Apple Says MacBook Air With Retina Display Can Have Anti-Reflective Coating Issues

Hands-on with the 2022 MacBook Air with Engadget

The anti-reflective screen coating effect, which has plagued some MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops for a few years, tin also announced on the MacBook Air with Retina Display. Apple has now included the MacBook Air with Retina Display in its memo that was shared with Apple Authorized Service Providers.

According to a memo that Apple tree shared with authorized service providers was obtained past MacRumors. It mentions that even MacBook Air can have an issue with the anti-reflective blanket on the laptop'south screen. Before, the iPhone maker had just mentioned the 12-inch MacBook (now discontinued) and the MacBook Pro Retina to testify this screen coating degradation.

The new version of Apple'southward internal service documentation mentions the MacBook Air with Retina Display, which was released in 2022, in at to the lowest degree 2 split up instances. Apple has a free replacement program in place for laptops that evidence problems with the screen'due south anti-reflective coating. However, the MacBook Air with a retina screen isn't mentioned in the eligibility list yet, simply that could modify shortly.

Hither are all the MacBook models that can have the screen anti-cogitating coating event and have been mentioned in the eligibility listing for free replacements:

MacBook (12-inch, Early 2022)
MacBook (12-inch, Early 2022)
MacBook (12-inch, Early 2022)
MacBook Pro (xiii-inch, Early 2022)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2022)
MacBook Pro (xiii-inch, 2022)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2022)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2022)
MacBook Pro (xv-inch, 2022)

This consequence first surfaced in 2022 when coating on some MacBook and MacBook Pro started wearing off, leaving unsightly marks on the protective glass panel. While Apple never accepted the presence of the problem officially, information technology decided to handle the matter internally by allowing free repairs to customers who face up the effect.

Customers started complaining of the outcome by mentioning it in Apple tree'due south official forums, Facebook Groups, and Reddit, and fifty-fifty signing an online petition. Moreover, a website called Staingate was set up up where users could share the images of their MacBooks.

Right at present, Apple's stores and repair centers take been shut downward due to the spread of COVID-19, and so users might not exist able to submit their MacBooks for repair.

[Source: MacRumors]