Old Apple charger storage feature has blown our minds

A feature now confined to the Apple design bin has just resurfaced on social media and is causing fierce debate amongst users (and amongst the Creative Bloq team, if we're honest). Apparently, Apple MacBook chargers used to house two hooks that could slide out to allow you to wrap the cable around them – and a surprising number of people never knew about it. 

Shared on a Facebook reel entitled "I was today years old when I figured this out", the handy cable management system was ditched by Apple in favour of a removable cable. We (well, most of us) think the feature was bona fide design genius and wish it had stuck around (maybe with a modification or two). If you've got no idea what we're on about, check out the (slightly blurry) image below (and see our best MacBooks guide, too). Then check out the full reel on Joi Siat's Facebook page.

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Georgia Coggan

Georgia is lucky enough to be Creative Bloq's Editor. She has been working for Creative Bloq since 2018, starting out as a freelancer writing about all things branding, design, art, tech and creativity – as well as sniffing out genuinely good deals on creative technology. Since becoming Editor, she has been managing the site and its long term strategy, helping to shape the diverse content streams CB is known for and leading the team in their own creativity.

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