Apple has several variations of its warranty offerings. This week on Mac Power Users, David and I detail the differences between various AppleCare products and discuss their value to customers.
On More Power Users, we talk about our experiences pre-ordering Vision Pro headsets.
If you have a pre-existing medical condition, consult with a medical provider before using Apple Vision Pro. Using this device with certain medical conditions might aggravate symptoms or increase the risk of injury or discomfort.
If you are at risk for falls or seizures, or have a serious medical condition such as a heart condition, consult with a medical provider before using Apple Vision Pro.
Michael Potuck, writing at 9to5Mac:
Apple has published its Vision Pro repair/replacement costs for issues like cracked front glass as well as a full replacement due to other damage. Replacing the $3,500+ headset for “other damage” will run $2,399 without Apple’s extended warranty and the front glass alone is a $799 repair.
Apple has two options for now when requesting repair/replacement for Vision Pro – “Cracked cover glass” and “Other damage.”
I linked to the Guided Tour already, but it’s now on YouTube:
There is also a very cool video on building a Vision Pro headset:
These join the introduction video from back at WWDC 2023:
Well, I’ve given Apple a pile of cash for an Apple Vision Pro.
I did it all through the iOS Apple Store app, and things went pretty smoothly, except for my payment being rejected twice due to my in-store pickup window time suddenly being unavailable. I had to back out of the Apple Pay screen, select a new time, then restart the payment process.
I would have liked that part to have been a little less stressful.
Vision Pro pre-orders are just a few days away, and the guys have very different plans to get their hands on the product. In the meantime, Federico is getting weird, Myke is getting worked up and Stephen is busy helping his fellow content creators.
Phil Schiller is on Threads and is very good at it. Also: feelings on keyboards and Vision Pro pre-orders.
Federico has really done it this time.
In response to the Supreme Court declining to hear its case with Epic, Apple has opened up the U.S. App Store to third-party payment options, as it has in select situations around the world in response to regulation in various markets.
Like in other places around the world, Apple has pretty tight restrictions on how links to external payment systems can look, and what a user will encounter on their way out to the web. That includes this screen, which is really something:
This update addresses an issue where MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010) computers may intermittently freeze or stop displaying video.
For detailed information about this update, please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088.
Here is a bit more from TS4088, via the Wayback Machine:
Apple has determined that a small number of MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) computers may intermittently freeze or stop displaying video on the built-in display or on an external display connected to the MacBook Pro. In this situation, you may also see a restart warning message before the video is lost or the display turns black or gray. Affected computers were manufactured between April 2010 and February 2011.
MarsEdit 5 is a major upgrade to the preeminent Mac app for editing WordPress, Micro.blog, Tumblr, and many other types of blogs.
The new Microposting feature makes it “as easy to post to your own blog as it is to post to Twitter.” When MarsEdit 5 is running on your Mac, just press a configurable global keyboard shortcut, write out your latest thoughts, and instantly publish to your blog.
MarsEdit supports editing posts in rich or plain text, and the latest update is especially great for Markdown fans. Now when you’re writing Markdown in plain text mode, MarsEdit applies live, beautiful syntax highlighting to make it easier to focus separately on the content and style of your posts.
It’s nice to see these details start to come into focus.
This week on a blockbuster episode of the podcast:
The guys review and grade their 2023 Annual Picks, then move on to make predictions for 2024.
On the longer and ad-free version of the show, we had a little competition to find the best products announced at CES.