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How can I fix my macbook air battery ?

It doesn't hold juice anymore

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    aaahandy Sep 27, 2017

    Here is something you need to think about. A Mac's life is only good for about 7 years before apple no longer will support the software. So before you spend big money on a battery, if you bought your Mac in 2010 and your battery needs to be replaced. Then I would strongly suggest you think about buying a new computer and not necessarily another Mac. I believe Apple is Malicious in their support now of their products to facilitate a faster turn over of their products for financial gain. Even the 4s, iPad mini, and iPad 2 is now on the ***** list.

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Battery is most likely dead,,, they are only good for a limited number of cycles. If this is the case you can just order up a new one and put it in. Get the number of the old battery or google the serial number of the computer on the Mac site and you should get the battery details,,, you should be able to find a third party battery online much cheaper than form apple. If you have any difficulty opening the case just search MacBook Air Battery on utube and you will see someone else do it to guide you!

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