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The other day I was typing on my MacBook Pro when suddenly I felt a sharp pain on my wrist. I got a huge fright, but I didn’t know what it was so I just carried on typing. Then it happened again, and when I cautiously touched the casing of my Mac with my hand, I felt an uncomfortable tingle.
I did a search on Google to find out why my Mac was suddenly emitting shocks, and found many results not only for MacBooks but other laptops as well. They were all complaining about getting shocked while their laptops were charging - apparently it’s a common problem with the grounding, and can be fixed by using a grounded plug.
But I was only getting shocked when my MacBook wasn’t charging. I wondered what I was doing that day that was different from every other day I had used my Mac and never got shocked, and then I realized it - I was barefoot! Sure enough, if I lift my feet off the ground and touch my Mac I don’t get shocked, and if I put them down again - zap! Click here to read a forum thread in which this problem is discussed.
I bought my Mac in the winter and have been wearing shoes all the time, so I only noticed the shocks now that it’s summer and I go barefoot around the house. My Mac could have had this problem since the beginning 
Does anyone else have the same problem?
P.S. If you’re wondering why my little vetor portrait is a bit on the grey side, that’s supposed to be ash from the "electrocution" 
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Love the avatar!
Strange that your portable does that, I haven’t had that problem with any of mine, though I’ve had a similar shock with one of my old phones while listening to the radio and I was wearing shoes!
Sorry to hear of your problem.
I had a similar problem years ago, but it was me that was getting charged up from the carpet, then every time I touched my hi-fi I would discharge through it, causing my cd player to reset and stop playing. The way I got around it was to have a small metal disk connected to the earth point on a nearby wall socket and just stepped on it before touching the hi-fi.
You can get anti-static mats that you can place either under the MacBook or under your feet that might help.
But if its you that’s getting charged up then an anti-static wristband might be a better choice.
@Nemo: Thanks! I made it in VectorDesigner
Did you get the shock while listening to the radio on your phone, or while you were talking on the phone and listening to a separate radio?
@Smokey: Woah, that’s so strange! I can’t believe they make hi-fis that do that, they should have given you a refund!
Thanks for the tips btw, I’ll look into the anti-static wristband
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