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Hi Ken,
thank you for an amazingly detailed article. I found it because I needed a replacement power adapter/cable for my 2009 Macbook Pro.
I've ordered one online and got a cheap one off Ebay, thinking it'll work perfectly, but the magnetic plug is just a bit too wide for the Macbook Pro 2009 socket. :(
Slightly brute-force question that I had and hoped to find an answer for in your blog is - could one take a metal file and basically "saw off" the sides/edges of the magnetic power plug (obviously keeping the pins intact) so it fits into the older socket?
I'd love a response to this and will check back in.
Thanks so much again
Aug 7, 2019, 10:27:39 PM
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