{"id":7625,"date":"2012-08-03T17:20:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T01:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=7625"},"modified":"2012-11-24T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T18:05:40","slug":"best-way-to-fix-the-weak-magsafe-2-power-adapter-old-adaptor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/best-way-to-fix-the-weak-magsafe-2-power-adapter-old-adaptor\/","title":{"rendered":"Best way to fix the weak MagSafe 2 power adapter on the new Mac, get an old adapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7626\" title=\"magsafe adaptor\" src=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor-115x115.jpg 115w, https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/magsafe-adaptor.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When I started messing around with a new MacBook Pro I was pretty impressed with it.\u00a0 Light, fast and a much better user experience then some of my less powerful predecessors.\u00a0 However there was one thing that bugged me. The power connector kept coming off. Now I&#8217;m pretty rough on my machines so I figured I just got a weak magnate or something. I then head to the Apple store and they are ALL like that.\u00a0 Worse, the chord comes out from the side instead of the nice parallel connecter I had my older mac.\u00a0\u00a0 So every time I move something on the desk I always seem to lightly brush the chord and its disconnected again.\u00a0 Grrr..\u00a0\u00a0 So I did a bit a research and found the solution.\u00a0 Get a <a href=\"http:\/\/store.apple.com\/us\/product\/MD504ZM\/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&amp;s=topSellers\">MagSafe <\/a>adapter for $10 .<\/p>\n<p>Yes this is not exactly a great solution, does not look pretty and pretty hacky give then is a Mac, the antithesis of hacking something together.\u00a0 But it works.\u00a0 I would bet that Apple will get the message and fix this at some point, but till then, time to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MacGyver\">MacGyver<\/a> this bad boy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Now thieves are use Amps to steal your car. 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