MacBook Unibody Model A1278 Battery Teardown

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The Unibody MacBook released in Late 2008 is one of the last Mac Notebooks to feature a "user replaceable battery".

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Start by removing the 6 3 mm Y00 screws from the top side of the battery

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Flip the battery over and continue by removing the screws from the bottom side of the battery:

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With the help of a plastic opening tool remove the plastic cover on the right side of the battery.

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Continue by removing the plastic cover on the other side of the battery.

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With the plastic covers removed it's now time to get the battery pack out of its casing. However there is still one plastic piece glued to the aluminum casing which we have to remove first.

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Work your way across the entire edge of the battery to free the plastic bracket from the aluminium casing.

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With the plastic bracket free from the aluminium casing we can now remove the battery pack from the aluminium casing.

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The plastic bracket may drop out of the battery pack when removing the pack from the casing.

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When reassembling it's easier to attach the plastic cover onto the plastic bracket before inserting the pack back into the aluminium casing.

Шаг 11 — Conclusion

The pack is now fully disassembled.