David Hanak All previous Retina MacBooks and MacBook Pros produced since 2012 have suffered from a certain ailment. If the user needed to replace the battery in his Mac for any reason, it was a rather demanding and, after the warranty period, also expensive operation. In addition to the battery, a significant part of the chassis with the keyboard also had to be replaced. According to the leaked internal service procedures, it seems that the new MacBook Air is a little different with the construction, and replacing the battery is not such a complicated service operation.
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Foreign server Macrumors se got it to an internal document that describes service procedures for the new MacBook Air. There is also a passage about replacing the battery, and from the documentation it is clear that Apple has changed the system of holding the battery cells in the chassis of the device this time. The battery is still stuck to the top of the MacBook with a new adhesive, but this time it's resolved in such a way that the battery can be removed without damaging any part of the chassis.
Service technicians at Apple retail stores and certified service centers will be given a special tool to help them peel off the MacBook Air battery so that the whole large piece of chassis with the keyboard and trackpad doesn't have to be thrown away. According to the document, it seems that this time Apple is using essentially the same solution for attaching the battery as is used for the battery in iPhones - that is, several strips of glue that can be relatively easily removed and at the same time also easily stuck on new ones. After replacing the battery, the technician must place the part with the battery in a special press, pressing which will "activate" the adhesive component and thus adhere the battery to the MacBook chassis.
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But that's not all. According to the document, the entire trackpad is also separately replaceable, which is also a big difference from what we've been used to from Apple in recent years. The Touch ID sensor, which is not rigidly connected to the MacBook's motherboard, should also be replaceable. After this replacement, however, the entire device needs to be re-initialized through the official diagnostic tools, mainly because of the T2 chip. Either way, it looks like the new Air will be a bit more repairable than the MacBooks of recent years. A more detailed description of the whole situation will follow in the next few days, when iFixit looks under the hood of the Air.
