I noticed several months ago that my nightly clone job to an external drive had gone from taking a few hours to update the clone each night to sometimes not finishing until 12 or 14 hours had elapsed, and without adding much additional data. In the last four months, my external hard drives, flash drives, power cables, and drive docks have all had intermittent connections on all four ports. If Apple won't replace it, how easy is it to lobby them to launch a replacement programme like they did with the keyboard issue?.Have the 2016 logic board replacements been updated with the new 'clicky' USB-C ports, so if the logic board is replaced the USB-C ports would be updated?.Since Apple have updated this on the 2017 machine (apparently), is there any chance that I could argue for a repair or replacement if I can demonstrate a difference.Do you have this problem? Which model do you have?.I have seen many other users with this problem, and my friend's 2016 MBP ports are exactly the same (so not an individual issue with my machine). This is a really frustrating issue, as I'll find my computer not charging, or hard drives will unsafely disconnect.Īpparently Apple have updated the USB-C ports on the 2017 MBP, so the USB-C cable holds in much better, or 'clicks' in. No cables 'click' into place, like they do on other devices (including the actual power brick, which never comes undone).

All four of the USB-C ports on my MacBook Pro 2016 are loose.

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