This could arguably come in handy.
In certain major territories, including the the United States, Apple will now allow users to keep their AppleCare+ for Mac plans active beyond its original three-year limit.
Where previously the maximum length of coverage you could have was three years from the date of purchase, it is now unlimited.
Per a newly updated Apple support document, AppleCare+ users can extend their coverage period provided they do so within a certain period of time, and if they’re in a specific territory.
Users in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Germany, Japan, and Australia are eligible, and they can extend coverage provided as they do so within 30 days of their original coverage ending.
Users who bought their three-year AppleCare+ coverage in full, have to buy within this window, they can’t do it early. They also can’t retrospectively extend an elapsed AppleCare+ agreement.If a user has elected instead to pay monthly, or annually, for their AppleCare+ coverage, then they don’t need to do anything. The Mac plan coverage now continues until cancelled.
The are the parameters of the AppleCare+ plan for the iPad, so it’s not an entirely new move for the company. It could also be possible this this is a new means of standardizing how AppleCare+ works across all of its devices, as there are currently there are significant differences between coverage of the Mac, the iPhone, the Apple Watch, and other devices.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider, MacRumors, and support.apple.com