Apple Repair: Rights, Options & Costs

"Apple repair" covers a lot more than a cracked iPhone screen: iPads that will not charge, iMacs that will not boot, Apple Watches with swollen batteries and MacBooks that are out of warranty. This tag collects our articles on the decisions behind the repair – whether a fault is covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act, when Apple's own channel is the right call, and when an independent repairer is faster, cheaper or simply the only one willing to attempt it.

The short version we keep coming back to: know your CGA rights before you pay for anything, ask for a fixed quote after diagnosis, and choose a repairer who will fix the faulty component rather than replace the whole board. In Auckland, 73 Inc's Apple repair team is who we send friends and colleagues to for exactly that reason.