My mid 2012 MacBook Air has been saying "Service Battery" for the past few months. Shows just 306 cycles. Still runs for most of the day on the battery, so I've been ignoring it. Hoping to wait for a new Pro next fall.
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Apple Exchanging Some 2012 and Early 2013 MacBook Pros Needing Battery Service With Newer Models [Updated]
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I wonder if I'd be able to slip my mid-2014 model in thereI've been bad with the battery, it's already well over 1000 cycles.
nope GSX (which is the name of the service database system that must be followed for all repairs by Apple and AASP) has the serial numbers for the correct models flagged. no sneaking in.
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what some 3rd party program says is moot. it's what their diags said that decides if you get a battery repair or not
My friend has a 13" from those years and is itching to replace, anybody here had any luck with the 13" getting replaced with a newer model?
won't happen. not by these rules. the 13 inch has no supply issues.
I hope nobody goes for this, expecting to get a better laptop. They'll enjoy the free upgrade, sure, but then they'll have to dish out a pile for dongles. Perhaps the true motivation behind this is to encourage dongle sales.
Is this Retina models only? I have a 2012 Classic but it still works like a champ. Guess I don't need it replaced anyways but still curious
correct. your 2012 doesn't use the top case with attached battery that is currently constrained.
I’ve a MBP Early 2013 with this exact problem. After reading this I’m now booked in for this Wednesday at my local store in the hope to get something good out of it. Fingers crossed
Can confirm this and was likely one of the first to be given this exchange back in May. It wasn't until a week after I sent in my computer for a battery replacement (that was supposed to be 3-5 days total) that they informed me of the supply constraint and that a program just launched so that I could get a newer refurbished computer for the same cost of the battery.
In my case though a week turned into nearly a month after they repeatedly messed up and lost the computer.
Needless to say my 2012 rMBP turned into a 2015 rMBP with double every spec except the CPU which was still improved. Free of charge. I was disappointed in Apple for such a horrendous experience but in true Apple fashion they went above and beyond to make it right.
In my case though a week turned into nearly a month after they repeatedly messed up and lost the computer.
Needless to say my 2012 rMBP turned into a 2015 rMBP with double every spec except the CPU which was still improved. Free of charge. I was disappointed in Apple for such a horrendous experience but in true Apple fashion they went above and beyond to make it right.
FIRE TIM COOK NOW, UPGRADING MACBOOKS FOR BARGAIN PRICES NEEDS TO STOP
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Ahh right gotcha! I'm kinda glad I chose the classic over the first gen retina way back in 2012. Machine still performs flawless
simply use the support app, its even faster.
if you don't want to: every apple store has its own telephone number, i always call the nearest store and it works perfectly fine.
It's stored in the battery and is used to prevent overcharging which could burn down your house, so cannot be tampered with.
nope.
Happened to me too.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mid-2012-mbp-retina-obsolete.2050201/
2012 Classic, the last good computer Apple made.
Batteries for your model are not constrained so the battery can simply be replaced like normal.
Haha, I like my house. So I guess the SMC reads that information? Still might be possible to trick the SMC from reading that number from somewhere arbitrary but I still wouldn't mess with it since it controls things like temperature/fan control. But I'm sure someone with a lot more experience and knowledge than me could pull it off and probably already has.
