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Apple Warns Customers Not To Close Its Laptops With A Camera Cover Attached:
Though it might strike some people as obvious advice, Apple has published a support page that warns MacBook owners not to close their laptop with a camera cover in place. Damage like a cracked display could result, according to the company, because "the clearance between the display and keyboard is designed to very tight tolerances." MacRumors spotted the advisory, which Apple posted on July 2nd.
Those little plastic camera covers with a sliding mechanism are super common nowadays. Heck, I remember getting one as a holiday gift from The Verge's parent company, Vox Media. But they could spell disaster for your laptop screen if you shut the laptop with the cover still on, and Apple's laptop repairs are extremely costly. Even with AppleCare+ accidental coverage, the deductible isn't cheap.
Instead of using a cover, Apple says that customers can trust the green LED beside the camera on a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air that illuminates whenever the camera is active.
Apple does acknowledge that some people have no choice in the matter and might be required to use a camera cover by their employer. In those cases, the company says the cover should always be removed before closing the laptop.
Not just apple laptops but all of them. Have any of my fellow Soylentils besides myself suffered damage to your laptop due to this?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by istartedi on Sunday July 12 2020, @06:00PM (5 children)
Make the cover thick enough so that you can't close the laptop. That will jog your memory and make you remove it. I'm not sure where the camera is placed on these machines, but if it might also be possible to have the camera-cover mounted on the outside with a hinge that would allow you to flip it down to use. Of course that would make your super-expensive Apple machine look kludged and dorky, but you get what you (over) pay for.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 12 2020, @06:18PM (4 children)
How 'bout just draping a dirty sock (or whatever bit of laundry is lying close by) over the camera? Would that be "kludged and dorky"? ;^)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2020, @06:23PM (3 children)
Not everyone has a plethora of dirty socks just lying about, as it seems Runaway1956 does.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday July 12 2020, @06:27PM (1 child)
I'm sorry for the insensitivity. I realize that those of you who live in Mama's basement can't afford to buy a lot of socks. A matching pair of socks might be your prized possession. I apologize, profusely.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday July 13 2020, @07:07AM
Dobby has clothes....
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Sunday July 12 2020, @06:35PM
A clean sock would do, too. Maybe one of the ones whose mate vanished in the dryer.