Below, we take a look back at Apple's butterfly keyboard problems that led to the program. The Butterfly Keyboard For much of the 2000s, MacBook keyboards had a traditional scissor switch mechanism.

Key Takeaways If you owned a MacBook with a faulty butterfly keyboard, you might finally be getting some compensation according to 9to5mac. As of August 5, 2024, Apple has started sending payments ...

First of all, it’s only for consumers who attempted to get their butterfly keyboard-equipped MacBook repaired. Second, there’s only a handful of states covered under this program.

The butterfly keyboard saga offers several important lessons for both Apple and the tech industry as a whole. First, it shows the importance of rigid testing and user feedback in the design process.

The last two models of 13-inch MacBook Pro with the infamous "butterfly" style keyboard, both from 2019, are still eligible for a free repair for most of 2024 — but you need to hurry.

The company introduced multiple revisions to make the mechanism more resilient before eventually returning to a more conventional keyboard design with the 16-inch MacBook Pro in late 2019.

Last summer, Apple settled a $50 million class action lawsuit over its faulty MacBook butterfly keyboard. Here’s how to see if you qualify for a payout.

If your MacBook’s keyboard needed to be replaced more than once (Group 1), you may be owed up to $395. In all cases that’s the maximum amount you could be owned, and you may receive less ...

Owners of MacBooks with a butterfly keyboard have until March to claim part of a settlement from a class-action lawsuit alleging the Apple laptops were defective. The settlement impacts MacBooks ...

And if you do nothing, you won’t get paid either. The Butterfly Keyboard disaster The Butterfly Keyboard was first introduced with the 2015 MacBook as a solution to make the computer even thinner.