{"id":15022,"date":"2023-12-16T09:33:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T06:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/15022\/apple-warns-apple-watch-owners\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T09:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T06:33:40","slug":"apple-warns-apple-watch-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=15022","title":{"rendered":"Apple warns Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple warns Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>When Apple is serious, it publishes a support document so that its customers can read it and take necessary action. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT213854\" class=\"external\">The latest support document<\/a> is called \u201cIdentify Authentic and Certified Apple Watch Chargers\u201d.  Yes, that&#39;s a warning for Apple Watch owners that they should stay away from chargers that aren&#39;t from Apple or don&#39;t have the company&#39;s MFi certification. <\/div>\n<div>As Apple explains: \u201cIf you use a counterfeit or uncertified charger, you may experience slow charging, repeated chimes, and reduced battery life.  \u00bb<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-bca5f17c-5a1c-4e98-b700-07af42983d69\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:959px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 47.132429614181%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Apple-warns-Apple-Watch-owners-not-to-use-a-fake.jpg\" alt=\"Legitimate Apple Watch chargers made by Apple \u2013 Apple warns Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p>Legitimate Apple Watch Chargers Made by Apple<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the support document, Apple explains how you can be sure that the charger you&#39;re using on your Apple Watch is legitimate.  First, Apple chargers for the Apple Watch are always white, except some include regulatory information printed on the cable.  Chargers not manufactured or certified by Apple for Apple Watch come in different <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/colors\/\"   title=\"colors\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">colors<\/a>.  To be legitimate, the charger must have one of the following model numbers printed on the cable:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A1570<\/li>\n<li>    A1598<\/li>\n<li>    A1647<\/li>\n<li>    A1714<\/li>\n<li>    A1768<\/li>\n<li>    A1923<\/li>\n<li>    A2055<\/li>\n<li>    A2056<\/li>\n<li>    A2086<\/li>\n<li>    A2255<\/li>\n<li>    A2256<\/li>\n<li>    A2257<\/li>\n<li>    A2458<\/li>\n<li>    A2515<\/li>\n<li>    A2652<\/li>\n<li>    A2879<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When you check the manufacturer of a genuine Apple Watch charger online, Apple will be listed as the manufacturer.  And to check the charger, here is what you do:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plug your Apple Watch charging cable into your Mac.  Select choose <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Apple menu<\/span> > <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">System settings<\/span>then click <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">General<\/span> in the sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Click on <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">About<\/span> to the right then click <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">System report<\/span> And <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">USB<\/span>.  Select the watch charger and search for the manufacturer name. <\/li>\n<li>Once again, you have to say Apple to be authentic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-dec716d8-0ce0-43e6-bbb6-32569ff517c0\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:948px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 50.949367088608%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702708419_923_Apple-warns-Apple-Watch-owners-not-to-use-a-fake.jpg\" alt=\"Use your Mac to verify the authenticity of a third-party Apple Watch charger - Apple warns Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger\" class=\"lazy\" data-id=\"409007\" haswatermark=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702708419_923_Apple-warns-Apple-Watch-owners-not-to-use-a-fake.jpg\" alt=\"Use your Mac to verify the authenticity of a third-party Apple Watch charger - Apple warns Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p>Use your Mac to verify the authenticity of a third-party Apple Watch charger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Third-party manufacturers certified by Apple to produce and sell watch chargers have certain &#8220;badges&#8221; on their packaging that will say &#8220;Made for Watch&#8221; with the Apple logo before the word watch.  Look for one of the following badges on the packaging of the third-party Apple Watch charger you purchased.  If you don&#39;t find it on the package, return it to where you bought it.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-527bc904-5ef9-4b00-bc1b-0eb6fa016f7a\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:543px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 63.53591160221%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702708419_664_Apple-warns-Apple-Watch-owners-not-to-use-a-fake.jpg\" alt=\"To be authentic, a third-party Apple Watch charger must have one of these badges on its packaging - Apple is warning Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger.\" class=\"lazy\" data-id=\"409006\" haswatermark=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702708419_664_Apple-warns-Apple-Watch-owners-not-to-use-a-fake.jpg\" alt=\"To be authentic, a third-party Apple Watch charger must have one of these badges on its packaging - Apple is warning Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p>To be authentic, a third-party Apple Watch charger must have one of these badges on its packaging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>A final way to verify the authenticity of an Apple Watch charger, or any other accessory for an Apple product, is to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mfi.apple.com\/account\/accessory-search\" class=\"external\">click on this link<\/a> and in the first field, indicate whether you are looking for the product model number, brand name, or the product&#39;s UPC or EAN code (the latter is a 13-digit European article number code similar to the UPC used in Europe).  In the second field next to the first, enter the actual model number, brand, or UPC\/EAN code. <\/div>\n<p>Click the blue search button and a list of certified Apple Watch chargers (or any Apple certified accessories for any Apple product) will appear.  If the charger you use to charge your Apple Watch is listed, you can continue using it.  Otherwise, it is <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">time<\/span> for you to purchase an Apple Watch charger made by Apple or a certified manufacturer (pun entirely intended).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple warns Apple Watch owners not to use a fake or counterfeit charger\u060c When Apple is serious, it publishes a support document so that its customers can read it and take necessary action. The latest support document is called \u201cIdentify Authentic and Certified Apple Watch Chargers\u201d. Yes, that&#39;s a warning for Apple Watch owners that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103,7750,7749,388,2282,1566,121],"class_list":["post-15022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-charger","tag-counterfeit","tag-fake","tag-owners","tag-warns","tag-watch"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15022"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15024,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15022\/revisions\/15024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}