{"id":324769,"date":"2019-06-21T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=324769"},"modified":"2019-06-21T11:07:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:07:04","slug":"apple-issues-recall-for-some-macbook-units-as-the-batteries-pose-a-fire-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/324769\/apple-issues-recall-for-some-macbook-units-as-the-batteries-pose-a-fire-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple issues recall for some MacBook units as the batteries pose a fire risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2019\/06\/important-notice-for-batteries-in-certain-macbook-pro-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">issued<\/a> <\/strong>a recall for certain 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops after it determined that the battery may overheat and pose a fire safety risk.<\/p>\n<p>Affected units were sold primarily between September 2015 and February 2017 and product eligibility is determined by the product serial number, the company said.<\/p>\n<p>The recall does not affect any other 15-inch MacBook Pro units or other Mac notebooks, it said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because customer safety is a top priority, Apple is asking customers to stop using affected 15-inch MacBook Pro units. Customers can visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> <\/strong>for details on product eligibility and how to have a battery replaced, free of charge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to check if you are impacted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple said that customers can check if they are affected by the recall by following the below steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selecting the <em>&#8216;About This Mac&#8217;<\/em> option from the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your screen.<\/li>\n<li>Upon doing so, you can confirm whether your model is <em>&#8216;MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)<\/em>&#8216;.<\/li>\n<li>If you have that model, you can enter your computer&#8217;s serial number <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/15-inch-macbook-pro-battery-recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> <\/strong>to see if it is eligible for this program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Affected users will then be able to select a number of return options with\u00a0service expected to take between 1-2 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/apple-macbook-pro-recall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired<\/a><\/strong>, the recall is not an isolated incident when it comes to modern versions of Apple\u2019s premium laptops.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s laptops have been the subject of no fewer than five repair notices, including this latest recall, in the past year alone.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/321485\/huawei-vs-apple-vs-samsung-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huawei vs Apple vs Samsung in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has issued a recall for certain 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops after it determined that the battery may overheat and pose a fire safety risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":192396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[51,26],"class_list":["post-324769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324769"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324781,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324769\/revisions\/324781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}