Replacing a MacBook battery?
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Depending on its age, i think its around £120 ish for Apple to do the job, which i keep meaning to get mine done.
We just had an iphoneX battery replaced by them for the sum of £69 including a new speaker.
Its like a brand new phone and worth every penny for them to do it, and not some back street hack job.
We just had an iphoneX battery replaced by them for the sum of £69 including a new speaker.
Its like a brand new phone and worth every penny for them to do it, and not some back street hack job.
As it's an apple product I may well just bite the bullet and pay full price.
I bought a cheap battery for an old Dell and it was fine, as were spare batteries I got for my Galaxy S2. More recently I've replaced batteries in our Galaxy Tab tablets and they have been a disappointment. Not as good as the originals and don't last long.
I bought a cheap battery for an old Dell and it was fine, as were spare batteries I got for my Galaxy S2. More recently I've replaced batteries in our Galaxy Tab tablets and they have been a disappointment. Not as good as the originals and don't last long.
Backtobasics2 said:
98elise said:
How much was it, and do you have a link. If they are reputable then I'm happy to buy a 3rd party one. The problem with Amazon specials is the quality is unknown.
Don’t have a link but I think the company was called Macworld, they still have an eBay page. Jenny Tailor said:
How old is laptop?
I'd just get Apple to do it.
The older I get the more I find mucking about with the fernickerty stuff inside tech is just a major faffing pain in the bahooky.
I'm retired so have plenty of time, and used to fix missiles for a living so am more than happy fixing tech I'd just get Apple to do it.
The older I get the more I find mucking about with the fernickerty stuff inside tech is just a major faffing pain in the bahooky.
98elise said:
smn159 said:
Depends what year. I had a 2013 MBP battery replaced by Apple and apparently they changed everything bar the screen and the case for about £200
While I'm sure that DIY is possible I didn't fancy screwing around with heat guns and the like
It's a 2017 MacBook Air.While I'm sure that DIY is possible I didn't fancy screwing around with heat guns and the like
I don't think a 2017 is glued, so a much more simple job. The problem as ever with batteries is where to source a good one. That alone means the only sensible recommendation is taking it to Apple, but it's bizarre that buying quality batteries has to be such a difficult and risky business in this day and age.
98elise said:
Jenny Tailor said:
How old is laptop?
I'd just get Apple to do it.
The older I get the more I find mucking about with the fernickerty stuff inside tech is just a major faffing pain in the bahooky.
I'm retired so have plenty of time, and used to fix missiles for a living so am more than happy fixing tech I'd just get Apple to do it.
The older I get the more I find mucking about with the fernickerty stuff inside tech is just a major faffing pain in the bahooky.
Yeah, for a time you could get away with doing the replacements yourself. The white and black ones that were out around 2006-2010 just required a coin to turn the screw cap and replace. Subsequent models were slightly more involving but I done a few of these whilst upgrading the HDD to SSD. Nowadays, I think it's pretty difficult since they started using the all-metal casing a few years ago but 2017 might be fine.
FWIW, https://support.apple.com/en-ca/mac/repair to get a price before you proceed.
FWIW, https://support.apple.com/en-ca/mac/repair to get a price before you proceed.
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