- A tiktok -user damaged their MacBook screen in an unexpected way
- The problem was caused by a piece of cards placed under the lid
- Even something as harmless as this can break a portable screen
For many MacBook owners, it’s a nightmare come true: You open the lid of your expensive laptop and turn it on, only to find the display is a mess, with black bars and sparkling colors wherever you see. The screen has been destroyed and it costs a lot to do it right.
Inchere, it is actually much easier to experience this than you would expect: Just a seemingly harmless act can cause hundreds of dollar damage.
It’s something Tiktok -User Classicheidi found out the hard way. In a video uploaded to the social media platform, Classicheidi explained that they had placed a piece of card on the keyboard in their MacBook Air and then closed the lid.
When they opened it again a while later, the screen was destroyed.
A costly mistake
This is an unfortunate incident, but there is a reason why it happened. It’s not because the screens from Apple’s laptops (or those from any other manufacturer, for that matter) are weak or poorly made. But even though they should definitely be treated with care, there is another problem with games.
That’s what Apple describes in a support document like the “tight tolerances” of its laptops. Apple’s MacBooks are made to be as thin as possible, which means that the gap between the keyboard and the display is very small when the lid is closed.
Anything placed in this hole – even something as modest as a piece of card – can be pushed up against the screen, with the resulting pressure leading to serious injury.
For that reason, Apple warns that “leaving any material on your display, keyboard or palm lil can interfere with the screen when closed and cause damage to your display.” If you have a camera cover, a palm wheat cover or a keyboard cover, Apple says you need to remove it before you close your laptop’s lid to avoid this kind of scenario – unfortunately this is something we’ve seen before.
If you want to avoid the kind of result that Classicheidi LED, it is important to make sure there is nothing between your portable keyboard and screen when you close it. If there is, you might open it to the “biggest jumping horror of the century” in the words of Classicheidi.
