MacBook Air 13" Mid 2013 Battery Replacement
Replace the Battery in your MacBook Air 13" Mid 2013.
- Author: Walter Galan
- Difficulty: Moderate
Use this guide to replace the battery.
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Remove the following ten screws:
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Two 9 mm P5 Pentalobe screws
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Eight 2.6 mm P5 Pentalobe screws
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The special screwdriver needed to remove the ten 5-point Pentalobe screws can be found here.
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Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.
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Remove the lower case and set it aside.
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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.
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Remove the following five screws securing the battery to the upper case:
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Three 6.3 mm T5 Torx screws
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Two 2.4 mm T5 Torx screws
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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9 Comments
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These pentalobe screw sizes can't possibly be right - not even close. Should they perhaps be 0,8 mm and 1,2 mm?
Rulle Boer - Reply
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalobe_...
Arlen Abraham -
The screw sizes refer to the length of the shaft, not the diameter of the head or socket. P5 is the standard pentalobe size for all these screws, regardless of length.
I agree that the notation is a little confusing. I think it's because, with standard sized hardware like for your house, you have shaft diameter (say 1/8" or 3mm) and shaft length (say 3" or 7.5cm). So we're programmed to think of small numbers like that as diameter. But in this case, they're length.
budpegasus - Reply
Pulling the fan cable out was terrifying but you actually just pull on the cable itself. No way to get any leverage at the connector to dislodge it. Did come out easily but like I said, scared me!
allison - Reply
Draai de schroefjes voorzichtig los en leg ze op een stabiele plek neer en let erop dat de schroefje een verschillende lengte hebben.
bwgvanderveer - Reply
I thought I could replace my 256 Gb SSD with 512? regards
ola m - Reply
Do you have good Test Point Voltages? It appears there are silver colored Test points on the I/O Board. I am working on a water spill and trying to troubleshoot if both the I/O board and the Logic need replaced.
andrew - Reply
It's probably not necessary but may be a little safer to completely discharge the old battery before replacing it.
Larry Smith - Reply
tell a model that was not inferior to the speed of the one in the laptop.
Thank you
ilyabuhov - Reply