My 2015, 13" MBP always stays in the same place. It is never moved. I has never been dropped. No liquid has ever gotten into it. It is completely off when not in use, and the lower part of the computer is perfectly flat. Interestingly enough, when I close the lid, it remains separated from the base by about a 1/4 of an inch. It's as if somehow the keyboard is keeping it elevated. Very strange. Screen does not itself seemed warped and is functioning well. Can't account for the reason as to why the lid won't close flush with the base. I noticed this just recently. Any ideas? It looks pretty weird. Thanks.
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Early 2015 MBP lid will not close flush.
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System report doesn't tell you anything about the appearance of the battery 
It can test OK, yet be swelling out of the case (and other, more serious situations can happen as a result.
You can remove the bottom cover yourself, just to check. That will not affect your AppleCare.
I DO recommend, as others do, that you do not delay a checkout by someone who can replace your battery, if needed.
It can test OK, yet be swelling out of the case (and other, more serious situations can happen as a result.
You can remove the bottom cover yourself, just to check. That will not affect your AppleCare.
I DO recommend, as others do, that you do not delay a checkout by someone who can replace your battery, if needed.
Take it to Apple and have it inspected.
Stop worrying about the personal info.
If you're that concerned about it do this:
1. Get an external drive
2. Get CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper
3. Clone your internal drive to the backup
4. Boot from the clone, encrypt the internal drive, then erase it
5. Install a clean copy of the OS, and hand THAT to the Apple Store genius bar.
Stop worrying about the personal info.
If you're that concerned about it do this:
1. Get an external drive
2. Get CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper
3. Clone your internal drive to the backup
4. Boot from the clone, encrypt the internal drive, then erase it
5. Install a clean copy of the OS, and hand THAT to the Apple Store genius bar.
[doublepost=1508699556][/doublepost]Swollen battery (which might explain my ongoing rogue fan issue as well) determined at Apple Store. Off for repair under Apple Care ($500 otherwise). Did Time Machine backup. 3 to 5 day turnaround. Thanks for the comments everyone. Appreciate it!
Brought the Mac in Sunday morning, and received it back today with a new battery through Apple Care. I really do have to compliment Apple's customer service throughout this incident. Everything went smooth as butter through the whole process. I'm delighted with how well the repair was handled from start to finish. Excellent service!
I guess jerryk meant to say "top case" --- which includes the keyboard, trackpad and battery.
That is all replaced as a unit, and all your other parts are transferred over to the new case, so you have a fresh keyboard and trackpad, in addition to the battery.
The "lower case" is simply the bottom cover. Everything else is attached to the upper, or top case.
That is all replaced as a unit, and all your other parts are transferred over to the new case, so you have a fresh keyboard and trackpad, in addition to the battery.
The "lower case" is simply the bottom cover. Everything else is attached to the upper, or top case.
Very cool. Thank you for clarifying that for me DeltaMac. Keyboard feels so much better as does the trackpad. Happy camper here. Love my early 2105 MBP.