I have a Mid-2018 Macbook Pro 15" with Touchbar, and I just noticed that the top doesn't close flush anymore. I'm 95% sure its the battery expanding the whole device as it isn't straight anymore. I've not dropped it at all, and it's unlikely I bent it somehow while traveling. Battery Cycle Count is 114.
I'm trying to find out how to get this replaced without waiting for it for 2-3 weeks which is what I'm reading the time is to get it replaced while paying Apple 300+ just to do it on a less than two year old device.
I might just be overlooking an available replacement battery I could install myself. I see an iFixIt guide to replace the battery, but don't see a place that actually sells one.
With my work, I really would love not to lose days of time getting a loaner or older mac of mine out and rebuilding all of my local development environments, apps, etc. So that is where my idea of fixing it on my own came in. Not sure its even an option.
Has anyone found a faster solution than getting a device shipped out to apple, and am I in some very small minority of people who this is happening to for 2018+ models?
I'm trying to find out how to get this replaced without waiting for it for 2-3 weeks which is what I'm reading the time is to get it replaced while paying Apple 300+ just to do it on a less than two year old device.
I might just be overlooking an available replacement battery I could install myself. I see an iFixIt guide to replace the battery, but don't see a place that actually sells one.
With my work, I really would love not to lose days of time getting a loaner or older mac of mine out and rebuilding all of my local development environments, apps, etc. So that is where my idea of fixing it on my own came in. Not sure its even an option.
Has anyone found a faster solution than getting a device shipped out to apple, and am I in some very small minority of people who this is happening to for 2018+ models?