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by asdff 1202 days ago
My 2012 macbook pro looks like its been throw out of a moving vehicle at this point. Dinged corners, scratched up bottoms and missing screws and feet. Thats why they make them out of a metal unibody chassis after all, to keep up with being dropped all the time and scratched up.
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vuln 1202 days ago
Doesn't stop the battery from expanding and ruining the keyboard, trackpad, bottom and top case.

RIP 2015 MBP - you still had a few years left in ya.

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asdff 1201 days ago
With the 2012 at least, the first tell for the battery expanding is actually the trackpad. The trackpad will start to no longer click as well because it is still a physical button in this model. It might not even click at all before it finally swells to the point it shatters the trackpad. Luckily the placement of the battery spares the keyboard too; its all in the palm and trackpad area.

I'm on battery number 2 at this point, and the swap takes as long as a dozen phillips heads takes to unscrew then screw. I don't envy the more recent glued battery models and don't look forward to the day when this pretty repairable rig finally bites the dust and I'm forced into one.

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alanfranz 1202 days ago
Didn’t you get the battery replaced under Apple program some years ago, I think it was 2019? I got a brand new battery for free.
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vuln 1202 days ago
They replaced it with another defective battery that only lasted ~28 cycles before it expanded. Apple refuses to do anything about it.

Edit: Screenshot I submitted to Apple.

https://ibb.co/jwRN1MH

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deepspace 1202 days ago
I had the exact same experience, and ended up replacing the battery myself. Not a difficult job, but extremely tedious.
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vuln 1202 days ago
I would replace the battery if that was the only part affected. Unfortunately when it expanded just like the last time it bends/warps the top case and keyboard, the metal around the trackpad and the bottom case. I can't just replace the battery and leave everything else bent/warped, the laptop won't sit level, the screen will not close completely. It's really not a cheap or easy task. Not to mention the risk involved in removing a battery that is expanded and could rupture.
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randommuser 1202 days ago
What app are you using to show cpu/mem/temp?
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vuln 1202 days ago
istat menus.

https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

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