Battery swelling and trackpad button misbehavior

In the past few days, I noticed the trackpad button on my Macbook (26 months old) no longer went down to the point of clicking. I removed the battery, and noticed slight swelling, hardly noticeable, but the battery wouldn't sit flat on a table. With the battery out, the trackpad button worked correctly.
I took it to the Apple Store Genius Bar, and was out the door with a free replacement battery in about 10 minutes.
Between the keyboard replacement last month, and this battery, I'm glad I bought AppleCare.

janicce wrote:
the battery functions good (97%) but the major problems is the trackpad since It gets crazy!!!, I think the problem is related to the battery
The battery is putting pressure on the trackpad.
Now do I have to wait the battery continue swelling and then xploiting ?
No remove the battery, letting it "explode" will only do more damage to your mac
I hesitate now from buying a new white macbook for christmas.
MacBooks were discontinued in July of 2011. You can not find a brand new one (at least not directly from Apple)

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This is an offshoot of discussion about a mouse right click not always working since upgrading to Mavericks.
I said using the trackpad and trackpad button on my MBP often doesn't effect the computer; I have to repeat those actions multiple times before anything happens.
Drew Reece offered some suggestions for my issues:
First, I came to Mavericks from Snow Leopard because I'd tried Lion and Mt. Lion but found my old laptop (early 2008 MBP v4.1) ran way, too slow.
Before going whole hog on Mavericks I read a lot, then installed it on an external drive (spinning, connected with FW800) and played with it for a few days. I used Migration Assistant to make the move, which segregated software that was not compatible. Mavericks was slow for a few days, but did gradually speed up.   However, that was when I first ran into the issue with the trackpad and button not registering with the computer's display. I also ran into the problems with Mail not liking my 3 Gmail accounts but actually solved that using by booting in safe mode, thanks to another poster here. Not sure why - I attributed it to Spotlight indexing the drive - everything about the computer was very slow and extremely funky while in safe mode; no way I would want to judge the OS based on performance during that boot. It was awful.
I did update a lot of applications to Mavericks-ready versions while I was using 10.9 on that external drive.
When I felt comfortable, I wiped my NBP hard drive and did a clean install of Mavericks, followed by repeating the same software updates. Then used Super Duper to just bring over User folders from that external drive. Because SD restores the Spotlight state there was no "break-in" period so Mavericks ran reasonably fast right away. I wasn't ready for iCloud deleting my Address Book data but, fortunately, I replaced everything from the external drive's Users/me/Library/Application Support/Address Book folder.
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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
          FanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
          Tor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Tor
System Software:
          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:53:59
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS542520K9SA00 disk0 : (200.05 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Power 10 (disk0s2) /: 199.71 GB (71.1 GB free)
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. iPod
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
          Other World Computing OXFORD IDE Device 1 400mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Banksy (disk3s2) /Volumes/Banksy: 299.21 GB (180.6 GB free)
          Other World Computing OXFORD IDE Device 1 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Got Your Back (disk1s2) /Volumes/Got Your Back: 319.73 GB (196.91 GB free)
          OWC Mercury Elite Pro 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Video (disk4s2) /Volumes/Video: 1 TB (561.34 GB free)
                    Repechage (disk4s3) /Volumes/Repechage: 1 TB (513.06 GB free)
                    Wayback (disk4s4) /Volumes/Wayback: 999.39 GB (108.82 GB free)
          OWC Mercury Elite unknown_device 800mbit - 800mbit max
                    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Check It! (disk2s2) /Volumes/Check It!: 1 TB (513.38 GB free)
                    The Shed (disk2s3) /Volumes/The Shed: 300 GB (180.43 GB free)
                    Space (disk2s4) /Volumes/Space: 697.3 GB (558.43 GB free)
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
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          com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          (6.0.3)
          com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          (9.0)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
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          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
          [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
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          [not loaded] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] org.glimmerblocker.proxy.plist
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
          [failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
          [loaded] com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
          [loaded] org.glimmerblocker.updater.plist
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] ca.madefresh.BodegaAgent.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
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          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
          [not loaded] com.akamai.single-user-client.plist
          [not loaded] com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist
          [not loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist
          [not loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
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          KeyCue
          SizeUp
          BookMacster
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          Dates to iCal 2
          iTrashGhost
          Rogue Amoeba Schedule Helper
          Aurora Wakeup Helper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
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          Akamai NetSession Preferences
          EarthDesk
          Fan Control
          Flash Player
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          GlimmerBlocker
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          MenuMeters
          Perian
          TechTool Protection
Internet Plug-ins:
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          OVSHelper.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
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          Silverlight.plugin
          Unity Web Player.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
          SheepSystemsNPAPIPlugin.plugin
Bad Fonts:
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Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Mobile backups: OFF
          Auto backup: NO
          Volumes being backed up:
                    Banksy: Disk size: 299.21 GB Disk used: 118.61 GB
          Destinations:
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               2%          EtreCheck
               2%          Finder
               1%          SystemUIServer
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               0%          Little Snitch Network Monitor
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               0%          Little Snitch Daemon
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          365 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          160 MB Finder
          127 MB WindowServer
          98 MB    Mail
          94 MB    mds_stores
          86 MB    Dock
          78 MB    AdobeAcrobat
          49 MB    Contacts
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Sorry about the length of this but I wanted to addres all Drew's suggestions. And I'm still seeing those intermittent trackpad/button issues.
- thanks

I'll try to break down each of these sections & point out any bad signs below.
Hopefully the color helps…
Alex Machi wrote:
Startup Items:
          FanControlDaemon - Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
          Tor - Path: /Library/StartupItems/Tor
Kernel Extensions:
          at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch          (4050)
          com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          (6.0.3)
          com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          (9.0)
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
          [loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
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          [not loaded] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [loaded] org.glimmerblocker.proxy.plist
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
          [failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
          [loaded] com.sony.PMBPortable.AutoRun.plist
          [loaded] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
          [loaded] org.glimmerblocker.updater.plist
          [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
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          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
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          GrowlMenu
          KeyCue
          SizeUp
          BookMacster
          MagiCal
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          Aurora Wakeup Helper
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          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
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          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
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          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
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          RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
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Blue items are loaded at the user level
The other stuff gets loaded into apps like Safari - they are internet plugins.
Cleanup:
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Use the Finders "Go menu > Go to Folder…" to open the hidden ~/Library (your users library).
Reboot for the system changes to take effect.
How to find updates:
The critical launchd jobs & kernel extensions use reverse domain notation e.g.
at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist means look at http://obdev.at for 'LittleSnitch' updates
You want to try to update or remove all the system level items.
Startup Items: Stored in /Library/StartupItems/
Startup Items have been discontinued by Apple since Mac OS 10.4. They are responsible for making changes at a system level. Remove them all or spend time ensuring ALL related software is up to date. You need a very good reason to have anything installed in here.
Kernel Extensions: Stored in /Library/Extensions/
Kernel Extensions also load third party code, but they insert it into the 'core' of the OS. These can be safe, however you must ensure the related tools or apps are up to date, otherwise the system is basically built upon quicksand. Remove them all & see if the OS works better.
Your LittleSnitch is out of date for example, how about hardware monitor or Rogueamoeba's software?
Launchd jobs: several types
LaunchAgents          - Stored in /Library/LaunchAgents
LaunchDaemons       - Stored in /Library/LaunchDaemons
User LaunchAgents   - Stored in ~/Library/LaunchAgents
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EtreCheck gives a status on launchd jobs…
[loaded]                  - a running job
[not loaded]            - jobs that are set not to run, basically harmless, remove them unless you plan to use the associated software (if it is up to date)
[failed]                    - jobs in a crashed or unknown state, it could be forking processes or using all the system resources, remove these.
User login items:
Applications and helpers that are managed inside 'Systems Preferences > Users and groups > Login Items tab'.
These are loaded at the 'User level', consider removing all of them whilst you troubleshoot. When you decide to re-add them ensure the software is up to date.
3rd Party Preference Panes: & Internet Plug-ins:
/Library/PreferencePanes/ and ~/Library/PreferencePanes/
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ and ~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/
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Read the list of Internet plug-ins carefully, there are often duplicate Flash player versions that won't help stability, it's just wasted space too.
Don't forget to also update Safari's extensions in it's preferences (if you have any).
Re-run EtreCheck after cleaning up to see if items have returned (some apps will reload the background jobs when re-opened, so either update or remove the software).
Hope that isn't too daunting, the OS should be better if there are less old items running at the system level.

Battery replacement and home button replacement?

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For pricing information, go here: http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=United_States&product=ipho ne
Select your country from the drop down list.
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MacBook suddenly turns off at 40% of battery charge and trackpad doesn't work

Hello,
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When I run on battery, the computer suddenly turns off at about 40% of the charge. No warnings. Just turns off.
The trackpad is not working properly. I can move the mouse, but I can not click. The swollen battery was pusing the trackpad, and I guess it's broken now. I don't know if I can replace it.
Coconut battery tells that the maximum charge of the battery is below the design capacity. Not sure if this is a problem, or Coconut battery is just comparing my battery's numbers with the theoretical numbers of a brand new battery. Check a screenshot
The battery drains too fast. From 100% to 65% in about 20 mins. So, at the end, I have less than 1 hour of battery time.
I've tried resetting the SMC, following these instructions. Specifically, pressing (left side)Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time, releasing all the keys and then pressing power button to turn on the computer. Not worked. I think it was even worse.
Could it be a problem of this specific battery? Or maybe just the MacBook doesn't accept batteries like that one? It's not original.
In the first case, I would return the battery to get my money back. In the second case, I guess I should have bought an original one.
Additional data that may be useful:
Mac OS X 10.8.5 (12F4S)
EFI boot ROM version: MB71.0039.B0E
SMC version: 1.60f6
About EFI boot and SMC versions, those are the last available official updates, obtained from here.
Many thanks in advance.

I'd say it was a faulty battery.

Apps, battery percentage and lock button.

On my iPhone 5, several apps won't load. They will open, but I'll just get a blank screen. These are Pinterest, Facebook and Settings.
I can't restart the phone, as the lock button hasn't worked for months and it won't work using assistive touch. No matter how long I hold the lock icon, it just locks the phone.
Also, the battery percentage has been on 82% for about 4 hours, now.

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MBP Trackpad button unresponsive

I just upgraded to the new MBP 15 yesterday, and I can't help but notice that the trackpad's button is extremely unresponsive compared to the old Powerbooks (I upgraded from a PB 12).
The new button feels cheap and hollow out of the box, as if there is barely any connections to the computer under the sides of the button. When I'm not pressing in the very center with force, almost banging on the button, about 20% of the time the clicks fail to register. When I am drag-and-dropping, unless I am pressing real hard, the file or object would drop midway. This lack of accuracy becomes quite a problem when doing delicate editing in Photoshop or drag and dropping text and spreadsheet cells in InDesign or Excel. I have tried all the click settings and it doesn't seem to help.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
One thing to do is to open Disk Utility (in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder.) Click on your hard drive by brand name and then on the First Aid tab. Repair permissions until there is nothing left to repair. You can ignore the SUID warnings--they are a known issue that Apple will fix at some point. You can also verify the startup disk. If it needs repair, you will have to do that with the Disk Utility that is on the install disk for whatever version of the OS you are running.
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There seems to be a lot of rumours at the moment that iPhone batteries are swelling and damaging phones because of being overcharged, is there any truth to this rumour?

My granddaughter has informed me (after having her iPhone 4 repaired, for a broken screen) that she was told by the repairer that charging a phone overnight every night will not only overcharge the battery (and reduce the life off the battery), but also can result in the battery swelling and breaking the screen and/or the back glass of the phone.
I have googled this question and observed that there are 50/50 remarks within a variety of blogs about this, (it seems there are a lot of rumours about overcharging) obviously there are some really silly responses to the "overcharging" theory, and some that do seem to almost come with some authority. Some say charging every night will definitely damage the battery, some say it will definitely not damage the battery.
I personally don't believe these rumours to be true, but thought it best to ask the experts, hence this question.
Please let me know if there is any truth to this rumour, so that I can reassure not only myself, but also my children and grandchildren, who are now scared of charging their phones.

dougwatkins wrote:
My granddaughter has informed me (after having her iPhone 4 repaired, for a broken screen) that she was told by the repairer that charging a phone overnight every night will not only overcharge the battery (and reduce the life off the battery), but also can result in the battery swelling and breaking the screen and/or the back glass of the phone.
What is true is that the vast majority of swelling/exploding/flaming batteries in iPhones that have been documented can be traced directly to botched repairs by unauthorized servicers or to counterfeit batteries sold on ebay and elsewhere.
Though any rechargable battery can fail, it is extremely unlikely in an unmodified, undamaged iPhone. If your granddaughter had her phone repaired by anyone other than Apple, she is at more risk now of experiencing a catastrophic failure of the phone than she ever was. She no longer has an iPhone. Apple will not service her phone at all if it was opened by a 3rd party.

Macbook pro battery swollen and cover coming off

Installed Lion and noticed my laptop battery swelled and the cover came off. Bought another one and the same thing happened. What's up with this and is Apple covering this?

Call AppleCare

Keyboard and trackpad unresponsive after computer is woken from sleep or battery runs out

I am having problems after my battery runs out completely or when I open my macbook a day later with the battery charged. If my battery runs out, after I plug it in and turn it on, the first thing that appears is the login page and there is a dark grey background instead of my normal blurred background, and the user picture is shifted to the right. After I enter my password a small white bar at the bottom loads and my normal login page loads, but this time my keyboard and trackpad are unresponsive. I have to wait for the display to go to sleep, close my macbook and then open it for my keyboard and trackpad to work. Sometimes I have to repeat this process more than once. The same thing happens when I wake up my computer with full battery after a nights sleep, and instead of being able to wake it up just by opening the lid I have to turn it on with the power button. Please help I know this isn't normal behavior. I have already reset the SMC and PRAM with no success and this problem was there before and after I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite.
Thanks

if any one ever has this problem, i figured it out. you have to reset the PRAM AND NVRAM. to do so...
hold down the command+option+P+R keys before starting the computer and wait for 2 start up tones. done and done.

Keyboard and trackpad temporarily unresponsive after mac is woken from sleep or battery runs out

I am having problems after my battery runs out completely or when I open my macbook a day later with the battery charged. If my battery runs out, after I plug it in and turn it on, the first thing that appears is the login page and there is a dark grey background instead of my normal blurred background, and the user picture is shifted to the right. After I enter my password a small white bar at the bottom loads and my normal login page loads, but this time my keyboard and trackpad are unresponsive. I have to wait for the display to go to sleep, close my macbook and then open it for my keyboard and trackpad to work. Sometimes I have to repeat this process more than once. The same thing happens when I wake up my computer with full battery after a nights sleep, and instead of being able to wake it up just by opening the lid I have to turn it on with the power button. Please help I know this isn't normal behavior. I have already reset the SMC and PRAM with no success and this problem was there before and after I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite.
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Trackpad button problems? Could be your battery!

My trackpad button lost all its clicking function yesterday, suddenly becoming much more mushy than usual. By the end of the day, it acted as though it were permanently clicked, arbitrarily dragging items all over the screen, wherever the cursor was moved. By this evening, the trackpad button wouldn’t move at all.
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After replacing the battery and restarting the computer, though, I found that the clicking function was still gone, and that the button wouldn’t move at all.
Removing the battery, I looked at it against a light and detected an almost imperceptible bulge in the middle. I guess the specifications are so tight that bulge is raised enough to permanently press up on the trackpad from beneath, making it impossible to click from above.
I then inserted my recently purchased backup battery and find that the trackpad button is fully clickable with it.
I’m glad that this probably means I won’t have to live without my computer for a few weeks, as it should need to be sent in for repairs. However, because the battery still charges and supplies power without any noticeably problem, and the bulge is so slight as to be unnoticeable, I doubt that Apple will be willing to replace it.
I’ve already had three power adapters melt within six months, and the last replacement took three weeks to arrive, so I didn’t want to lose that much income again while waiting for a trackpad button replacement (which appears to be unnecessary). Obviously, it is a heat problem for both the adapters and battery. I use the computer almost always on a hard-surface desk, but of course it is used about sixteen hours a day, seven days a week (minus four hours of church meetings on Sundays). The power adapters are in the open air, so I don’t know where all the heat is coming from. All of us who own a MacBook Pro notice within the first hour out of the box that it is too hot to sit on a lap, so I guess it is a design problem—and maybe quality control problems at the Chinese factories.
I similarly went through eight iBook G3 logic boards due to heat problems without ever getting the computer replaced as hoped. This time, I have AppleCare to make it more likely that I can get a replacement once they solve their various heat-related problems with a revised design if I encounter too many more problems. I’ve lost so much income in recent years from long repairs (unavailable replacement parts) of new or nearly near Apple laptop computers. I’m still committed to the platform, though, after twenty years of devotion.

Thanks! That’s great news. I’ve been delaying it until now, because I couldn’t find the original box of my second battery, so I assumed that I couldn’t send it in, and I haven’t had time to go to a local dealer yet.
This general recall and ability to use the one working battery in the meantime will solve my problem and avoid future similar issues.
The description on that page also makes it sound as though it won’t be a replay of my problem with the iBook logic board that I kept getting replaced (eight or nine times) with more than a two-week wait sometimes, only to have the last failure happen outside the three-year extended coverage. If this is in fact a quality control problem rather than a design problem as was the case with the iBook, I don’t expect a recurrence after this.
Unfortunately, though, looking at the number of power adapters that I’ve been going through with this MacBook Pro, I do suspect multiple recurrences throughout the future, as it is clearly a design problem. Having two of them should leave me with one working one, though, while waiting for replacements.
15" 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo MacBookPro1,1 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB 667 MHz RAM

Mid 2011 Macbook Air - Yosemite keyboard and trackpad stopped working, the only button that worked was the power button, only one USB port works.

I have a Mid 2011 Macbook Air.
Upgraded to Yosemite last week.
Three days ago I was using my Macbook Air for the first time since upgrading to Yosemite. I had been using my Macbook Air for approximately 30 minutes, I was using safari and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working (would not respond). The only button that worked was the power button.
I rebooted and they were still not working. I plugged in a USB mouse and external USB keyboard, only one USB port would work (the Left USB port if looking at the screen) so I had to swap between keyboard and mouse.
After logging in there is a bluetooth icon at the top of the screen with a sawtooth line through it. Bluetooth is unavailable and the bluetooth icon is missing from the system preferences menu.
If I run a hardware test by holding D (on USB keyboard) at startup it says that no problems are found and at the conclusion of the test the keyboard and trackpad start working again. When I log on the bluetooth is working again.
I shut down the Macbook Air and when I started it again the keyboard and trackpad and right side USB ports were all not working again. I logged in using the USB keyboard and mouse and the bluetooth not available sawtooth icon had returned.
I ran the hardware test again and at the conclusion of the test the trackpad and keyboard started working again.
I have tried deleting com.apple.Bluetooth.plist and com.apple.Bluetooth.plist.lockfile from /Library/Preferences/ and tried resetting SMC and Power Functions but this did not fix the issue. The only thing that seems to work is running a hardware test - obviously I don't want to do this every time I use the computer.
I do not believe any hardware is faulty/damaged - I think it has something to do with bluetooth/Yosemite.
I do not have the Macbook with me at the moment, if you have suggestions that I can try or additional checks/info you require please let me know and I can get back to you.
Thanks,
John

Hi!
I have exactly the same problem, and I can't find any solution.
I can't even track down the root of the problem: the Bluetooth/Wifi module? The trackpad? The keyboard/top case? The logicboard?
I've tried all the usual: SMC/PRAM reset, clean install, kext cache clearing.
Any suggestion is greatly appreciated!

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- Try a reset. Nothing is lost:
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
- Connect the iPod to your computer and try to restore via iTunes. Try placing in Recovery mode if necessary to restore.
- If you can't turn the iPod completely off, let the batter fully drain. After charging for at lerast anhour try again
- If still not successful time for an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.

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is there another way i could turn my phone on? it wont turn on or show me the battery screen to show its charging. i already tried to hold the on and home button at the same time but it does not want to turn on. please help?

Device Not Recognised
For PC
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
For Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591

I have an older iPod that no longer shows up in iTunes or appears to be charging. When I press the Menu and Select buttons, the Apple logo appears and then an icon of a battery with an exclamation point. Is it dead for good?

I have an older iPod that no longer shows up in iTunes or appears to be charging. When I press the Menu and Select buttons, the Apple logo appears and then an icon of a battery with an exclamation point. Is it dead for good?

If it is otherwise working, you can change the battery. If you want to do it yourself, you can buy the part on eBay and other online sources. Just make sure you know the type of iPod you have so that you get the right part.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353
There are online guides, including the ones on this web site
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iPod
(Note: Most replacement batteries come with plastic/nylon tools seen in the guides.)
You can also have a repair business do the work.
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