Just like a minor improve in specs, Apple’s newest M5 MacBook Pro will get the slightest enchancment in relation to repairability. According to iFixit’s teardown, the M5 MacBook Pro is the primary of its form that allows you to substitute the battery with out having to take away the trackpad. However, Apple’s official technique of changing the battery nonetheless requires navigating an arduous course of which will steer most customers away.
For anybody keen to deal with the DIY restore, Apple’s Self Service Repair Store solely presents a Top Case with Battery and Keyboard in its product elements catalog. Since the one possibility to switch the battery is shopping for this major chassis half with each the keyboard and battery pre-installed, MacBook Pro house owners can even need to disassemble an irritating variety of unrelated screws and {hardware} — aside from the trackpad — simply to switch a battery. However, iFixit confirmed that Apple included a barely upgraded 72.6Wh battery with the newest MacBook Pro in comparison with its predecessor’s 72.4Wh battery.
It’s minor progress for battery alternative, so iFixit nonetheless gave the M5 MacBook Pro a 4 out of 10 repairability rating, which means it is potential to do your self, however it’s “harder than it must be.” The newest rating is a bump down from the M1 MacBook Pro that earned a 5 out of 10, however Apple has made incremental steps in the direction of making MacBook repairs extra accessible.
