Buying a replacement charger for MacBook Air

[Andrew]

Hi

My friend is trying to find a official new charger for his Mac Book Air 13" Core i5 1.6ghz 5th gen laptop.

The one apple is selling is £110 on their website!

Can you find an official one on Amazon or elsewhere that is cheaper? if possible please.  As we are struggling to find the right one.  I haven't seen the charger myself so he has had to describe what it looks like to me.

Thank you for any help you can give.

[Condor]

You will need to be more specific as there are different iterations of the MacBook air which have different chargers.

The specifics will be in the 'about this mac' menu.

[Andrew]

You will need to be more specific as there are different iterations of the MacBook air which have different chargers.

The specifics will be in the 'about this mac' menu.

OK sorry I didn't know that as I very rarely use an apple product.

I will look for a youtube video for my friend to look at to see how to do that as they haven't got a lot of computer skills and then post the information as soon as I can.  Within the next few days if possible.

Thank you for your help so far.

[Andrew]

You will need to be more specific as there are different iterations of the MacBook air which have different chargers.

The specifics will be in the 'about this mac' menu.

Would you be able to give me the instructions I could forward on to my friend to do this? please, as normally with my pc in windows I learn how to do what is needed and then tell my friend, but as this is imac and I don't have an imac and don't use one regularly it is very difficult for me to help him.

[Condor]

[Andrew]

That's great I have told my friend to watch the video and then send me a couple of screenshots of the windows so I can give you more info.

[Andrew]

Here you go:



and more:

[Condor]

Can't see anything, I assume the images aren't direct links to a jpeg?

[keasy]

Andrew, TBH M8, we're all just as savvy as you, and no more. Half the responses you will get from us are JFGFI responses and the other half are ....probably JFGI responses, unless on a very rare occasion there's actual knowledge.


JFGI mate, the internet is your oyster.

[Andrew]

Can't see anything, I assume the images aren't direct links to a jpeg?

I can see it on my screen but here they are in plain text:

http://www.andrewdavidjackson.com/images/photo-1-edited.jpg

http://www.andrewdavidjackson.com/images/photo-2-edited.jpg

[Condor]

https://amzn.eu/d/2wtiOO8

Easy peasy, all you had to do was Google search for MacBook Air early 2013 charger and this was the first result. I've referenced the output against the official specs and they are the same.

[Andrew]

https://amzn.eu/d/2wtiOO8

Easy peasy, all you had to do was Google search for MacBook Air early 2013 charger and this was the first result. I've referenced the output against the official specs and they are the same.

Hi

That's brilliant thank you. :-)

Thank you for all your help.

[Wooster]

You should maybe register for a CompTIA course and get yourself on the road to a career in this line of work.

A surprising amount of it involves Googling stuff and finding out the exact requirements for the hardware you'll be working on.

i.e. I have a job on next week to upgrade two servers to a dual CPU configuration for a national utility company, but CPU's and Heatsinks are all pretty much the same (CPU on socket/Heatsink on top), but since I haven't worked on this particular model before, I'll look up the manual online to familiarise myself with the exact procedure.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiXy5f7t7X5AhXLiFwKHVP3DfQQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmanuals.ts.fujitsu.com%2Fisc_illustrated_spares%2Fcontent%2FRX2530_M5%2Fpdf%2Frx2530m5-umm-en.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3vE2eUhScWHBeCbmk5UYcF

There's a bit of stuff for the remote team to do beforehand and there might be some hanging around involved, but it's £360 for something that's relatively straight forward and will take an afternoon.

[Condor]

Aimed at me?

Don't tempt me, I'm having a nightmare at the current place of late.

[Wooster]

At Andrew

(You couldn't rely on supporting a family and a mortgage doing what I do.)

[Condor]

I'd just do what everybody else does and supplement it with an OnlyFans selling bottled farts and bathwater to weirdos.

[Andrew]

You should maybe register for a CompTIA course and get yourself on the road to a career in this line of work.

A surprising amount of it involves Googling stuff and finding out the exact requirements for the hardware you'll be working on.

i.e. I have a job on next week to upgrade two servers to a dual CPU configuration for a national utility company, but CPU's and Heatsinks are all pretty much the same (CPU on socket/Heatsink on top), but since I haven't worked on this particular model before, I'll look up the manual online to familiarise myself with the exact procedure.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiXy5f7t7X5AhXLiFwKHVP3DfQQFnoECCIQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmanuals.ts.fujitsu.com%2Fisc_illustrated_spares%2Fcontent%2FRX2530_M5%2Fpdf%2Frx2530m5-umm-en.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3vE2eUhScWHBeCbmk5UYcF

There's a bit of stuff for the remote team to do beforehand and there might be some hanging around involved, but it's £360 for something that's relatively straight forward and will take an afternoon.

Thank you.

That's interesting.