Repairing MacBook Pro Retina Anti Reflective Screen

Thousands of MacBook and MacBook Pro Retina screens have had problems caused by the screens’ anti-glare coating. This blog post is about Repairing MacBook Pro Retina Anti Reflective Screen.  These screens can be repaired, and you can get it done by Apple now at no cost. Previously Apple had not acknowledged the problem even after receiving complaints about the screens. Since then, however, Apple has agreed to repair the defective screens even if your three-year Apple Care extended warranty has expired.

Some of the defective screens look like opaque patches of peeling skin from a sunburn while others look like cracked glass. Some aren’t this bad. Not all MacBooks have had the problem. Though for a company with such an enthusiastic cult of users, you might expect to find the issue acknowleded at www.apple.com/support . Though there were no references to it to be found there . Maybe Apple thought that an acknowledgement would retard overall sales of MacBooks.

Bad Press Resulted

Apple’s slow acknowledgement of this problem earned the nickname Staingate, to the degree that the website www.StainGate.org was formed. A Facebook public group has also been formed, and a Change.Org petition has been created. If you have complained to Apple in the past without satisfaction and they haven’t reached out to you since, re-contact them.

Apple’s Willingness To Repair Your Screen

Under their official MacBook and MacBook Pro “quality program,” Apple will now direct you to your local Apple Store’s Genius Bar for an appointment  for Repairing MacBook Pro Retina Anti Reflective Screen at no cost to you. Or they may send you to an Apple Authorized Reseller for Repairing MacBook Pro Retina Anti Reflective Screen also at no cost to you. And it doesn’t matter if your MacBook or MacBookPro went out of warranty.

You might recall that several years ago Apple had a similar display problem with titanium MacBook Pro laptops. When the clamshell was closed the keyboard came into contact with the screen, leaving marks in the shape of keys on the screen. That problem was resolved and no known instances have reoccurred. Let’s hope that turns out to be the case with this problem.

I hope this helps you or someone you know get your display repaired.