Before proceeding, power down your machine. Close the display and lay it on a soft surface top-side down.

Remove the following ten screws:

• Two 9 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws
• Eight 2.6 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws

The special screwdriver needed to remove the eight 5-point Pentalobe screws can be found here.

Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.

Remove the lower case and set it aside.

Grab the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector and pull it toward the front edge of the Air to disconnect the battery from the logic board.

Do not lift upward on the connector as you disconnect it.

Remove the following five screws securing the battery to the upper case:

• Three 6.3 mm T5 Torx screws
• Two 2.4 mm T5 Torx screws

When handling the battery, avoid squeezing or touching the four exposed lithium polymer cells.

Lift the battery from its edge nearest the logic board and remove it from the upper case.

Use the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the trackpad ribbon cable ZIF socket.

Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.

Pull the trackpad ribbon cable straight out of its socket toward the rear edge of the Air.

While carefully lifting the keyboard ribbon cable with one hand, use the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the keyboard ribbon cable ZIF socket.

Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.

Pull the keyboard ribbon cable straight out of its socket toward the front edge of the Air.

Remove the following twelve screws:

• Six 1.6 mm Phillips screws securing the the trackpad to the upper case.
• Six 1.6 mm Phillips screws securing the trackpad brackets to the trackpad.