This article will show you how To Wrap MacBook Power Cords. Even though it sounds simple, if you don’t wrap the power cord of your MacBook the right way around the Power Connector, you can damage it. If you break the one that came with your expensive laptop, you will have to pay Apple another $60 to $80 just to power and charge it. All MacBooks have the same kind of power brick, but the wattage is different.
The brick is white and has two hooks that flip out that can be used to wrap the wire and get it ready to put in your computer bag. Make a loop in the wire right where it is attached to the brick to get started. Then start wrapping the wire around the two hooks. When it’s fully wrapped around the hooks, secure it with the cable attachment that grabs the cable and keeps it in place while it’s in your bag. If you want to know more information about this Visit Official Apple Support site.
How To Wrap MacBook Power Cords
- Fold out the two collapsible clips on the upper corners of your charger. Look closely between the corners on either side of the spot where your MacBook charger meets the cord. You should see a pair of small clips, or wings. Use your fingernail to open these so that they stand out at a 90-degree angle from the body of the charger.
- When you’re using the charger, fold these two clips back down so that they don’t snap off.
- Loop the thick cord around the charger from top to bottom. Find the spot where the small cord plugs into the charger. Think of this as the “top” of the MacBook charger. Take your large MacBook cord (the one that plugs into the wall) and plug one end of the large cord into the base of your charger. Route the cable on one side of the spot where the small cord meets the charger. Then wrap the cord around the charger from top to bottom.
- Until you’ve finished the wrapping process, just hold the wrapped large cord in place with one hand.
- Wrap the small cord around the two collapsible clips. Take the loose end of the smaller MacBook cord and wrap it loosely around the clips that you unfolded earlier. Continue wrapping until you’ve looped the entire cord. Make sure that the cord is looped tight enough to stay wrapped around the clips but loose enough that there aren’t any spots where the cord is under strain.
- Make sure to also wrap the small cord around the already-looped thick cord. The small cord holds the larger one in place.
- Make sure there is slack in the cord where it meets the charger. The cord meets the charger in the center of the charger’s top. There’s rubber casing around the cord to prevent it from being damaged in this location. When you wrap up your charger, make sure that the cord is slightly slack here to prevent strain.
- If there’s tension on the cord in this location, the cord could split or pull away from the charger.
- Clip the loose end of the small cord onto one of the cord’s loops. If you look closely along the length of your small cable, you’ll see a small clip that’s about 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) long. Clip this onto one of the loops of cord that’s wrapped around the two collapsible clips. This will hold the cord in place and prevent the whole thing from unraveling.
- At this point, your MacBook charger is completely wrapped up and ready to be stored
Why is our Mac charger wire exposed?
Sometimes the problem is with the cord itself, but most of the time it’s because the chargers haven’t been taken care of properly. Most of us are careful when we put our MacBook in a bag or case, but the same can’t be said about the charger. We just wrap up the wire and put it in our bag without thinking about it.
The problem is that if you wrap the cable too tightly or put it in a place where it will rub against a hard edge, the rubber sheath will wear down over time. This could cause the cable to break.