If you have 2012st or 2013nd gen MacBook Pro retina, i.e. XNUMX and early XNUMX MBPs and the battery is starting to show signs of weakness, it is possible that Apple replace your Mac with a newer model. According to testimonies collected by several users who came to Apple with this battery problem and received in exchange a 2016 or 2017 MacBook Pro. The test that Apple performs in this regard is that battery cycle must be less than 1000 and the autonomy of the same is considerably reduced with respect to the technical specifications.
To know the number of battery cycles, you must carry out these actions:
- Click on the apple in the upper left,
- Balance About this Mac and then System report
- In the new window, you must click on the left side.
- Find the line on the right Terms.
However, although our Mac fits this description, it is not certain that Apple will replace your equipment, since it is not a replacement program announced on its website. The reason why Apple takes this measure is the following: in certain Macs this repair is an expensive task, because when replacing the battery, Apple must also replace the back of the equipment and the manufacturer does not have the inventory of this component in this time, if this circumstance occurs, instead of making your customers wait, customer service sometimes offers a full exchange, for the price of battery repair. Apple expects to have replacement of these components starting next fall.
The price of the repair differs from the country in question, but this is between 200 and 250 euros. So if we're lucky, Apple can trade your 2012 or 2013 Mac for one that's less than 12 months old.
