<story><title>Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/08/apple-expands-self-service-repair-to-mac-notebooks/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>verisimilitude</author><text>Caveat: repair now available for Mac Notebooks &amp;quot;with the M1 family of chips&amp;quot; - this is reasonable, I think. However, I do feel badly because I have a 2017 with a noisy fan that needs to be replaced, but I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ll ever be able to get the precisely OEM Apple-blessed one. This is important to me because of the non-annoying whoosh sound that the varied blade spacing of the OEM fans normally provide. My options are (1) used or (2) rando cross-your-fingers &amp;#x27;brand&amp;#x27; fan. I guess I could just try a variety of those no-names and use the least annoying one.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bluedino</author><text>My 2017 had a clicking&amp;#x2F;buzzing fan when it was about 2 years old. I bought a used fan from a seller on eBay (I think it was a $12 part), took the laptop apart (involved some very tiny screws) and replaced it and it&amp;#x27;s been fine ever since. There&amp;#x27;s even videos on YouTube you can follow along with.&lt;p&gt;Nowhere near as simple as repairs on the old non-Retina, unibody machines but easier than an iPad.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple expands Self Service Repair to Mac notebooks</title><url>https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/08/apple-expands-self-service-repair-to-mac-notebooks/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>verisimilitude</author><text>Caveat: repair now available for Mac Notebooks &amp;quot;with the M1 family of chips&amp;quot; - this is reasonable, I think. However, I do feel badly because I have a 2017 with a noisy fan that needs to be replaced, but I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ll ever be able to get the precisely OEM Apple-blessed one. This is important to me because of the non-annoying whoosh sound that the varied blade spacing of the OEM fans normally provide. My options are (1) used or (2) rando cross-your-fingers &amp;#x27;brand&amp;#x27; fan. I guess I could just try a variety of those no-names and use the least annoying one.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>scarface74</author><text>3) take it in to Apple for repair.</text></comment>