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MacBook Battery Replacement

MacBook Battery Replacement

Don’t buy cheap batteries, they’re rubbish!

Cheap Batteries destroy Macbooks And Not our bag, we only fit the the most expensive OEM batteries we can get

If you’re looking for a cheap battery, you’re in the wrong place

 

If it’s cheap you’re looking for a cheap MacBook battery replacement, you should go back to Google. If you’re not so tight and understand that you get what you pay for, you’re in the right place.

Right, now that’s out of the way, how do you know you need your MacBook Battery replacing?

It might be that your MacBook battery is coming to the end of it’s life, below is an easy way to find out.

However, just because it looks like you need a MacBook battery replacement, doesn’t always mean that you do and the way to find that out is to call us and make a diagnostics appointment.

MacBook batteries are made to last for about 1000 charge cycles. They can manage more sometimes, but you’ll usually start noticing a difference at around 700 cycles.

So before we go any further, check your count and here’s how to find it.

Check you MacBook Battery count:

      • Click on the Apple logo at the top left corner of your screen.
      • Click on About this Mac.
      • Click on System report.
      • Look down the left side and click on power.
      • On the right have a look at the cycle count on the right.

If your battery count is 800 or higher you should contact us straight away.

Having said all this, you may very well find that your MacBook Battery isn’t charging even though you have a low cycle count, this is almost certainly because something else is wrong and again you should get in touch with us to arrange a booking in appointment.

Some are easy to replace and some are difficult because Apple glue them in on some models and we have to take the base unit apart to get them out.

For a price on a MacBook Replacement Battery for your MacBook, give us a call. We will need the model type number which is on the underside of your MacBook. It will start with the letter “A” – Something like A1502.

Managing your expectations.
No mater what you read online by people who do not know what they are talking about, a new battery is not going to give you six or more hours of constant use time, or anything like it.
Realistically, if you get three hours you’re doing well, two and a half is about right. If you want more, buy a new computer.