I had done the same with my current Mac Book Pro 13" Late 2011 with the help of iFixit guides and its working perfectly ever since, but will it be possible for the current newer generation MacBook Pro?

Regards,

AS

⟐ Commented August 03, 2022 at 4:57 MST

When I shut down my Mac, the Mac shut down correctly and I closed the lid. Left it in my desk until morning. In the morning, I felt that the Mac was warm to the touch and when I turn on, it boots up with Apple logo (like a normal startup, so it wasn’t sleeping) and it asks for my password before I could use Touch ID (so it wasn’t sleeping). BUT the battery had drained from 100% (when I shut it down) to 5%, if not completely 0 mAh left in the battery (literally 0% and won’t boot unless plugged in) when I turn it on.

I find this behaviour rather frustrating and it definitely consumes my charge cycle. When I shut it down and left it for some good 2-3 hours, it also drains around 20-30%.

Yes, I have once removed the Logic Board for cleaning (after some minor liquid damage around the iBridge Bus, which caused camera, Touch Bar, and ambient sensor to no longer work). But I made sure everything was dry and cleaned all the corrosion with 95% ethanol before putting everything back together. Couldn’t be I missed something that causes this weird problem right?

Things I have tried:

1. Resetting the SMC and NVRAM (and even T2 chip) multiple times.
2. Reinstalling macOS (I used 10.15.2 and tried downgrading + fresh install 10.14.6 to no avail).
3. Shutting the Mac down and not even touching the lid. So, left the Mac open after shut down for hours, and yet it drained too.
4. Turning off Wi-Fi before shutting the Mac down.

all to no avail.

Weirdly enough, if I just sleep the Mac, the drain was normal (just 1% drain overnight). Shut down, which was not supposed to drain any battery, was actually draining A LOT (even if need power for startup or shut down, those maybe drain around 1-5%, not 20%).

Please advise me on what to do. Thank you so much :))

Here is a coconutBattery screenshot:

⟐ Answered November 06, 2023 at 11:11 MST

⟐ Commented August 17, 2023 at 10:48 MST

⟐ Answered November 06, 2023 at 11:09 MST

(somewhere here, but where!?)

You remember that pic of Marc Zuckerberg? I would love to put a tape on my Macbooks Mic as well :) (mute it ;))

⟐ Answer deleted August 20, 2022 at 10:00 MST

⟐ Answered January 22, 2021 at 11:09 MST

I installed onto a 2018 MacBook Pro 13” A1989 touch bar, screen works but is dim and not bright enough, does this mean 2017 screen is not compatible with 2018?

⟐ Commented July 30, 2025 at 23:39 MST

What would a repair of this one USB-C (Thunderbolt, etc.) port likely entail? Will the entire logic board or will they just be able to replace a single small part in the store?

I’m NOT eager to have to mail this off and/or have major guts from a brand new Mac replaced. Maybe it’s just a loose connection or something, or maybe it’s a bad port. Either way, I’m curious what folks here think.

I looked at the tear-down, but couldn’t tell much. Any help here is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

⟐ Commented January 23, 2025 at 18:13 MST

Something happened to my MacBook recently. The day before the incident, it was working normally, I was browsing the internet on it for a few hours. The next day, when I turned it on, the right fan started running at maximum speed. I reset the NVRAM and SMC, but it didn't help. I ran Apple diagnostics and it showed errors PPF003 & PPF004, so I decided to replace the right fan. Unfortunately, the replacement did not help. I also changed the thermal paste just in case and checked if the fans were clogged, but everything is in good order. Additionally, I unplugged and reconnected the keyboard connector. I tried to control the fan speed using the Macs Fan program, but the speed is locked at maximum (8000 rpm) and cannot be reduced in any way. The left fan can be controlled normally. I checked the temperatures and in idle, they are higher than usual, sometimes even above 60-70 degrees Celsius, whereas before I used to see around 50 degrees.

One interesting phenomenon I observed is that when I press the keyboard cable connector harder, the right fan starts running slower or even stops completely for a second before returning to maximum speed. Therefore, I plan to replace this cable as well.

The laptop has not been dropped or exposed to any water damage. Is it possible for something like this to happen overnight? Or is there anything else I can check before ultimately sending the MacBook to a service center?

⟐ Commented August 25, 2024 at 18:27 MST

While trying to troubleshoot the ambient light sensor, I went to check if True Tone was enabled or disabled, and noticed the “Automatically Adjust Brightness” and “True Tone” options have vanished entirely from Display Preferences.

What’s happened?

⟐ Commented June 17, 2024 at 14:26 MST

I have a Macbook Pro 13” Touch Bar 2018 model and noticed that I cannot close the lid of the Macbook anymore due to a slight swelling of the case. As this happened to me on an earlier macbook pro model, this looks the battery is swelling again and needs to be replaced.

Now I would like to replace the battery myself, as Apple is not willing to replace the battery free of charge and due to Corona situation all local Apple authorized merchants are closed.

Only trouble is, I cannot find a suitable battery replacement kit for the 2018 macbook pro 13” model. Can anyone point me in the right direction which battery replacement kit I should order?

Many thanks in advance,

Michael

⟐ Answer accepted April 28, 2020 at 7:17 MST

⟐ Answered August 17, 2024 at 19:42 MST

⟐ Commented October 12, 2021 at 19:46 MST

I am new to microsoldering but would give it a go if replacing the connector would fix the issue, but I havent had any luck finding what this part is and where to get it from. If anyone could help with the part number and how to go about replacing it that would be amazing :)

⟐ Commented July 22, 2025 at 19:16 MST

I have a stage light issue with the 2018 MacBook Pro (A1989). It occurs after a few minutes of running (variable times) and whenever I adjust the screen to max brightness. I was mistaken in that it does occasionally appear at login. 'pmset displaysleepnow' fixes the issue only when the screen is not set to max brightness, yet it doesn't last very long (variable). It does seem dependent on how many tasks I am running. All display options are off. Have tried to reset vram but doesn't seem to have an effect. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Since this got moved to its own question I'll add that unlike the previous person with seemingly the same problem, whose Mac was in great condition, my Mac has taken a tumble a while ago, can't remember if the issues began then.

⟐ Answer accepted May 13, 2025 at 12:02 MST

Can I just solder the cable connector to the motherboard pads? On the left side the 3rd pin from the top, is scraped off. I can just remove some of the solder mask to reveil it right?

Alternatively, is there a way to retrieve this connector without donor board?

⟐ Commented September 13, 2024 at 11:52 MST

When you close the lid back to 30 degrees its like a switch and screen comes back to normal.

Otherwise works perfectly. Works to external screen ok.

I know older machines had probs with screen cable but they seem to result on screen going black.

Thanks in advance for any help

2018 macbook pro A1989 i7 2.7GHz 16Gb ram

⟐ Commented February 11, 2023 at 7:03 MST

I have this problem at my work with my MacBook Pro 2018.

While connecting to projector with 15m HDMI cable via USB-C hub I get no input on projector, but my Mac finds the projector and I can even change resolution of projector.

Then when I took a shorter cable my Mac suddenly started to mirror display. All windows laptops works perfectly with that projector and most Mac’s do as well.

Tried different USB-Chubs no help, and I had same problem with two different Projectors and two different MacBook Pro’s both the newer 2018 model.

⟐ Comment deleted September 27, 2022 at 7:33 MST

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mo1e1v6fl7mfpu...

⟐ Answered August 20, 2020 at 16:40 MST

⟐ Commented February 08, 2020 at 6:35 MST