while a new MacBook Pro might last you
several years the same cannot be said
for its battery and that's the case for
any portable computer and while I love
the unibody concept internalizing the
battery did make it a little more
difficult for average people to get in
there and repair it themselves but
that's never stopped us and it shouldn't
stop you because this repair is super
easy and really quick hi I'm MJ with
iFixit and today I'm going to show you
how to replace the battery in a 13-inch
unibody MacBook Pro this video is a
great overview of the process but of
course when you're replacing your
battery you'll want to follow the
step-by-step instructions and the repair
guide on our site the version I'm
working on is a mid 2011 version and
while the process is really similar for
previous iterations I'd still recommend
following the repair guide for your
specific MacBook Pro that'll being said
I'm going to get my parts and tools
together so I can get started for this
repair you're going to need a plastic
spudger a phillips double zero
screwdriver and a y1 tri wing driver
both of which I got from our 54 piece
bit driver kit and of course a
replacement battery to get started I'm
going to remove the lower case by taking
out all the Phillips screws along the
bottom once those screws are out the
lower case should just lift right off
okay so right off the bat we can see the
battery and really there's not a whole
lot holding it in place the first thing
we're going to do is disconnect the
battery from the logic board this is
going to be the first step in pretty
much any repair that has a battery
involved because the last thing you want
is residual electricity just kind of
flying around in there so we're going to
use our plastic spudger to kind of pry
up one side and then the other kind of
walking the connector out of the socket
once the battery is disconnected there's
only a couple of screws in a sticker
holding it in place the screws are of
the not so common tri wing variety so
while you might think you can use a
Phillips head driver to remove them
doing so will only result in strip
screws so make sure you use a proper
tri-ring driver with those screws out
I'm just going to kind of look the other
way as I lift up this warning sticker
and then the battery should slide out
pretty easily installing the new battery
is as easy as sliding it in and
reconnecting it of course you can find
all of the parts and tools for this and
many other repairs at ifixit.com and if
you run into any problems during your
repairs there are lots of solutions in
the MacBook Pro repair guide on our site
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