{"id":18146,"date":"2017-06-12T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=18146"},"modified":"2017-06-12T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T20:47:09","slug":"applecare-comes-to-the-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/applecare-comes-to-the-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"AppleCare+ Comes to the Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/2017\/06\/mac-minutiae-how-to-tell-all-the-new-imacs-and-macbooks-from-the-old-ones\/\">Andrew Cunningham<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/2017\/06\/mac-minutiae-how-to-tell-all-the-new-imacs-and-macbooks-from-the-old-ones\/\">\n<p>For the last few years, the &ldquo;AppleCare&rdquo; plans that have protected the Mac have differed from the &ldquo;AppleCare+&rdquo; plans for iPhones and iPads in a couple of ways. Standard AppleCare boosted Mac warranties from one to three years, while AppleCare+ only extended warranties from one to two years but also included up to two flat-rate repairs for accidental damage (the price varies by device and by damage type, but typically doesn&rsquo;t exceed $99). AppleCare could also be purchased and added to your Mac as long as it was within its one-year standard warranty period, while AppleCare+ could only be purchased within the first 60 days of ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there&rsquo;s also a version of AppleCare+&nbsp;for the Mac that brings both good and bad changes. On the good side, you still get three years of coverage, and you now get accidental damage coverage, too (a $99 flat fee covers &ldquo;screen or external enclosure damage,&rdquo; while $299 takes care of &ldquo;other damage&rdquo;). On the bad side, you now have to decide if you want the extra coverage within 60 days of your purchase.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Cunningham: For the last few years, the &ldquo;AppleCare&rdquo; plans that have protected the Mac have differed from the &ldquo;AppleCare+&rdquo; plans for iPhones and iPads in a couple of ways. Standard AppleCare boosted Mac warranties from one to three years, while AppleCare+ only extended warranties from one to two years but also included up to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[416,30],"class_list":["post-18146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-applecare","tag-mac"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18147,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18146\/revisions\/18147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}