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Hello guys.. Does anyone know how I can be 100% positive my Macbook battery is 100% genuine please? Thanks, Ben
Hello guys.. Does anyone know how I can be 100% positive my Macbook battery is 100% genuine please? Thanks, Ben
It would help if you told us exactly what model MacBook you have (there are/were lots of different models).
- Nick
Hello mate, Cheers for the reply. I have a macbook 13 mid 2007 A1181.. My original battery died and the cheapo replacement I bought is causing my mac to shutdown. I bought another which supposed to be "genuine"?! Is their a foolproof way of telling if the battery is indeed genuine.
Cheers again.
Thanks for the info. The reason why I asked for your MacBook model is...a couple of the newer (and last) MacBook models were the "Unibody" design...which have non-user removable batteries...which would almost 100% guarantee that the batteries are original "equipment". But obviously your 2007 MacBook has the removable battery.
Do you still have your old MacBook dead battery? If so...you could compare the old & new batteries. If not...generally "genuine" Apple battery's have the Apple logo on them...and the words "Designed by Apple in California" (or something like that) will be printed on it (you have to remove the battery to see this).
HTH,
- Nick
Cheers Nick.. It all looks original but it must be so easy to make a fake, just for peace of mind I might take it to the apple shop..
I should add it was cheap. That's why I'm a tad concerned.
i would agree with mrplow in that if you bought it from the apple store or via apple website, then it will be the most genuine you could get
I simply could not afford to fork out £110 on a battery from the apple shop.. If this battery does turn out to be a fake I'll be sending it back as it is advertised as "Genuine"
how about taking some pics and posting on here, together with the serial numbers etc...someone may be able to run a check for you.
i do understand that the price is bait steep, i have done it 3 times in the past 3 years...
Yeah.. I have to say It's not been delivered as yet, The first thing I'm gonna do is check it in my system profiler for serial number. I think It'd be safe to say if it has no serial It's hooky. What's pissing me off is that my old battery is packed away in the loft with the rest of my life waiting to be moved to my new house. Do I go for it or what? Is the box among many other boxes marked 'old mac battery' I doubt it? Did I throw it away? I dunno?
can you to run with AC power until it arrives?
Yeah the battery I have a the moment works but states 'service battery' I took it to the genius bar and the girl I spoke to said she was pretty sure the shutdown problem I'm having is down to the none apple battery. She said "it knows"