Apple has began a service program to particularly tackle an issue that homeowners of the M2 Mac mini could also be having. In line with Apple, “a really small share” of those Mac minis have a problem the place they are going to now not energy on. Eligible units can have service carried out to repair the difficulty 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 a web site the place you present your Mac mini’s serial quantity: examine in case your Mac mini is certified for service.
Certified units might be introduced in for service at an Apple Retailer or an Apple Approved Service Supplier, although homeowners should deliver the Mac mini into the store, since mail-in service isn’t accessible for desktop Macs. The service for this particular drawback 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 the direction of the tip of the M2 Mac mini’s cycle. Apple additionally provided an M2 Professional Mac mini similtaneously the usual M2; whereas Apple’s web site refers solely to the M2, it’s probably that it is a basic reference to the M2 chip sequence and that the M2 Professional mannequin can also be concerned within the service program.