you own an original MacBook Air you know
that it's starting to get up there an
age and now is a good time to take steps
to extend the life of your computer one
of the first things to go in any laptop
is the battery and unfortunately the
MacBook Air is no exception hi I'm MJ
with iFixit and today we're going to
show you how to replace the battery in
an original MacBook Air this video is a
great overview but of course as always
you're going to want to follow the
step-by-step instructions in the repair
guide on our site before you replace
your battery as far as parts and tools
go you really don't need a whole lot a
single Phillips double zero screwdriver
will do the job and of course you need
your replacement battery to get started
I'm going to flip over the computer and
begin removing the bottom case by taking
out these screws here along the bottom
with all of those screws out I can take
off the bottom case you're just going to
lift it from the rear of the computer
and rotate it towards the front and now
that we're inside you can see all of the
innards of the macbook air and obviously
it is almost entirely battery the
battery is held in place by just a few
screws and one cable so I'm going to go
ahead and take care of those now and
with this last screw out the battery
should just lift right out all I've
gotta do is install my new battery and
reassemble my computer that's it there's
really nothing to it it's pretty much
the easiest repair you could do I mean
it's it's done already I think this
video is too short 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 and
the MacBook Air repair guide on our site
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