On my ancient MacBook Pro (2016, 15") the backlight of the internal display failed overnight. The MacBook still works with a external display. What surprises me is that I briefly had an illuminated battery loading indicator on the internal display when I plugged in the charging cable (though not reproducible). Could this still be a faulty flex cable? Or something else? #apple #mac #hardware #failure
OK, sounds suspiciously like the #flexgate problem. It's not funny that only the 13-inchers are part of the Backlight Service Program: https://www.heise.de/news/Flexgate-MacBook-Pro-wird-laenger-von-Apple-repariert-5027990.html
"Flexgate": MacBook Pro wird länger von Apple repariert

Apple hat das Serviceprogramm für die Display-Hintergrundbeleuchtung verlängert – aber nicht ausgeweitet. Auch Nutzer anderer Modellreihen klagen über Probleme.

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