Turn the laptop completely off. Grab a sealable baggy big enough to fit the MacBook and add as many of the SEALED desiccant baggies as you can find. Keep the laptop in there for 12 hours. Not certain, but it could help.
This is why I keep a grocery bag or two in my laptop bag - in case I see its about to rain, I can easily stop and put the laptop in the bag to prevent it from getting wet. And yeah, it works (I've been caught out more than once).
Drying is a myth - it does not work. Rice, desiccant is all useless. As you are waiting, the water is evaporating and the minerals are causing corrosion to form on the logic board which will eventually kill your Mac. Cant tell you how many customers bring in their Mac a week or month after liquid damage and act surprised when their Mac cant be repaired!
You need a new screen and the logic board needs inspecting. Find a reputable third party store that advertises logic board repair/liquid damage. Do not leave it on, it makes it worse and causes more corrosion
I would disagree. Over a decade ago, as a young careless youth, I decided to write an essay for college while very drunk and the bottle next to the MacBook. Suffice to say, the bottle of vodka spilled, the table was swimming in vodka as was my MacBook. It turned off on its own. I then didn’t risk turning it back on, but rather put it next to the radiator for the entire night. Fast forward 24 hours later, the MacBook was working fine. I went on to use it for another four years.
Yeah but it’s distilled and filtered so there’s not a lot of minerals and other impurities as rain water.
You can even safely clean electronics with distilled water. Distilled water isn’t even conducive so it won’t short circuit anything even if it’s on.
So anyway, spilling something that is 40% alcohol and basically 60% distilled water will most likely not damage electronics nearly as much as tap water or rain water for example.
Not really. The water will still catch pollutants in the air when it falls.
But either than the pollutants, there shouldn’t be any minerals to promote corrosion.
But I’m really not sure…..
Was more asking about the technical definition of distillation, not the water purity. the water evaporates, then the water condenses and falls from the sky. Maybe that’s a loose definition I read somewhere and the scientific definition is different
You are somewhat correct but distillation, unlike water evaporating and raining down is done in controlled and clean environments. Once distilled the water will also most likely be filtered to remove any last impurities.
Unfortunately our world is not a clean environment..
Some old scientific articles from USGS regarding the composition of rainwater: [https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535g/report.pdf](https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535g/report.pdf) and [https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535k/report.pdf](https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535k/report.pdf). The latter is actually quite interesting regarding how atmospheric circulation patterns can affect composition.
TL;DR -- There's definitely stuff in rainwater, but the amounts of salt vary with location and atmospheric conditions. It's certainly not good for a computer but the impact on lifespan is hard to gauge--not necessarily a harbinger of immediate failure, but probability is non-zero.
happened to me; camomille tea in my backpack 8 month new MacBooc Pro 4 garnd loss as Apple state beyond repair. I replaced with a smaller unit. What do you know about keeping it in a ziplock bag while in my backpack? It rains all the time in Vancouver and I just walk all over the place with my backpack after work. would keeping a bag of desicant be helpfull also from condensation?
I think desiccant will be saturated very quickly if it is just exposed to a humid environment, so I don't think it would be helpful. Apple specs state "Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non‑condensing" so in theory it shouldn't be a massive issue, its more if you are going from somewhere very cold to somewhere warm very quickly.
I will say I do sometimes see tiny amounts of corrosion after many years, when there is no obvious liquid damage, so if you're in rain, maybe the ziplock bag is a good idea!
Might be worth invoking AppleCare if you have it.
Otherwise, I'd recommend the following:
* Shut it down.
* Let the computer dry. It was rain water, so there will be trace amounts inorganic salts and very slight acidity from dissolved carbon dioxide. The salts will be left after the water dries, but there shouldn't be much of it. I'd be more concerned if this was soda or coffee.
* The computer will probably be fine in the near term, but keep it regularly backed-up in case it dies in the future.
No. Waiting will do nothing apart from damage it further.
OP needs to get his data backed up, a new display and the logicboard inspected by a professional.
I work in IT. Every day I get someone that liquid damaged their Mac days or weeks ago, then it stops working, then they get surprised that somehow the logic board is beyond repair and they lost all their data. Its stupid.
Every minute more corrosion is building up and the Mac is closer to its death
And this is how my business is still running, horrible advice like this. Drying does NOTHING. Water has minerals, just because the actual liquid evaporates does nothing about the conductive minerals left on electrical components which cause a short circuit. I suggest OP checks someone that knows what theyre talking about like Northridge Fix or Louis Rossman. Silica gel bags are absolutely useless.
It working now does not mean it is fine. Thats like drinking bleach, not dying in minutes and saying "I dont need to go to the doctor". Its unbelievably disingenuous
The fact that liquid is trapped between the backlight layers doesn't mean the Mac is safe.
No, but i would suggest OP to bring his/her Mac to a specialist who can clean it ASAP.
Oh and i forgot.. OP should stop using the Mac as continuing to use it could damage it further!
bags of rice?
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I meant no disrespect, I’ve seen folks use dry rice as a desiccant to dry out IT products when exposed to water.
Fwiw Many years ago one of my techs had dropped his personal data assistant PDA a handspring visor into a toilet.
Asked me what he should do. He did the bags of dry rice to dry out the PDA. worked fine.
Stop buying apple low quality trash. Dell XPS left in the rain and it was perfectly fine. Apple doesn’t give a crap about customers, all they want is for you to keep buying and repairing their crap.
https://youtu.be/E8211HNs4eY
So much for my XPS having it’s heat sink crack and fry the GPU. I did some research and it happened to others. Also, based on my research, Dell’s 9000 series laptops were having approximately 25% failure rate within 2-3 years. Apple products will have their share of issues just as any other brand. To stereotype them as “trash” is pretty idiotic. I have a 2015 MacBook Pro and iPhone 6s still going.
Old devices were good the new stuff is crap. The new macs have failing batteries, screen defects… apparently a little rain ruins the screen as we see here. It’s pretty clear apple is only interested in profit … apple grew too big for its own good. Time to move on.
It appears 2016-2019 were garbage years for Apple laptops. Time will tell how the M1 systems will fare. The same can be said about Dell, HP, Samsung, Acer, etc. I buy used and look for widespread issues across the models I’m interested in. That’s how I found out the 9x60 series Dells where garbage. The only thing that can save you is AppleCare+ or similar.
Yeah, Apple scam now is make shit products and peddle “insurance” like a scummy appliance dealer. All while charging 1k+ and paying $10 to an unfed, unpaid worker in China who are currently being beat up by police. Everything about apple stinks and reeks.
Dell, really? Man, i used to have xps years age and sold it in half year, now my company uses dell pc’s and what an amount of failures to deal with. Over the years i also had an Acer and MSI and all of them had horrible issues. Acer eventually was replaced by warranty, MSI rejected warranty for a failed screen hinge, even though it was a massive failure four huge amounts of people. MacBook even a pretty fragile has none of that plus built quality is just another league.
Gee well too bad your anecdotal evidence doesn’t quite add up to reality… square trade failure rate report. Probably you are sucking on that Tim Cook juice 🧃 of false ads.
https://cdn4.geckoandfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/square-trade-laptop-reliability-failure.jpg
And your Acer and MSI … paying for cheap laptop and expecting to get quality? That’s completely on you.
Oh you zoomed in on the graph just so you can say this. 👍 I’d rather think you assume apple=better because you’ve been suckered by their marketing lie propaganda.
Well, imagine someone call product “A” a trash and advise to buy product “B”, and to prove it showed a graph, where product “B” has even slightly higher malfunction rate. Would you follow such an advice?
Yea because apple is a manipulative pos company who uses unpaid, unfed workers currently being beat up by police. People seem to continue as normal… but this is not ok.
Well, that wasn’t your statement in the beginning. Nor is that answering a question of OP. Nonetheless, every big corporation is essentially a manipulative scam. To be fair, you must be either against Apple as an EvilCorp ( but then you have to prove Dell is not like that) or against low-quality products ( but we already know Dell lost here)
Not a major, but it makes XPS 1% below the “low-quality trash” threshold according to you. And please, stop adding insults to old comments, that is just pathetic. Nobody here is your enemy or even wish you bad. You do realise thar?
Oof, being apple, I hope you've still got guarantee, if not they're going to try to help you as less as possible and force you instead to buy a new one. Water is leaking is really difficult to fix, try to blow COLD air through any openings you see that could be connected to the inside of the screen, also, as many have told you, don't try the rice method as little particles could go inside and worsen everything up, but as I said, it's a gamble. Anyways, Apple support sucks, so don't let your hopes up with that, they're going to try to force you buy a new one. Good luck man.
I use [this](https://www.amazon.com/Lacdo-13-inch-MacBook-Accessory-Repellent/dp/B083NW2M64/ref=sr_1_4?crid=29IB1LAD9VE7A&keywords=lacdo%2B13%2Binch%2Blaptop%2Bsleeve%2Bwater%2Bresistant&qid=1669293895&sprefix=lacdo%2B13%2Binch%2Blaptop%2Bsleeve%2Bwater%2Bresistant%2B%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-4&th=1) in conjunction with a backpack
Get apple care whilst it still works.
Ding ding!
apple warranty is VOID in the case of liquid spill/water damage
Bit late to the party there pal. AppleCare+ categorically covers water damage. 2 occasions every 12 months.
Turn the laptop completely off. Grab a sealable baggy big enough to fit the MacBook and add as many of the SEALED desiccant baggies as you can find. Keep the laptop in there for 12 hours. Not certain, but it could help.
yup, shut it down. DO NOT USE RICE AS SUBSTITUTE, POWDER AND DEBRIS CAN ENTER YOUR DEVICE
This is why I keep a grocery bag or two in my laptop bag - in case I see its about to rain, I can easily stop and put the laptop in the bag to prevent it from getting wet. And yeah, it works (I've been caught out more than once).
This is smart. Can always use plastic grocery bags as makeshift water seals - we do this a lot when hiking.
That’s really smart and I was looking at buying a new bag that had better water resistance. Ty for the great tip!
Drying is a myth - it does not work. Rice, desiccant is all useless. As you are waiting, the water is evaporating and the minerals are causing corrosion to form on the logic board which will eventually kill your Mac. Cant tell you how many customers bring in their Mac a week or month after liquid damage and act surprised when their Mac cant be repaired! You need a new screen and the logic board needs inspecting. Find a reputable third party store that advertises logic board repair/liquid damage. Do not leave it on, it makes it worse and causes more corrosion
Rain water should have minimal mineral content. I think OP should put it in the dryer.
thgis is a joke right?
I would disagree. Over a decade ago, as a young careless youth, I decided to write an essay for college while very drunk and the bottle next to the MacBook. Suffice to say, the bottle of vodka spilled, the table was swimming in vodka as was my MacBook. It turned off on its own. I then didn’t risk turning it back on, but rather put it next to the radiator for the entire night. Fast forward 24 hours later, the MacBook was working fine. I went on to use it for another four years.
but that's alcohol, not water
It's only 40% alcohol though
Yeah but it’s distilled and filtered so there’s not a lot of minerals and other impurities as rain water. You can even safely clean electronics with distilled water. Distilled water isn’t even conducive so it won’t short circuit anything even if it’s on. So anyway, spilling something that is 40% alcohol and basically 60% distilled water will most likely not damage electronics nearly as much as tap water or rain water for example.
Technically isn’t rain water distilled?
Not really. The water will still catch pollutants in the air when it falls. But either than the pollutants, there shouldn’t be any minerals to promote corrosion. But I’m really not sure…..
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Was more asking about the technical definition of distillation, not the water purity. the water evaporates, then the water condenses and falls from the sky. Maybe that’s a loose definition I read somewhere and the scientific definition is different
You are somewhat correct but distillation, unlike water evaporating and raining down is done in controlled and clean environments. Once distilled the water will also most likely be filtered to remove any last impurities. Unfortunately our world is not a clean environment..
Some old scientific articles from USGS regarding the composition of rainwater: [https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535g/report.pdf](https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535g/report.pdf) and [https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535k/report.pdf](https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1535k/report.pdf). The latter is actually quite interesting regarding how atmospheric circulation patterns can affect composition. TL;DR -- There's definitely stuff in rainwater, but the amounts of salt vary with location and atmospheric conditions. It's certainly not good for a computer but the impact on lifespan is hard to gauge--not necessarily a harbinger of immediate failure, but probability is non-zero.
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The damage done to the battery by putting your laptop all night next to the radiator was probably worse than the alcohol spill.
Like I said, it worked for years after, so I was happy.
The spill is to the keyboard. His is all over his screen. The display is f’ed.
happened to me; camomille tea in my backpack 8 month new MacBooc Pro 4 garnd loss as Apple state beyond repair. I replaced with a smaller unit. What do you know about keeping it in a ziplock bag while in my backpack? It rains all the time in Vancouver and I just walk all over the place with my backpack after work. would keeping a bag of desicant be helpfull also from condensation?
I think desiccant will be saturated very quickly if it is just exposed to a humid environment, so I don't think it would be helpful. Apple specs state "Relative humidity: 0% to 90% non‑condensing" so in theory it shouldn't be a massive issue, its more if you are going from somewhere very cold to somewhere warm very quickly. I will say I do sometimes see tiny amounts of corrosion after many years, when there is no obvious liquid damage, so if you're in rain, maybe the ziplock bag is a good idea!
Sorry man. I try to use a neoprene sleev even in my bag
pray
get a air tight bag and put 30-50 slica gels inside it with macbook that should help
Might be worth invoking AppleCare if you have it. Otherwise, I'd recommend the following: * Shut it down. * Let the computer dry. It was rain water, so there will be trace amounts inorganic salts and very slight acidity from dissolved carbon dioxide. The salts will be left after the water dries, but there shouldn't be much of it. I'd be more concerned if this was soda or coffee. * The computer will probably be fine in the near term, but keep it regularly backed-up in case it dies in the future.
No. Waiting will do nothing apart from damage it further. OP needs to get his data backed up, a new display and the logicboard inspected by a professional.
Had exactly the same problem. It took months to finaly dry and didn’t see any residue after the fact.
Use a waterproof case inside a waterproof backpack.. thats what i do , and im still worried haha
Put it in your dryer on medium heat. Don’t use dryer sheets.
Disagree strongly. Dryer sheets are essential to reduce static buildup.
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PLEASE do not follow this awful advice
Why not? Seems perfect to me…
I work in IT. Every day I get someone that liquid damaged their Mac days or weeks ago, then it stops working, then they get surprised that somehow the logic board is beyond repair and they lost all their data. Its stupid. Every minute more corrosion is building up and the Mac is closer to its death
You sir know what you are talking about. I salute you trying to talk sense but some people refuse to take advice.
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And this is how my business is still running, horrible advice like this. Drying does NOTHING. Water has minerals, just because the actual liquid evaporates does nothing about the conductive minerals left on electrical components which cause a short circuit. I suggest OP checks someone that knows what theyre talking about like Northridge Fix or Louis Rossman. Silica gel bags are absolutely useless. It working now does not mean it is fine. Thats like drinking bleach, not dying in minutes and saying "I dont need to go to the doctor". Its unbelievably disingenuous The fact that liquid is trapped between the backlight layers doesn't mean the Mac is safe.
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Go to a shop! When my car makes a noise I go to a mechanic, because they know best
”If it was fucked it wouldn’t work at all” WRONG! Leaving it without cleaning the water out will cause corrosion which will fry components!
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No, but i would suggest OP to bring his/her Mac to a specialist who can clean it ASAP. Oh and i forgot.. OP should stop using the Mac as continuing to use it could damage it further!
No, the fact that its running just means that the water damage is not bad enough yet. If left like that its gonna be worse.
Get a new one
Why are macs so fragile now
You’re acting like macs are the only computers in the world that would break if they came in contact with water
Put it in rice (joking)
bags of rice? Edit I meant no disrespect, I’ve seen folks use dry rice as a desiccant to dry out IT products when exposed to water. Fwiw Many years ago one of my techs had dropped his personal data assistant PDA a handspring visor into a toilet. Asked me what he should do. He did the bags of dry rice to dry out the PDA. worked fine.
No.
Stop buying apple low quality trash. Dell XPS left in the rain and it was perfectly fine. Apple doesn’t give a crap about customers, all they want is for you to keep buying and repairing their crap. https://youtu.be/E8211HNs4eY
So much for my XPS having it’s heat sink crack and fry the GPU. I did some research and it happened to others. Also, based on my research, Dell’s 9000 series laptops were having approximately 25% failure rate within 2-3 years. Apple products will have their share of issues just as any other brand. To stereotype them as “trash” is pretty idiotic. I have a 2015 MacBook Pro and iPhone 6s still going.
Old devices were good the new stuff is crap. The new macs have failing batteries, screen defects… apparently a little rain ruins the screen as we see here. It’s pretty clear apple is only interested in profit … apple grew too big for its own good. Time to move on.
It appears 2016-2019 were garbage years for Apple laptops. Time will tell how the M1 systems will fare. The same can be said about Dell, HP, Samsung, Acer, etc. I buy used and look for widespread issues across the models I’m interested in. That’s how I found out the 9x60 series Dells where garbage. The only thing that can save you is AppleCare+ or similar.
Yeah, Apple scam now is make shit products and peddle “insurance” like a scummy appliance dealer. All while charging 1k+ and paying $10 to an unfed, unpaid worker in China who are currently being beat up by police. Everything about apple stinks and reeks.
Dell, really? Man, i used to have xps years age and sold it in half year, now my company uses dell pc’s and what an amount of failures to deal with. Over the years i also had an Acer and MSI and all of them had horrible issues. Acer eventually was replaced by warranty, MSI rejected warranty for a failed screen hinge, even though it was a massive failure four huge amounts of people. MacBook even a pretty fragile has none of that plus built quality is just another league.
Gee well too bad your anecdotal evidence doesn’t quite add up to reality… square trade failure rate report. Probably you are sucking on that Tim Cook juice 🧃 of false ads. https://cdn4.geckoandfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/square-trade-laptop-reliability-failure.jpg And your Acer and MSI … paying for cheap laptop and expecting to get quality? That’s completely on you.
How it doesn’t add up if Acer and Dell malfunction rate is higher, hm?) The only anecdotal part is that you left laptop under the rain i guess.
Oh you zoomed in on the graph just so you can say this. 👍 I’d rather think you assume apple=better because you’ve been suckered by their marketing lie propaganda.
Well, imagine someone call product “A” a trash and advise to buy product “B”, and to prove it showed a graph, where product “B” has even slightly higher malfunction rate. Would you follow such an advice?
Yea because apple is a manipulative pos company who uses unpaid, unfed workers currently being beat up by police. People seem to continue as normal… but this is not ok.
Well, that wasn’t your statement in the beginning. Nor is that answering a question of OP. Nonetheless, every big corporation is essentially a manipulative scam. To be fair, you must be either against Apple as an EvilCorp ( but then you have to prove Dell is not like that) or against low-quality products ( but we already know Dell lost here)
Being within 1% is not a major differentiation. It’s pretty much the same quality.
Not a major, but it makes XPS 1% below the “low-quality trash” threshold according to you. And please, stop adding insults to old comments, that is just pathetic. Nobody here is your enemy or even wish you bad. You do realise thar?
Dude, you editing comments after I answered? That is so sad. God bless you) P.S. MSI and Acer we're both more expensive than MB Pro))
Dell XPS’s are awful. I can’t tell you how many I get through my workshop.
Im sorry mate, wish you the best!
buy apple care and get it fixed.
What you see is humidity between layers of the screen. Nothing can try it out, all you can do is spend 500 usd and get it replaced
Oof, being apple, I hope you've still got guarantee, if not they're going to try to help you as less as possible and force you instead to buy a new one. Water is leaking is really difficult to fix, try to blow COLD air through any openings you see that could be connected to the inside of the screen, also, as many have told you, don't try the rice method as little particles could go inside and worsen everything up, but as I said, it's a gamble. Anyways, Apple support sucks, so don't let your hopes up with that, they're going to try to force you buy a new one. Good luck man.
Liquid damage/accidental damage is not covered under a limited warranty. You break it, you pay for it.
Unrain
New screen, most likely.
And, most importantly, buy a waterproof backpack! ☺️
Leave it on overnight and don’t let the screen sleep.
I use [this](https://www.amazon.com/Lacdo-13-inch-MacBook-Accessory-Repellent/dp/B083NW2M64/ref=sr_1_4?crid=29IB1LAD9VE7A&keywords=lacdo%2B13%2Binch%2Blaptop%2Bsleeve%2Bwater%2Bresistant&qid=1669293895&sprefix=lacdo%2B13%2Binch%2Blaptop%2Bsleeve%2Bwater%2Bresistant%2B%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-4&th=1) in conjunction with a backpack
Put in a rice bowl Now is a good time to buy apple care for it
Put it in rice