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SWOLLEN BATTERY MACBOOK TEMP SOLUTION

This worked as first aid, now I have time to look around for a replacement battery.
These are spacers (hair elastics) to bend the battery out of the way of the trackpad.
Additionally, I left the middle battery retaining screw loose, about 1.5 turns, to allow the battery to bend.

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