Category Archives: MacBooks

Why Local, Apple Repairs At MacMedics Still Beats Big-Box Mail-In Service!

MacMedics Locations in Severna Park & Lanham

If you’ve ever dropped a broken MacBook or iPhone off at a big-box electronics store, you may have run into a surprise: instead of fixing it on the spot, the associate boxes it up and ships it out. Days — sometimes weeks — later, it comes back. The Big-Box Repair Model Is Changing That’s not […]

MacMedics is hriring new team members: Apple Mac & iPhone Technician!

Title: Apple Mac & iPhone Technician – Apple Authorized Service Provider (Severna Park, MD) Company: MacMedics – Apple Authorized Service Provider, Apple Business Partner, Apple Technical Partner Love Apple gear but hate mall hours? If you’re a current or former Apple Store employee with serious Mac chops and you’re ready to take your Apple support […]

Never let someone tell you that your data is gone for good w/o a second opinion!

Flashback to 2014! Never let someone tell you that your data is gone. We see situations like this on a regular basis! Also, there is a big difference between data rescue and data recovery! It’s like going to the Emergency Room for a $1000 Band-Air when you could have just gone to your doctor or […]

MacMedics boasts 5-star reviews so overwhelmingly positive, they almost seem too good to be true!

“After months of around-the-clock programming, I accidentally dropped and broke my MacBook Pro. The Apple Store said I needed data recovery, and they recommended Dana – the only technician on the East Coast who could get the job done. Dana’s exceptional skills and compassionate approach made him stand out not just as a skilled technician, […]

After using my 2TB Samsung SSD Time Machine drive for the past two years…

After using my 2TB Samsung SSD Time Machine drive for the past two years, I’ve decided to upgrade to a new 4TB model that offers additional durability features like waterproofing and shock resistance. While I’ll continue using the older drive every month or so, it’s important to regularly add new backup layers to ensure critical […]

I had a fantastic experience with Dana and his team during a very stressful time when my MacBook died suddenly.

We are deeply grateful to our customer, Missy, for leaving our crew a wonderful review. With modern Macs, the hard drive is now integrated into the logic board, so if the unit fails to respond, we cannot retrieve your data. Fortunately, the recovery process was not overly complicated, and our skilled micro-soldering partners were able […]

Don’t give up the ship on data recovery, or in this case the airplane!

Don’t give up the ship on data recovery, or in this case the airplane! Our customer, a professional pilot, was facing a bleak situation with his dead 2020 Intel-based MacBook Air. Fortunately, we were able to recover all of his data, despite the seemingly hopeless outlook. Before you send your device off to an expensive […]

Beware of coffee and dust in your MacBook Pro!

This customer has visited MacMedics twice due to severe coffee spills, and in both cases, they did not have a backup system in place. If they had opted for a Time Machine backup, we could have easily recovered their data instead of attempting to salvage data from their damaged MacBook Pro 15″. At MacMedics, we […]

This customer said he was playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Puerto Rico!

This customer from Puerto Rico told me he was playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with his MacBook Pro. Just another great case study for Time Machine! One minute, you’re walking down the street the next minute, you’re submerged in a sewer!

Apple released macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 today, backup your data before you install!

Apple released macOS Sequoia and iOS 18 today. I get to see people lose their data every day, so while these updates are exciting, everyone will be anxious to install them. Please don’t install them without a backup. If you need help backing up your Mac with Time Machine, stop by the shop with a […]