How to Keep MacBook Cables from Breaking is a post by Craig Lloyd from Gotta Be Mobile.
Is your MacBook cable on your charge breaking? You’re certainly not alone (and we have a fix), but we have a few tips that will help you avoid a broken MacBook charger cable in the future.
We’ve all experienced a broken charging cable. They get worn out after a while and the cable starts to tear open at either end of the base of the connector. The cable might still work (sometimes not), but exposed internal wires are considered a safety hazard to begin with, and unless you want to wrap it up with electrical tape, you’ll simply have to throw it out and get a new MacBook charger, which can be costly.
However, MacBook chargers and the attached cable can last practically forever if you want them to. All it takes is a bit of care and general maintenance on your part and you’ll never have to replac a MacBook charger ever again (unless, of course, Apple ever changes the connector standards like they did going from MagSafe to MagSafe 2).
There are multiple ways that you can preserve your MacBook cable. There are simple methods such as wrapping it carefully every time you’re done with them, and even ways to reinforce the cable with various materials so that they won’t break in the first place. Here are some tips that may prove useful to you if you’re sick of your MacBook cables constantly breaking.
Wrap MacBook Cables Correctly
Most incidents involving MacBook cables breaking are because the user doesn’t properly take care of the cable in the first place, and it usually has to do with how they wrap the cable.
More likely than not, you probably wind the cable harshly around the power brick and then toss it into your bag. It turns out that wrapping your MacBook cable like that can cause a lot of kinks in the cable, which can slowly degrade the wires on the inside. Technically, the way charging cables come wrapped in packaging before you even open it up isn’t the best way to wrap cables, so don’t do it like the manufacturers.
Ideally, the best way to wrap a MacBook cable for storage is to loop it around several times and have it create a circle when it’s all done. This is called “coil wrapping” and it’s the best possible way to wrap a cable, as it won’t create kinks or sharp bends in the cable. The above video does a great job of demonstrating the coil wrap with an iPhone cable.
Avoid Sharp Bends
This sort of goes along with the previous section, but it not only applies when wrapping your MacBook cables, but also when you’re just simply using them.
Avoid creating sharp bends in your MacBook cable whenever possible, because that’s how you can ruin the wires on the inside. It’s especially important not to create sharp bends near where the connector is. That area where the connector ends and the cable starts is extremely fragile, and with enough action, it can eventually kink and split open, exposing the wires within. Usually the cable won’t work after that, but even if it did work, it would be a huge safety hazard anyway.
So the next time you go to plug in your MacBook charger into the wall behind a couch or other piece of furniture, be aware that creating a sharp bend in the cable is never a good idea.
Reinforce MacBook Cables
If you don’t really want to be careful with your MacBook charger and continue to use it like you normally do, then at least you can reinforce the cable so that it’s less likely to break. There are a handful of DIY tricks you can use in order to reinforce your MacBook cable, and there are different materials you can choose from.
A popular option is using small springs from writing pens and wrapping them onto the ends of your cables. This prevents them from making sharp bends in the first place.
You can also use shrink tubing on the ends as well. You probably don’t have shrink tubing just lying around, so this probably isn’t the most convenient option, but you can choose from all sorts of colors to make your cables more festive. You can even double up with pen springs and shrink tubing for an even more reinforced cable.
How to Keep MacBook Cables from Breaking is a post by Craig Lloyd from Gotta Be Mobile.
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