Customer Reviews and Ratings

3.5 out of 5 stars

Based on 29 reviews

  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Doesn't work well - Retina?

    • Written by from Mission Viejo

    I don't have an issue of losing it because this one stays stationary on my desk. But it doesn't seem to always work. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. Many people have already pointed this out. I should've listened. Btw, I have a 15" Retina. Laptop is less than 5 months old and adapter is less than 3 months old.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Works 1 out of 10 times :( Bad design.

    • Written by from San Francisco

    I have a MacBook Pro with a Retina display, and a 27" Apple Cinema display with a power cable. Unfortunately this adapter has been working very poorly, and most of the time it does not properly supply power to the macbook. Light does not come on, the laptop shows it's powered on battery, and I have to literally wet both sides of the adapter to make it work.

    27 of 36 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Bad Design

    • Written by from Chicago

    While this works as advertised, it is a very poor design. Please redesign this so that it will not easily get lost. You are Apple, supposedly renowned for your design prowess. Please figure out a way to put a string to attach this so it will not get bumped and fall off of my laptop, or a similar way to attach this to somthing (my backpack or laptop case). For 10 bucks, I expect more than this piece of ...

    27 of 51 people found this useful

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Finicky

    • Written by from Downers Grove

    1 in every 5 times I connect, the power light doesn't come on. I have to jiggle it around and continue to reconnect it until I get a light.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Planned obsolescence

    • Written by from Sydney

    Here's the answer to a question, no one asked.

    0 of 1 people found this useful

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