A friend stopped by yesterday mourning the loss of his MacBook Pro power adapter. Since he had already ordered a new one from Apple, I asked if we could try to resuscitate the “broken” one. It turned out to be a simple fix:
- Chisel along the seam of the power adapter; this may be he hardest part – mainly because it seems so unreasonably hard to get the blasted thing open. Keep on chiseling, it will give with time.
- Snip the old wires and solder on the new ones.
Did I really need to make this list? Bottom line: if your macbook adapter broke because you bent the cord to death, just pop it open and resolder.
Hi, I have fixed the big part of the adapter on many occasions. I have recently broken the other end of the adapter and find that my kids and I fight over the usage of it. I’m open to suggestions here on how to fix it. Is it a matter of soldering it too once I open it?
What do you mean arguing “over the usage of it”? And do you mean you broke the end with the green/orange dot? Truth is, I’ve never worked with that end, but I do know that the skinny white cable is just coaxial. If it breaks, you can always cut out the broken part and splice it together, I bet.