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		nibbleshifter on Aug 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason In many cases a battery replacement = dead. Im unsure about the 2012 MBP (not having had one), but if its an internal battery, battery death usually means user unfixable, for most users.

tverbeure on Aug 15, 2022 [–]

It’s not supposed to be user replaceable, but there are plenty of kits and YouTube videos available on how to do it.

nibbleshifter on Aug 16, 2022 | [–]

Kits and YT videos pretty much always means "beyond the average consumer", meaning either paying a repair shop hundreds of euros in labour/profits, or just replacing the device.

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