MacBook Air A1466 Battery Replacement - It's Super Easy!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.พ. 2023
- Uh oh! My MacBook Air's battery isn't holding a charge anymore. Instead of buying a new one or spending hundreds of dollars having the Geniuses fix it, let me show you how to replace it yourself!
This is for the MacBook Air A1466 (mid 2012 to 2017).
here's the battery I picked up (and the best part is that it comes with the tools you'll need to open up that beautiful piece of aluminum!
amzn.to/3rEaNXh
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Just changed my battery!!! Thanks so much.. followed your video and link for battery.. $54.. Mac guy wanted $310.. lol This ol girl is still going strong.. bought in 2015 - hoping to get another 5+ years out of her! Lol - who would have thought?!
Nice!!! That’s a great savings. Glad the video helped!
Thank you for the tutorial. One thing I would like to add, is, I just replaced mine, today. A1466, mid 2013. Which sat on a shelf for over 2 years, since I bought my 16" MBP, but, once I changed the battery, the laptop showed 2 charge cycles, but, still showed the old battery stats, and the laptop said "change now" the old battery wouldn't go above 1% on with the charger plugged in for 2 hours. A quick search on Google, told me to reset the SMC, power off computer, hold down shift control option and the power button for 10 seconds, then release, then hit the power, and it synced the new battery with OSX.
This is a great tip! Thanks for sharing and glad everything is up and running properly!
Great video! Very helpful. Thank you.
I'm so glad you showed your replacement battery. That looks nice and they aren't that expensive. Your instructions and the video were great.
Thank you so much!
Great DIY vid. Clear instructions and video, good bright personality. Usually I prefer 5 min or less, but the 10 min journey included essential tips and kept it light as well as informative. Probably saved a few hundred bucks here. Cheers!
Thank you so much for the comment! I really appreciate it. Glad you found this helpful!!
Thanks, you’re a big help!
Thank you very much for taking the time to show how simple this is. I feel much better about changing the battery myself now.
You’re welcome! So glad it helped.
Your video just saved me over $200 - that was the minimum service fee without the cost of the battery that I was quoted for replacing the battery on my 2017 MacBook. I am 67 years old and more than a little tech challenged. I was able to replace the battery after watching your video in under 10 minutes. I also appreciate the replacement battery brand recommendation. Thank you!
That’s great!! Thank you for sharing and I’m glad you’re back up and running!
Thanks for this video, I found it really helpful and have just changed the battery in my A1466 MacBook Air.
Yay! So glad the video helped!
Excelent!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 thank you!!
Thank You
Awesome tutorials! Truly saved me a couple of hundred dollars. Thanks!
Great to hear and glad to help!!
Your instructions were clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much! I have successfully changed my battery and saved my laptop!
Yay!! Glad to help!
Worked great and subscribed!
Awesome and thank you!!!
Thankyou helped a lot 😍
Awesome! Glad to hear!!
Thankyou good sir.. New battery in the mail.
My knowledge has grown today, because of you.
Keep up the DIY 😊
Yay! So glad. And thank you!!
Just great! You are a wonderful teacher sir. Clear, concise y funny. Congratulations!
Wow, thank you! Glad you liked it and glad you found it helpful! Appreciate the comment!!
Nice n Easy, mate. Thank you for an excellent instructional video.
Glad you found it helpful!
Nice helpful video which I used to replace my wife's battery (actually her 2013 Macbook Air's battery).
A bunch of whiners in the comments below criticized you for spending too much time on style and not enough on substance. Sure, you could have done this in 5 minutes, but you took the time to make it enjoyable. Your photography and instructions are great. You also show great class in how you responded to the few really harsh comments with humor and lightness. And just scroll down the comments section to tally up how many thousands of dollars you saved your viewers.
Well done!
Hey there thank you so much for this. It made my day. Sincerely. Glad you found it helpful (and enjoyable!).
THANK YOU!!!!
You're welcome! Glad it helped!
this video is very well done, very well explained and very entertaining. Great thumb up ! Thanks a lot
I appreciate that! Glad you found it helpful!
Just wanted to let this be known I HAVE JEVER FOUND A MORE CLEAR diy video. I NEVER COMMENT on videos. But round of applause. Great video and you seem like an awesome diy doer. 😊 thank you so much.
Wow! I really appreciate that. Thank you so much!!
Great video thanks very much
Glad you liked it!
Good lighting and camera angles. 👍🏼
Thanks, appreciate that!
Just changed out my 2017 MacBook Air battery - thanks to your video. Very clear instructions and as you said - very easy to do! Thanks so much, you just saved me over $1600 it would cost for a new laptop!!!!
That’s awesome. So glad you were able to do it yourself. Now go treat yourself to something awesome with the savings!
quick question - does the NinjaBatt battery require calibration after installation to function properly? If so, what is the process? Thx
Thank u
I’m so happy I found this video! My old battery was swollen and looked like it was about to explode 😭 you saved me so much money from buying a new one. Super easy to replace, now let’s see how long this new one lasts
Wow! Looks like you got to it just in time. Glad this video helped you!!
Big thanks! Your video was really helpful, thanks for the charge cycle recomendations as well. I am finally free from the outlet, should have done this 2 years ago, I was at the point that if I accidently unplugged my mac from the source I would have like 1 or 2 minutes to scramble to get back or it would shut down 😂
So glad it helped!! Enjoy your plug free time now haha.
Good work🙂
Thank you!
Thanks saved me $50 super easy and quick!
Awesome!!
thanks for make this DIY time more enjoyable
😉
Aw you’re welcome!
Thank you so much ! 😁 just changed mine, with one of Ninjabatt. When opening the back I saw so much dust and dirt in the MacBook, cleaned that very carefully with a painting brush, replaced the battery following your clear and easy to follow instructions 🙏👌 my MacBook never ran that smoothly !! 😃 it improved the speed by 💯 you saved my second hand MacBook purchase from costing me double the price 😁
Yay! Glad you found this helpful!
Hi there. Thank you so much for that. My air is needing a new battery and i need to upgrade the memory. Problem is that i am not sure which is the right products in South Africa and i do not want to make a mistake.
Hi there! Not entirely sure. I’d search for batteries with your model number. I don’t think the batteries are contingent on the country. For the memory I believe it’s actually soldered directly to the mother board so you may not be able to upgrade that. You can upgrade the hard drive though. That’s a relatively easy process that you can search TH-cam for instructions. Good luck!!
Just saved myself 150€ , thank you ✨
Glad I could help!
The best. Your are a crack grettings from Venezuela
Haha thank you!! Greetings from New Jersey!
Thank you. I just scored a macbook air for 100 that just needs a new battery. 30$ on amazon...awesome
Niiiiice!!!
great video. QUESTION: I am curious though, to know an update on this new battery installation and its lifespan specifically, does it hold its charge and has it lasted more than 2 months? all the reviews I'm doing, unfortunately points to this specific battery not lasting more than 5 months most saying 2 months. thanks for reading my comment
Hey there! As of this moment it’s still working like a champ! My wife hasn’t had any issues with the new battery at all.
Hey brother thanks for the video. Could you give an update on how your replacement battery is doing?
Thank you!! And it’s still humming along!
@@MADEbyAP Awesome! Thanks! Did you think it necessary to use cleaner to wipe off anything left over on the battery when you peeled off the plastic?
No problem! And I don't recall their being much of a residue so I just closed it all up!
Thank you honey for bringing my MacBook back to life. And yes we are frugal in the AP household 😜
Only when you’re looking haha.
Thanks! I feel like a genius now 😂
You are!! Lol. Glad you found this helpful and thanks for the tip!!
Bahahahah! Same!!! I’m like… well I should change my major to computer science now cause Boiiiiii! I just did that 👏👏
Hi! As I was taking off the back case, the piece below the fan (kind of slender horizontal piece) popped up. Is that a problem? I just kind of gently pushed it back in as I screwed the case back on.
Oh interesting. When you pushed it back in did it go easily? Is anything rattling? Is the computer running normally?
That wasn't the Harddrive. It was the SSD.
Pay attention to the size of the screws. Some of them are longer than the others.
Should connect charging cable first, before turning on.
Nice Video. The shirt is Jedi Approved 👍. The hard drive looked like an NVME drive. I thought I read those are soldered on. Is is removable/replaceable?
I see the connection on the SSD is proprietary. And you have to use an adapter for a regular ssd.
Haha thanks! For the SSD I was able to swap those out relatively easily on my MacBook Air. They are just clipped in. The memory is soldered on I believe so not upgradable. Which is a bummer.
going to replace my battery very soon and i was wondering if anybody has any strong feelings on doing a backup beforehand? asking because i dont have the means for one so that's out of the equasion for me and i wanted some peace of mind
I would do a backup. Can you at least back up to something like Google drive or something? Just because you never know what will happen.
Hello . Is it possible to get the service battery icon even after replacing the battery ?
Hi! Well that’s a new one. Try resetting the smc (www.avast.com/c-reset-mac-pram-smc) and see if that works. If it still persists and the battery you installed is new it may be a different issue and you should probably take it to the Genius Bar for an assessment.
Can you please give a link to the brand of the battery please?
Here you go! amzn.to/3rEaNXh
Just changed my battery to my laptop! You saved me some money but a question I have is why does it say "battery not charging "😅🥺
Oooooh interesting. Did you have that message before? Is it the cord? What kind of battery did you swap to? The Ninjabat?
Yes I've had the message before I changed my battery. I first assumed it was the charger being the problem and bought a new one. It still remained the same and I changed the battery with XINGLT. My friend had recommended this to me
Check out this page and scroll down to “how to reset SMC” it’s very easy. Curious if that helps! www.avg.com/en/signal/reset-mac-pram-nvram-smc#topic-5
Hi! Is there anyone know if you can still see the cycle count even if you replaced the battery?
Hi there I’m pretty sure it resets but someone smarter than me may chime in on this one!
The link took me to the different package colors which cost $49. But I found the same one for $39. I have no idea how different.
Oh interesting. As long as it’s for your model it should be fine and the same process to replace.
Got it. Thank you so much!
Isn’t the battery glued in for the 2015 model ? Just wondering before I mess anything up myself
This is for the A1466 (mid 2017 model) so I can’t speak to how the battery in the 2015 one is installed. Although I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of a battery ever being glued into a computer. Sorry I can’t help on this one!
Do i have to back up my files before changing my battery?
Absolutely! You're opening up the machine so even though I illustrate how to carefully replace the battery, you never know what can happen. Better safe than sorry!
@@MADEbyAP okay thank you! My laptop became a desktop cos of the battery 🥲
I’ll do a follow up and let you know if I successfully completed the diy battery replacement
The force is with you :).
So if it doesn't have that service message, that means the battery is ok and doesn't need to be changed. Because mine stays on as long as it's plugged up, but it won't charge to 100%. it stays as low as 10%.
Interesting! And you don’t see the error when it’s unplugged either? You could try changing the battery but if that doesn’t solve it you may need to take it in for service. How old is it? Sorry I don’t have a definitive answer for you! Also check out some of the suggestions here if you haven’t done so already: www.it-tech.com.au/how-to-fix-macbook-battery-not-charging-issue/amp/
I am from India. Where do I get a good replacement battery? I can't find a good reviewed battery in amazon. Do you have any idea? I am not able to get ninjabatt here
Hi there. I’ve only used ninjabatt so I can’t make any solid recommendations. I’d just go with the one that has the best reviews and warranty/free returns. Sorry couldn’t help more!
@@MADEbyAP Very rare to see person like you. You are replying, that is a huge thing. Most people don't care about comments. But you are using golden word "sorry" in addition to your reply. 🙂
I try to help when I can! Appreciate the comment :). Good luck!!
I replaced the battery for my macbook air the same model and everything but when I was done it just didn't turn on the charger didn't even turn orange or anything (it did before) can someone help me :(((
Oh no! Was it charging and turning on prior to the battery replacement? If not and the battery didn’t work it may be a bigger issue like the mother board or something (which is beyond my ability)
I got myself a new MacBook to supplement my iMac
There’s never a reason to not get a new MacBook. This video was made in vain. 😂
Video starts at 5:00. you're welcome!
But then you miss out on my electrifying personality!
Good video. Luckily the Chinese kids that put these together have tiny fingers. No wonder Apple "Designs in California, Assembles in China."
Has anyone encounter a sudden dead battery rather than slowly diminishing storage time??
That I have not but maybe someone else will chime in!
@@MADEbyAP Hey, forgot to thank you for the Tute 😁👍🏻
Thanks!!
10 min video with 7 minutes of this guy giving the impression he just likes to hear himself talk while he makes faces at the camera…
Thanks for showing how to unscrew screws.
Glad to help!
Why the hell are companies charging $200 for this service ????
Exactly. Hopefully this video helps keep some cash in peoples pockets!
Actual video starts around 5 mins.
Ha. Touché!
another tutorial where the guy is only intrested in hearing himself talk instead of actually getting the job done..
But it did eventually get done!
10 minutes life wasting video with about 30 seconds of battery replacement.
Ouch.
Don't say u r elon musk😂😂
If u know how to replace it ,you don't have to watch video...then u can save 30 sec also😂
6 minutes of useless talking!
Feelings = hurt.
Thank you for your video tutorial! I successfully replaced our Macbook's battery with your instructions 😊
Yay!!