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Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Will Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros

• https://motherboard.vice.com by Jason Koebler

Update: iFixit testing has found that Apple's software locks are not yet operative. "This service document certainly paints a grim picture, but ever the optimists, we headed down to our friendly local Apple Store and bought a brand new 2018 13" MacBook Pro Touch Bar unit. Then we disassembled it and traded displays with our teardown unit from this summer. To our surprise, the displays and MacBooks functioned normally in every combination we tried. We also updated to Mojave and swapped logic boards with the same results.

That's a promising sign, and it means the sky isn't quite falling—yet."

iFixit concludes that Apple has a "kill switch" in the new MacBook Pros. The service bulletin Apple sent to AASPs is genuine, but is not yet operational.


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