Can my mac book pro's battery be damaged by charging it to much to often?

no, but it will lead to you needing a new battery sooner. http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

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can my mac book pro get the newest software? its on 10.6.8? I want 10.8.4?

Open the Mac App Store and try downloading Mavericks. If you're told the computer's incompatible, no.
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Mac Book Pro Service Battery Options

Hi, I have a Mac Book Pro 5,5 mid 2009 13'.
The battery status shows up as "service battery". Can anyone tell me what are my options and also if I don't do anything, what are the consequences.
Here is my battery's info.
Thanks,
Macs for the Win.

Hi Macs for the Win,
If you are seeing a "Service Battery" status on your MacBook Pro, you may find the information outlined in the following article helpful:
Service Battery: The battery isn’t functioning normally, and you may or may not notice a change in its behavior or the amount of charge it holds. Take your computer in for service. You can continue to use your battery before it’s checked without harming your computer.
OS X Yosemite: Battery conditions
For more general information about Mac notebook batteries, you may also find these articles useful:
Mac notebooks: All about batteries - Apple Support
Mac notebooks: Determining battery cycle count - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden

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I am wanting to upgrade my Mac Book Pro USB 2 to USB 3 but am not sure if this can be done? I have read somewhere that it is possible but the local store seems to think not. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
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Can a Mac Book Pro playback 96K WAV files?

Trying to listen to a 96K WAV file through the headphone output of a 2009 Mac Book Pro. Does anyone know if that is possible?

96K 24 bit. I can play it back on my audio interface but I'm trying to find out if someone without an interface can hear an accurate version of a stereo song mix at that resolution.

Mac book pro will not start up. Charging light is on, but no response from computer. What happened?

The Mac Book Pro was fine, and then just stopped working. I connect the power source, and the light is on as if it is charging. However, when I try to turn the laptop on, nothing happens. There is no response whatsoever. Any ideas what happened and what I need to do?

Examine this support article for possible solutions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1367?viewlocale=en_US
If no success, a trip to an Apple store genius bar is the best recourse.
Ciao.

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How long does it take to charge the 8 hr battery in mac boock pro 17"?

It depends upon the battery level when you start to recharge the battery.

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There has been talk about the MacBook pro retinas battery being glued on, and the replacement costing more. I also read somewhere that if I want to replace it, then apple will have to replace the entire logic board or something? My question is that if my MacBook pro retinas battery is ex
Experiencing problems, and if it is still within the one year warranty time, then if I bring the notebook in to replace the battery, will apple charge me, or no?

If MBP is still in warranty Apple will not charge for the replacement
Additional 2 year AppleCare Extended Warranty is a must for the sake of peace of mind.
Best.

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I bought the new MBPR just over a month ago and have since found that the battery doesn't last all that well. This is especially so when running a few things at once - most of which are very low CPU usage ie excel, mail, safari. My battery time remaining seems to jump up and down from 6:30 remaining down to about 3:00 at the jump of a hat and it's getting annoying as I've found I take my power cable everywhere with me and half the point of getting a laptop is to have the function of several hours os usability no worries running off the battery. Web browsing only, prolongs battery significantly but as soon as I start to do something/anything else it dimishes badly.
Would updating to Mountain Lion help this or is it just a feable excuse to prolong real "support" help?
What does reseting the SMC actually do, is this worth doing and will I loose data? I've done the sleep, restart and shutdown sequence but didn't seem to acheive a great deal.
I run bluetooth for my mouse and wifi for internet.
I've recently taken to playing Diablo 3 and this absolutely destroys my battery life and it literally lasts for under an hour on the battery if I'm playing this - very very frustrating. And if I play any music whilst on battery it drops very very quickly also.
At times the metal above the keyboard and underneath at the same point can get very hot to the point it can become extremely uncomfortable to sit the laptop in my lap.
Having just posted the above my time left went from 6:30hrs down to 3:45hrs and is now slowly climbing back up as I type.... posting the above seems a bit over the top for draining battery life, anyone agree??
I run currently with 50% brightness and about the same on keyboard brightness and have just turned off auto brightness as read that this can help - though annoying that I have to turn off this function and would like ot run with it on as I enjoy it's feature.
Any help would be appreciated - helps hints or tips - I'd love to be able to play Diablo 3 for longer off the battery as an hour doesn't really sit well with me coming from the latest and greatest Mac.
Thanks!

You should also ask this in the MacBook Pro forum. This is the forum for the white and black plastic MacBooks that were discontinued in 2010. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro

Bulging 17 inch Mac Book Pro Rechargeable Battery A1189 10.8V 68WH

Good Day;
My battery has been swelling up over the past 2 weeks, and the apple store I visited don't take it or advise.
I don't have a receipt because I bought the system used and the owner told me it has a new battery (just over a year old now), so not the original system battery, but a replacement one. I cant check cycles as the battery started getting bigger it doesnt fit in the slot. But it was working very well, so its more a physical issue.
Is there a way to check the battery age - serial number 6N8521X5Z9DA.
Could you please advise?
Thanks in advance

zafsk wrote:
... I figure apple's database can pick this up in their Authorised Dealer - repair centre.
Apple may have some way of determining that. If they do, it's not public knowledge. Just be sure to take your MacBook Pro and its power adapter, and the battery for evaluation. Everything has to be considered as a whole, and you don't want to have to be faced with this situation again in another year.
It's anyone's guess what its previous owner did, if anything, that may have affected the battery's longevity. Prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures could explain it, or it may have been a manufacturing defect, or it may simply have been something beyond anyone's control.
Try to find an Apple Store or an Apple Authorised Service Center with a good reputation. Some are excellent, some are less so.

Mac book pro retina battery problems?

Macbook pro battery problems?
i called apple because my macbook is supposed to last 7 hours but it last only 3 and it tends to get hot, they told me a virus is affecting the battery performance is this really possible or r they just masking crap up so i can buy their tech support plan and even if a virus is an issue cant i just reintall osx again and start fresh woudnt that just delete the virus instead of buying their software virus deleter thing?
1st it should last till 7 hours if you dont do anything intense wich i dont, i only use it for low intensity programs
2nd i keep my brightness low

i noticed it 2 moths ago and apple remotely accessed my maxbook and said they found virus related issues affecting my software wich made my macbook work harder wich made it hot , thus draining the battery quicker
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Can the mac book pro play pc games

I am planning on buying a new macbook pro and I was wondering if it will play pc games or do i have to get a mac verzion of them?

Buy a MacBook Pro you need for everything else, I suggest a 15" antiglare or larger, this way your secure online and portable.
Then for 3D PC gaming get yourself a Windows 7 gaming tower with a quad core i7 and expandable to 4-8 or even 16GB of RAM with a decent power supply, and where you can select from a veriety of the fastest video cards and of course all the latest games come out for Windows.
A Windows tower like this should last you a long time as a gaming machine as you just switch out the video card every year to keep up with the latest 3D games and not becoming fragbait.
Also most all games come out for Windows, use the Windows tower for gaming and offline uses, don't use it for anything Internet or file transfer related and it should remain secure. Use the Mac for all the risky stuff on the Internet, it's safer.
With a MacBook Pro (or any laptop) as a 3D gaming machine, it lasts about a year and a half, then you start having to drop the detail to keep your frame rate up with improvments in the game. You can't upgrade a video card in laptops.
The MacPro doesn't make a good 3D gaming machine as there are hardly any up to date video cards for it, you pretty much get what the machine came with and your stuck. (if your intersted, wait, they are due for a refresh)
If you can't spring for both machines, then get a PS3/Slim for your HDTV and 3D game on that. MacBook Pro for other uses.
As you can see with this chart, Windows towers blows away everything
http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=ogl&order=desc

Mac Book Pro 17" battery

Anyone else experiencing a bulging battery? Yup, the thing is about to explode... it's coming apart. I bought my first generation MacBook Pro 17" just over a year ago. About 2 months ago the optical drive stopped working. So I took it to an independent computer service man, as Apple wouldn't look at it as my warranty had expired. He discovered that the drive was warped......Last week, my track pad became stiff and wouldn't function properly. When I took out the battery to have a look.... The battery has a huge bulge in it and it's starting to come apart from the seems. Basically, the battery has warped the entire casing of the computer. Again Apple... when you spend $3500 you expect quality and service! So my next move is simple. Either Apple sorts all this out or I'm heading down to the biggest Apple stores nearest me and will spend a good part of the day showing potential customers my battery. Beware potential customers!

This gets even better! So Apple are willing to replace my battery free of charge, no problems. Of course they will... cause it's bloody obvious and doesn't look good at all for them. Imagine if potential customers saw this battery!
The optical drive... well that's another issue of course. Not as obvious and hidden inside the machine and it's malfunction could be blamed on anything of course...
I don't know if I mentioned it in my first post, but I had an independent service guy look at my optical drive weeks ago, whom found that it stopped working because it was warped. But because this guy isn't an 'Authorized' Apple service man, they won't take his word for it and replace the drive. So I take it to my Authorized Apple service guy, whom without even opening the casing says there is no way the bulging battery, excessive heat and warped casing has anything to do with the defective optical drive. He says it could be anything. He refuses to open the casing to have a look as it's apparently a long tidious task, that if it's not covered by Apple, it will cost him in labor time. He then also says, he's looked at thousands of these computers and doesn't need to open it to know for certain. Hmmmm, the man must have x-ray vision. Sounds more like...save Apple on paying out and God knows what he gets in return....These Apple guys are way too chummy for my liking. Something that's always sent a red flag up for me. But anyway....little does he know, I watched the independent service guy whip it out in 5 minutes. A very easy straight forward task.
So I get home and find that the authorized guy has told Apple his diagnosis without even looking at it, that they won't replace it. So I call Apple's customer service yet again and simply ask whom they'd trust... the guy who looks under the hood or the guy that doesn't???? They say they just take the word of the authorized guy.... LOL. What a bunch of idiots... But at least I have the option of a second opinion, from another authorized service guy. Problem is... as far as I know he's the only guy local to me. So time traveling and quite a bit of money will be spent on getting this looked at again. At the moment Apple have been trying to call the local service guy to me, to see if he'll look 'under the hood' at least....
Question is... do I trust a guy who's diagnosis comes from looking at the computer from the outside only? Authorized or not... Ahhh, no. My confidence is blown there.
The guy is an idiot, little does he know the computer was purchased through the University here, who holds a large account with this computer store, where the authorized guy works out of... Not a good move really. Specially over a drive that costs $179 and $40 to fit. Although, Apple 'authorized' service charge $500 for the exact same drive and process.
Again, beware of these guys, they pretend to care but there is a lot more going on then the 'I'm on your side, wanting to help saga's!!!
To be continued...

Mac book pro new battery problem

Hi, I have got a question regarding a battery life.
I bought my Mcbook pro 13' over three years ago, and it has been working really well until recently. The laptop was running on the original battery all the time, and only recently it has 'flashed' the replace battery icon, after over 600 charges.
I went to apple store and replaced the battery and the charger, as the charger broke at pretty much the same time. Within the month of using the new battery, with cycle charge count of less than 30, the 'replace battery icon' pops up again. I went back to the apple store, and since the battery was less than a month old they have replaced it with a new one free of charge.
Today is my 2nd day on the new battery, it's the third time I am charging it and it's flashing 'replace battery!" I don't know what's wrong! How could a battery break in less than 3 day, where it has not been heavily used at all????
Has anyone else experienced a similar problem?
I will try to go back to the store again this week, but it's ridiculous.
I really appreciate any suggestion on what's going on.

Tell them to check out the MagSafe charging circuit,and ports, as well as the cables connecting it all together.
Say you want a FULL diagnostic, as there is something wrong going on here,(possibly something on the logic board, which has just about all the components on it, they don't work at component level, they just change out whole parts"chunks") be polite but firm, and if you do not get a satisfactory answer from the first tech, ask to "escalate" it to the manager.
Best of luck

How long should a new battery last when installed for a mac book pro 2009 with only a web browser opened?

I recently went to the apple store in Covent garden and had a battery replaced for my Mac Book Pro 2009 edition.
After fully charging the mac the percentage guage meter displays the battery is losing power fast. 1% increments goes down every 5 minutes even if I have only a browser which is opened and no other running applications.
My recent test after a fully charged mac book pro allowed me a maximum use time is 2 hours!
I have friends and family members who have the same model as me and their mac book when running on battery, shows that the laptop has about 6 hours use. They are able to run multiple applications and use sites such as Youtube and still get a good 4 hours of use.
Anyway, I have booked an appointment with a Mac Genius for tomorrow to look into this issue.
I thought I'd just ask the community to find out if any of you can help.
Many thanks in advance.

Thank you Donald.
You are the second person to tell me this so this is more of a reason for Apple to sort out issue for me.
The team there don't believe there is an issue with the battery.
Thank you once again.

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