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  • M Mik
    17 Jan 2021, 20:31

    Replacing an A1322 battery on a 2011 MacBook Pro that the battery swelled on. Any recommendations?

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    George K
    wrote on 17 Jan 2021, 21:17 last edited by
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    @mik said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

    Replacing an A1322 battery on a 2011 MacBook Pro that the battery swelled on. Any recommendations?

    https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/laptop-batteries/macbook-pro

    Find your model on the page and they'll have a very informative video on how to do it.

    I've done it on a 2013 MacBook Air. Surprisingly easy.

    Not sure if this is your model, but here's their video on a 2011 MacBook Pro:

    Link to video

    Looks pretty easy.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      George K
      wrote on 17 Jan 2021, 21:19 last edited by
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      Pro Tip: When you remove those screws, put them into little 3 oz disposable cups so they don't get lost. There are several sized screws, so, keep them organized.

      I've also replaced the SSD in Mrs. George's MacBook Air. Though a bit more complicated, it was not daunting.

      Other World Computing (www.macsales.com) is a great place for upgrades.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        Mik
        wrote on 17 Jan 2021, 21:31 last edited by
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        @klaus nah. Piece of cake if you have the right screwdrivers.

        Well, what I meant was a recommendation on what battery seller. There are a zillion of them!

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          Klaus
          wrote on 17 Jan 2021, 21:33 last edited by
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          Oh, that doesn't look so complicated indeed.

          Maybe it's just the newer models were it is a real PITA. As far as I remember everything is glued together and you have to work with heat to take it apart.

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          • M Mik
            17 Jan 2021, 21:31

            @klaus nah. Piece of cake if you have the right screwdrivers.

            Well, what I meant was a recommendation on what battery seller. There are a zillion of them!

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            George K
            wrote on 17 Jan 2021, 21:35 last edited by
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            @mik said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

            Well, what I meant was a recommendation on what battery seller. There are a zillion of them!

            Go with OWC. They've been in the Mac business for decades and they have great tech support. Any problems, they'll talk you through it. Can't recommend highly enough. You might pay $10 more, but....

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              George K
              wrote on 17 Jan 2021, 21:35 last edited by
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              Also, if the battery swelled, you might want to chat with them and see if this is a fatal error.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • G George K
                17 Jan 2021, 21:35

                @mik said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                Well, what I meant was a recommendation on what battery seller. There are a zillion of them!

                Go with OWC. They've been in the Mac business for decades and they have great tech support. Any problems, they'll talk you through it. Can't recommend highly enough. You might pay $10 more, but....

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 18 Jan 2021, 01:57 last edited by
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                @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                @mik said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                Well, what I meant was a recommendation on what battery seller. There are a zillion of them!

                Go with OWC. They've been in the Mac business for decades and they have great tech support. Any problems, they'll talk you through it. Can't recommend highly enough. You might pay $10 more, but....

                On George's recommendation and @Axtremus , I used OWC to purchase some stuff. Worked out really well.

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                • T taiwan_girl
                  18 Jan 2021, 01:57

                  @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                  @mik said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                  Well, what I meant was a recommendation on what battery seller. There are a zillion of them!

                  Go with OWC. They've been in the Mac business for decades and they have great tech support. Any problems, they'll talk you through it. Can't recommend highly enough. You might pay $10 more, but....

                  On George's recommendation and @Axtremus , I used OWC to purchase some stuff. Worked out really well.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 18 Jan 2021, 02:15 last edited by
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                  @taiwan_girl I have three OWC products:

                  1. A 4-bay thunderbolt enclosure which houses my (two) backup drives, my media for music and my media for video.
                  2. A thunderbolt external docking bay which houses my boot drive (SSD) and another backup (yeah another backup)
                  3. A USB/thunderbolt external enclosure that's housing a spare SSD. Don't know what I'll do with that in the future.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Klaus
                    wrote on 18 Jan 2021, 14:18 last edited by
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                    Hey @George-K do you have any experience whether an upgrade of a 2014 fusion drive with a modern SSD will make a noticeable difference?

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                    • K Klaus
                      18 Jan 2021, 14:18

                      Hey @George-K do you have any experience whether an upgrade of a 2014 fusion drive with a modern SSD will make a noticeable difference?

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                      George K
                      wrote on 18 Jan 2021, 14:29 last edited by
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                      @klaus said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                      Hey @George-K do you have any experience whether an upgrade of a 2014 fusion drive with a modern SSD will make a noticeable difference?

                      No clue. But, I will say that I boot from an external 2TB SSD connected via thunderbolt to my 2014 iMac. Works perfectly.

                      OWC has some videos on installing a SSD into a 2014 iMac. It's an adventure I didn't feel like undertaking, particularly because I'm going to be selling this Mac toward the end of the year (when the Apple Silicon iMac comes out). The skill level is "advanced, professional installation recommended."

                      https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_27in5k_14late_hdd/

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • G George K
                        18 Jan 2021, 14:29

                        @klaus said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                        Hey @George-K do you have any experience whether an upgrade of a 2014 fusion drive with a modern SSD will make a noticeable difference?

                        No clue. But, I will say that I boot from an external 2TB SSD connected via thunderbolt to my 2014 iMac. Works perfectly.

                        OWC has some videos on installing a SSD into a 2014 iMac. It's an adventure I didn't feel like undertaking, particularly because I'm going to be selling this Mac toward the end of the year (when the Apple Silicon iMac comes out). The skill level is "advanced, professional installation recommended."

                        https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_27in5k_14late_hdd/

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                        taiwan_girl
                        wrote on 18 Jan 2021, 15:21 last edited by
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                        @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                        @klaus said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                        Hey @George-K do you have any experience whether an upgrade of a 2014 fusion drive with a modern SSD will make a noticeable difference?

                        No clue. But, I will say that I boot from an external 2TB SSD connected via thunderbolt to my 2014 iMac. Works perfectly.

                        OWC has some videos on installing a SSD into a 2014 iMac. It's an adventure I didn't feel like undertaking, particularly because I'm going to be selling this Mac toward the end of the year (when the Apple Silicon iMac comes out). The skill level is "advanced, professional installation recommended."

                        https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_27in5k_14late_hdd/

                        I did the same (per Mr. Georges recommendation 555). For my computer, made a big big difference. Used to take looooooong time to get started and any applications took a loooooong to time load and use. Now that everything is on the solid drive, almost like a new computer.

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                        • G George K
                          18 Jan 2021, 14:29

                          @klaus said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                          Hey @George-K do you have any experience whether an upgrade of a 2014 fusion drive with a modern SSD will make a noticeable difference?

                          No clue. But, I will say that I boot from an external 2TB SSD connected via thunderbolt to my 2014 iMac. Works perfectly.

                          OWC has some videos on installing a SSD into a 2014 iMac. It's an adventure I didn't feel like undertaking, particularly because I'm going to be selling this Mac toward the end of the year (when the Apple Silicon iMac comes out). The skill level is "advanced, professional installation recommended."

                          https://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/imac_27in5k_14late_hdd/

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                          Klaus
                          wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 13:06 last edited by
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                          @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                          But, I will say that I boot from an external 2TB SSD connected via thunderbolt to my 2014 iMac.

                          How did you connect it via Thunderbolt? Usually, external SSDs only feature USB or USB-C?

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                          • K Klaus
                            19 Jan 2021, 13:06

                            @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                            But, I will say that I boot from an external 2TB SSD connected via thunderbolt to my 2014 iMac.

                            How did you connect it via Thunderbolt? Usually, external SSDs only feature USB or USB-C?

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                            George K
                            wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 13:18 last edited by
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                            @klaus said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                            How did you connect it via Thunderbolt?

                            I have two options: I have a 4 bay thunderbolt enclosure that will take a 2.5 inch SATA drive (currently it's populated with spinning drives I use for media (pr0n movies and music) and backups (two drives for backup - 1 time machine, one Carbon Copy Cloner).

                            However, I use this for easy swap-ability. I don't think I paid this much for it, however. I bought it in 2014.

                            https://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-Dual-Bay-Thunderbolt-RocketStor-5212/dp/B00DJ3YEH0/ref=sr_1_36?dchild=1&keywords=drive+dock+thunderbolt&qid=1611062081&sr=8-36

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                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 13:22 last edited by
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                              Other World Computing also has this:

                              https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/External-Enclosures/2.5-Inch-Drives-HD-SSD

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                              But this is what I use for my 4 bay enclosure:

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                              Here's something else that might pique your fancy:

                              https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/envoy-express/thunderbolt-3

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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • G George K
                                19 Jan 2021, 13:22

                                Other World Computing also has this:

                                https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/External-Enclosures/2.5-Inch-Drives-HD-SSD

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                                But this is what I use for my 4 bay enclosure:

                                Screen Shot 2021-01-19 at 7.20.15 AM.png

                                Here's something else that might pique your fancy:

                                https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/envoy-express/thunderbolt-3

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                                Klaus
                                wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 13:27 last edited by
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                                @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                                Here's something else that might pique your fancy:

                                Wait, but that's a TB3 connector, no? AFAIK, you can't connect a TB3 device to a TB2 port. Or can you?

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                                • K Klaus
                                  19 Jan 2021, 13:27

                                  @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                                  Here's something else that might pique your fancy:

                                  Wait, but that's a TB3 connector, no? AFAIK, you can't connect a TB3 device to a TB2 port. Or can you?

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                                  Axtremus
                                  wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 13:37 last edited by
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                                  @klaus said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                                  Wait, but that's a TB3 connector, no? AFAIK, you can't connect a TB3 device to a TB2 port. Or can you?

                                  I think that’s right. Apple sells an adaptor that converts a female Thunderbolt 3 port to a female Thunderbolt 2 port, but none that converts the other way round. If you Mac has only Thunderbolt 2 ports, you will need to start with an enclosure that supports Thunderbolt 2 (or covert to USB).

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 13:57 last edited by George K
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                                    https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter

                                    Here's the adapter.

                                    TB3 is the male end and TB2 is the female end. Hook that dock up to a TB2 cable with male at both ends and you should be good, no?

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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • G George K
                                      19 Jan 2021, 13:57

                                      https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter

                                      Here's the adapter.

                                      TB3 is the male end and TB2 is the female end. Hook that dock up to a TB2 cable with male at both ends and you should be good, no?

                                      Screen Shot 2021-01-19 at 7.58.01 AM.png

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                                      Klaus
                                      wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 14:17 last edited by
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                                      @george-k said in MacBook Battery Replacement - any recommendations?:

                                      Hook that dock up to a TB2 cable with male at both ends

                                      That sounds rather gay. Will it work? I don't know.

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                                        Axtremus
                                        wrote on 19 Jan 2021, 16:54 last edited by
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                                        Hmm ... now that I think about it the second time, yeah, I think it should work. Heck, I think I have that TB3/TB2 adapter. I will go try it out later today.

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                                          Axtremus
                                          wrote on 6 Feb 2021, 13:35 last edited by
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                                          Well, I tested the combo chain with Thunderbolt 3 port connected to a "Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter" to a Thunderbolt 2 cable to a Thunderbolt 2 hard drive.

                                          It works fine. With that configuration I copied 25 GB of data onto that Thunderbolt 2 hard drive without incident. It's a spinning hard drive too using power drawn only from the Thunderbolt 3 port.

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