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How to get service on an Apple laptop battery

The lithium-ion battery in your Mac laptop will lose its ability to charge to its maximum factory-made capacity over time—but you don’t have to take that change lying down. Depending on the level remaining, you might be able to get a free replacement from Apple.

Lithium-ion batteries transformed laptops and mobile devices. They allowed for a greater density of stored energy compared to earlier generations of nickel-metal-hydride batteries. This newer material loses charge much more

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