Apple’s Butterfly keyboard repair program winds down soon

Apple’s Butterfly keyboard repair program winds down soon

The last two models of 13-inch MacBook Pro with the infamous “butterfly” style keyboard, both from 2019, are still eligible for a free repair for most of 2024 — but you need to hurry.

Close-up view of a black and silver MacBook keyboard with focus on the QWERTY keys.

Starting with the 12-inch MacBook that came out in March of 2015, and continuing through the 2019 models of 13-inch MacBook Pro, Apple was using a controversial very low-travel keyboard switch mechanism of its own design. While the vast majority of owners had no issues with the “butterfly” keyboards, a free repair program was eventually set up for those who did.

The repair program eventually covered a wide variety of Apple’s notebook models for up to four years after sale. The oldest were the short-lived MacBook models of 2015 to 2017.

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