![]() And it looks pretty much the same as when Apple released the design in 2012. The 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display is new (again). In Chief (twitter: 2016: read and watch our review of the late 2016 13" MacBook Pro that replaces this model. What's Not: If you want a touch screen, you won't find it in Mac land. What's Hot: Faster CPU and graphics than the Ultrabook competition, same lovely Retina display, excellent Force Touch trackpad. All mentioned flex cables and all trackpad assemblies tested again and all units work.Home > Laptop Reviews > 2015 13" Retina MacBook Proġ3" MacBook Pro with Retina Display (early 2015) Editor's rating (1-5): P.S.: In the end, there was no hardware damage at all, although expected otherwise. This Horror Story did cost me almost two full days. Machine fully working again and running on macOS Monterey. Externals yes, but no internals.Ĭreated a bootable USB drive with a Big Sur Installer, using Install Disk Creator, booted from it and surprisingly Disk Utility in that version/package showed the internal drive and allowed me to format it APFS. The problem: Apple’s Disk Utility did not show the internal drive. The odyssey however continued for brief moment: Booted in Recovery Mode (CMD-R), which came up via Internet with an ancient El Capitan (10.11) Installer. (I can't say whether the Ubuntu had rebooted meanwhile, as the system was set to Auto-Login). hallelujah! Tactile Engine was suddenly back. Left the machine alone for about an hour but saw when I left, that Ubuntu had began downloading updates, drivers etc. Still: Trackpad working but no haptic feedback. Booted from it, wiped the SSD using Ubuntu’s Disk Utility and installed Ubuntu on the SSD. So I created a bootable USB drive using Etcher and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS amd64. My friend and partner in crime asked an interesting question this morning: How does the Trackpad behave under Windows or Linux? (Being an Intel machine it can boot either natively). still: Trackpad fully functional except for haptic feedback. Changed the Trackpad settings back and forth, rebooted, SMC & NVRAM reset, basically tried the whole sh*t again. So the Trackpad Prefs Pane is fully functional again, yet the Tactile Engine still provides no feedback. ![]() Would be good if some board level expert could explain the reason why with a comment below. ![]() It’s absolutely crazy: I've learned here that the Trackpad preferences don't show up properly (and instead present the image of the Apple’s Magic (Bluetooth) Trackpad, as seen in the now striked screenshot above), if the battery is not present. ***) Update 1: Trackpad now shown again in System Settings > Trackpad. Or it’s an active on-board component which is in charge of the tactile engine and passed away. The only thing I could imagine is either a hiccup in the board’s EFI or that the tension on the trackpad’s flex cable due to the bloated battery has lifted the FPC connector on the board (though nothing’s visible under a magnifier). bloated battery might lead to broken flex cable, but I've replaced that already twice and even tried replacing the trackpad as such, as you can read above).
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