Apple has began a service program to particularly deal with an issue that homeowners of the M2 Mac mini could also be having. Based on Apple, “a really small proportion” of those Mac minis have a problem the place they are going to not energy on. Eligible units can have service achieved to repair the problem by Apple or an Apple Approved Service Supplier.
The affected Mac minis have been manufactured between June 16, 2024 and November 23, 2024. To see in case your Mac mini qualifies, Apple has an internet site the place you present your Mac mini’s serial quantity: test in case your Mac mini is certified for service.
Certified units could be introduced in for service at an Apple Retailer or an Apple Approved Service Supplier, although homeowners must convey the Mac mini into the store, since mail-in service shouldn’t be obtainable for desktop Macs. The service for this particular downside is free, however the buyer might should pay for any extra repairs which are essential to implement the repair.
The M2 Mac mini first hit the market in January 2023 and was changed by the M4 Mac mini in October 2024, so the affected fashions have been manufactured in direction of the tip of the M2 Mac mini’s cycle. Apple additionally supplied an M2 Professional Mac mini concurrently the usual M2; whereas Apple’s web site refers solely to the M2, it’s probably that this can be a common reference to the M2 chip sequence and that the M2 Professional mannequin can be concerned within the service program.