Water is the scourge of electronic devices, and, like most companies, Apple’s limited warranty doesn’t cover liquid damage. That’s true even for water-resistant products like the iPhone and Apple Watch, with devices having Liquid Contact indicators that change color when they’ve been exposed to water.
9to5Mac has spotted that Apple now has an extra weapon in its arsenal for detecting water in Mac USB-C ports. In the latest build of macOS, Sonoma 14.1, the site found a new system daemon called “liquiddetectiond” that runs in the background and collects liquid detection analysis from your Mac’s USB-C ports.
