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> Our 14″ MacBook Pro battery replacement guide is 26 steps. That might not seem like a very speedy guide, but the Surface Pro 6 is twice that long, and iPad gu
by oefrha 4y ago
> Our 14″ MacBook Pro battery replacement guide is 26 steps. That might not seem like a very speedy guide, but the Surface Pro 6 is twice that long, and iPad guides can be upwards of a hundred steps. In the scheme of things, 26 steps is pretty good. Imagine our surprise when we found that Apple’s official MacBook Pro battery replacement method clocks in at 162 pages.
162 pages is the entire damn manual[1], not just battery replacement, and the manual is very detailed, what is one step in the iFixit guide (which often includes multiple images in a carousel) could be multiple pages in the manual.
While it’s not great that Apple deems the battery a non-removable part of the top case, this complaint about complexity is misleading FUD.
Disclosure: I’ve made quite a few purchases at iFixit over the years.
[1] https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/2000/MA2085/en_US/macbookpro-14-2021-07300326A-repair.pdf https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/2000/MA2085/en_US/mac...
- pzo 4y agoin your linked PDF the process of removing battery is explained in 2 slide that links to dozen (literally) other steps below: ``` Bottom case • Battery management unit flex cable • Lid angle sensor • Trackpad and trackpad flex cable • Vent/antenna module • Logic board • Display hinge covers • Display • Audio board • Fans • MagSafe 3 board • USB-C boards • Touch ID board Remove the following parts before you begin: • No tools are required for this procedure. Tools ``` The reassembly is just 1 slide that tells links to dozen (literally) links below: ``` Reassembly • Touch ID board • USB-C boards • MagSafe 3 board • Fans • Audio board • Display • Display hinge covers • Logic board • Vent/antenna module • Trackpad and trackpad flex cable • Lid angle sensor • Battery management unit flex cable • Bottom case ``` I wouldn't say that removing dozen of components to just remove battery (something) is user friendly.
- mminer237 4y agoYou'll note that at the beginning of the three-page battery section, it says that you must have already removed every other part from the other 159 pages. The battery section is basically just "whatever's left doesn't come apart, so replace all that for a new battery". I think saying it takes a 162-page manual is fair.
- oefrha 4y agoIf you follow everything religiously you start at p.47. You definitely don’t need the 25 pages for replacing keys. And all those pages include reassembly, which is missing from the 26-step iFixit guide, which stops at “remove the battery”.