Apple‘s latest MacBook Air and Mac Mini comes with the company’s new T2 security chip, which acts as a secure coprocessor that provides new encrypted storage and secure boot capabilities. However, this new chip blocks third-party repairs, apparently making the products to be repaired exclusively by Apple itself.
Apple’s T2 Security Chip
Apart from the security, now, the T2 chip could stop your computer from functioning, unless Apple’s specific diagnostic software (Apple Service Toolkit 2 System Configuration Suite) validates the parts being replaced. And that software is only located in Apple stores and a small number of Authorized Apple Service Providers.
According to MacRumors, an internal document from Apple reveals that T2 chip currently affects are the MacBook Pro’s Touch ID board, display assembly, logic board and top case as well as the iMac Pro’s logic board and flash storage. Well, the document is from earlier in the year, so it has no mention of the latest MacBook Air or Mac mini, but since they both have the new chip we assume they’re in a similar predicament.
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Despite all these bars from Apple, repairs masters at iFixit bypassed diagnostics on a 13-inch MacBook Pro (2018) and successfully replaced the display and logic board. Mind you, iFixit is not an Apple Authorized Service Provider. So if you’re looking to get your latest Mac repaired by a third-party store, you might want to do it as soon as possible.
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