small, but welcome bone.


  • Has Apple Quietly Extended Aussie Warranties?

    Has Apple Quietly Extended Aussie Warranties?

    When you buy an Apple gadget from Apple itself (and, indeed, from many of its resellers), AppleCare is pushed pretty heavily to extend your warranty beyond a year, even though strictly speaking most of Apple’s products should be warrantied for longer than that. It appears that Apple may be changing its policy, with reports that…


  • Ask LH: Do Warranty Laws Mean AppleCare Is Irrelevant?

    Dear Lifehacker, In the light of the new consumer laws introduced earlier this year, I’m wondering if we should question whether we should be paying to extend the limited warranty of one year on new Apple computers? Apple likes to promote the extended three-year AppleCare warranty as a logical extension of the 12 months “limited…