Reviews for Rechargeable Battery - 13-inch MacBook (aluminum)

I have had mine 15 months and it still charges 100% and gives me a full day´s work as I don´t take my charger with me. I ALWAYS run it flat before charging as recommended. It charges to 100% and no change in the time I have had it. Lots of "short" charges WILL ruin the battery.

9 of 15 people found this useful

I have had my macbook aluminum for just over a year now. It's the MacBook that they had for about a couple months during 2009. then they changed the name to MacBook Pro. But anyways. My battery was having no problems. Then when i went to go use my Mac i open it up. And then about 30 seconds later it died. Nothing worked. Not even the battery indicator. It literally died. So i went to plug it in. Then the led light on the front starts flashing like crazy. And now it won't charge. The battery indicator keeps on blinking. It's always at 0% and right as in unplug it. It dies again.

10 of 10 people found this useful

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks these batteries work (like my vacuum) ...since I'm also being censored!

41 of 43 people found this useful

My first battery lasted 9 months and was replaced under warranty.

My replacement also only lasted 9 months (notice a theme yet?). Apple normally says the warranty on batteries is one year. When the replacement died they then tell me that they will not replace it. They say that it only has a 90 day warranty.

Why does the same battery have a 1 year replacement at times and 90 day at other times? It's the same battery. Apple should stand behind their products the same. If someone has already had a problem once then not standing behind it the second time is not the smart thing to do. This is very frustrating.

62 of 65 people found this useful

I'm echoing basically the same thing I'm seeing on a lot of recent reviews. Have had the Macbook for 15 months and it now shuts down with about 45 minutes remaining on the battery. Even a full charge only lasts for about an hour. Shame that it has such a short life.

Full charge capacity (mAh): 2064
Health Information:
Cycle count: 505
Condition: Replace Soon
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 1397
Voltage (mV): 12267

48 of 54 people found this useful

I've had my computer for one year and four months, and my battery only holds a charge for about an hour before shutting off. I used to get 8 hours of battery life, but recently it's been awful and even shuts down when it reaches 25% charge. I called Apple and they said it was just from normal usage, so it wasn't covered. Seeing all of these reviews saying the same thing disappoints me because I thought that Apple was a company that took pride in making good products worth standing by.

A battery should last longer than a year, Apple. It's a shame that a leading technological company can't make a battery that works and lasts.

31 of 31 people found this useful

Bought my macbook new and the hard drive lasted 1 year and the battery lasted 1 year 2 months. that is just disgusting. i have a 7 year old toshiba that i got and neither the battery nor hard drive has failed me, at any point.

19 of 21 people found this useful

This is my second experience with apple product which died right after my warranty expired. After 1 year, my Macbook's status bar started to show "Service Battery" warning and shut down without any warning. I took it to Apple Genius Bar and they told me that the decrease in my batter performance after 1 year is very normal, I should simply replace the battery (only $125!!!) and should get 1 more year of warranty.
I dont think this is true even for lame PCs. But if this is really true its shame on apple that they can design aesthetically perfect products which does not last longer than warranty. Or their marketing strategy is to rip you over the battery or extended Apple Care. I was thinking about the iPhone 4 but now I will think a second and and even a third time.

38 of 40 people found this useful

I have had my aluminum Macbook for just around 1 year. The battery now only maintains a charge for 1 hour, and there is not even warning when it is low - the computer just dies, causing you to lose your work (which is what led me to write this review). I do just what they say to do in terms of maintaining your battery life. And I do expect to lose some of the battery life over time, but one hour with no warning before it conks out is unacceptable.

The only other time I have had this problem is when I used my old Mac G4 overseas and there were power fluctuations, which is really bad for your battery. But I only have used this computer in the US, so there is no reason for it.

Really disappointed and now have to shell out another $124 for a new battery. Boo on you, Apple!

31 of 34 people found this useful

Is this not normal?

Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 793
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 816
Health Information:
Cycle count: 213
Condition: Check battery
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1068
Voltage (mV): 12097


I've only had my macbook for less than 2 years, and after being fully charged, it dies within 20-30 minutes after I unplug it (EVEN IF I ONLY USE A WORD PROCESSOR). And it's not like I don't treat my computer well. I turn off bluetooth, quit all unused apps, and put it at low brightness settings while setting the battery life to "better energy savings." I usually always charge it and try not to let it die. Since it won't even last 30 minutes without being plugged in, I can't even use it to type up notes for ONE period of class.

In addition, the speakers stopped working because it continually thinks there is something plugged into the headphone jack. This first happened when I connected a brand new speaker to my laptop. You probably think I jammed it or something, but I did it gently (I treat my laptop like a fragile child). Afterwards, it would NOT play any sound when disconnected from the speaker. After searching this phenomenon on google, I found that tons of people have this same problem, and have been fixing it by poking around the jack with a MATCHSTICK. POKING? with a MATCHSTICK? Does it really come down to this, Apple?

Like a fool, I tried the matchstick suggestion. It left me with a broken nail and a broken heart. And yet, no sound.

Mainly, the battery life is the problem. I have not abused my computer and it's rapidly dying. For a period of time, it made crazy sounds (like continual sounds of a disc being inserted, repeated about 12 times) every time the computer turned on or awoke from sleep. What is this? I didn't pay $2000 to get nasty looks at the library because my Macbook started screeching.

This problem randomly went away about a month ago. I'm afraid for what else is going to occur in my laptop's future.

I have no warranty.

HELP?!!!!!!!!

30 of 41 people found this useful