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what use is a super portable computer if
it has to stay plugged into the
electrical outlet at all times
unfortunately changing the battery in
your laptop is never quite as easy as
changing the batteries and your remote
control but that's why I'm here to help
hi I'm MJ with iFixit and today I'm
going to show you how to replace the
battery in day late 2010 MacBook Air it
is nowhere near as difficult as you
might imagine and the process is
extremely similar for the 2011 iteration
of the same computer plus the batteries
are cross-compatible
now if you don't own the late 2010
MacBook Air but you still want to
replace your laptop's battery we have
recorded a lot of battery replacement
videos so check out our battery
replacement playlist and see if we've
already covered yours this video is a
great overview of the process but of
course you're going to want to follow
the step-by-step instructions in the
repair guide on our site when you are
doing your repair we'll even link to it
down in the description to make it easy
peasy that all being said I'm going to
get my parts and tools together so I can
get started for this repair I'm going to
need a plastic spudger a t5 Torx driver
and a macbook air pentalobe driver now
rather than using separate drivers I'm
just going to use our 54 piece bit
driver kit because it has both the bits
I'm gonna need plus a ton more I'm also
going to use an anti-static wrist strap
to protect my macbook air from any
accidental electrostatic discharge
during my repair and a screw tray
because it keeps all those teeny tiny
screws nice and organized now I've got
all my parts and tools together I can
get started by taking out the 10
pentalobe screws that are holding the
bottom case in place
now that I've got all of those screws
out I can begin to remove the lower case
by grabbing it right between the display
assembly in the lower case and rotating
it towards the front of the computer now
that the lower case is removed the very
first thing we're gonna do is disconnect
the battery and really that should be
the first step in any electronics repair
because we don't want any residual
electricity floating around in there
while we're doing our repair to
disconnect it we're gonna grab the
little pull tab and pull it out parallel
to the logic board you don't want to
pull up vertically because that will
break the connector now that the battery
is disconnected we can start to remove
the screws that are holding it in place
and this is when your t5 bit will come
in handy
now that all those screws are out the
batteries should lift out pretty easily
all I've got to do is install my new
battery and reassemble my computer of
course you can find all of the parts and
tools used for this and many other
repairs at ifixit.com and if you run
into any problems during your repairs
there are lots of solutions and the
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