Of course, if you have an AppleCare+ plan, you won't have to pay a dime. However, if you still own a 15-inch MacBook Pro Mid 2012 or Early 2013 model with Retina display, you can now finally replace the battery for the sum of $199 USD, which is the out-of-warranty fee in the United States. You can finally replace the battery in your MacBook Pro Mid 2012 or Early 2013 Meanwhile, for a limited time, Apple allowed customers owning a MacBook Pro Mid 2012 model with a depleted battery to exchange it with a refurbished MacBook Pro 2016 model with Touch Bar for only $199 USD, which is the cost of the battery replacement. The inventory of the top cases, which accommodates the trackpad, keyboard, and speaker grilles on 15-inch MacBook Pro Mid 2012 or Early 2013 models, started depleting more than a year ago, on March 2017, when Apple informed service technicians about the shortages, promising to resolve the issue on September 15, 2017.Д«ut it took Apple six more months to fully restore its supply of top case assemblies. After more than a year of shortages, it would appear that Apple will finally be able to replace batteries in 15-inch MacBook Pro Mid 2012 and MacBook Pro Early 2013 models with a Retina display.ДЄccording to an internal memo distributed to Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers and obtained by MacRumors, Apple has now fully restored its inventory of the top cases with glued-in batteries for older MacBook Pro made between Mid 2012 and Early 2013 with a 15-inch Retina display.

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