

Replace Soon means you’re fine for now, Replace Now means replace now, and Service Recommended means replace your battery right now. Yours could look like this, or it might say Replace Soon, Replace Now, or Service Recommended. My cycles are low and the condition is normal because my battery was just replaced. On this tab, you can see information like how charged your battery is, how many charge cycles it’s been through, and the current condition. My battery was just replaced, so I don’t have this notification:įor a more in-depth report, you can click the logo in the top-left of the Menu Bar, then click About This Mac.Īs in the above screenshot, click Power in the left-hand pane of this window.

If you need to replace your battery, you’ll see a Service Recommended notification. Here’s a quick way to check.įirst, try clicking the battery icon in your Menu Bar. And most of the time, your MacBook will tell you. There are a few ways to know when you should replace your MacBook battery. Shut your device off and start talking to Apple Support or a repair shop ASAP! When should you replace your MacBook battery?Īlright, that’s my PSA! Now back to the rest of the article. That’s like carrying a literal time bomb with you everywhere you go. I had been putting my battery replacement off for weeks (which I would not do again in hindsight) without realizing that it had started to swell. Let the experts handle it for you, and get it out of your home! You could lose fingers or even a hand, start a fire, and if it’s near a vital organ, potentially die.ĭo not take this issue lightly! Battery swelling is a serious problem, whether you’re talking about an iPhone, MacBook, or any other device. Lithium-ion batteries can explode, and it’s not a small, cute explosion.
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Well, two weeks later I was holding my MacBook and noticed that one of the seams on the bottom didn’t feel so smooth. I wasn’t experiencing any serious performance issues, so not a problem, right? Still, I decided to put it off for a bit. This caught me off-guard at first, but then I thought about the age of my MacBook, and it seemed pretty reasonable. Today, we’re going to be talking about your MacBook battery.Ībout a month ago, I got a notification on my MacBook 12″ from 2017 that said my battery needed to be serviced. Like most of the stuff I write here at AppleToolBox, this article is coming from personal (and recent) experience.
