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I’m looking into replacing my battery for my 13" Mac Book, bought in late 2008. I’m not finding one on your site and was wondering if you could guide me to it.
mayer’s right, in that there were two different MacBook designs on sale during 2008: The white or black plastic A1181 (seven generations from 2006-2009)The aluminum unibody-cased A1278 (one generation 2008-2009) Both had user-removable batteries. The later white plastic A1342 MacBook (two generations 2009-2010) had an officially user non-removable battery. The A1278 was the first of the aluminum-cased Unibody laptop design; the non-Retina MacBook Pros used a similar design from 2008 onward. The A1278 model often confuses people, because Apple stupidly/recklessly used the same A1278 model designation for every 13" Unibody MacBook Pro made since 2009. Even so, the A1278 Aluminum MacBook is very different from the A1278 13" Unibody MacBook Pro; there are no interchangeable parts other than hard drives/optical drives. In particular, the A1278 MacBook battery is not interchangeable with the far more common A1278 13" MacBook Pro battery. This is important if you’re buying a replacement from sketchier sources (eBay, Craigslist, online vendors in China); they’ll frequently mix up parts for the two systems, just because they’re unaware of the difference. Those of us who own 2008 A1278 MacBook Aluminums have learned this lesson the hard way. Thanks, Apple. Apple’s model designation for the 2008 A1278 MacBook Aluminum-compatible battery is A1280. iFixit does carry batteries for the A1181 model. Since the A1181 model was out for many years, and all generations use the same battery, the compatible A1185 battery is widely available new, used, and in knockoff versions. A1181 batteryA1278 batteryA1342 battery
Iro, Replacement battery for 13" Mac Book late 2008. mdl A1278 and mdl A1181. 1st&2nd link is for purchasing replacement battery, verify correct model before ordering or use the 3rd link and contact ifixit parts department and place order with them. Good luck. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button. MacBook Unibody (A1278) Battery MacBook Battery http://help.ifixit.com/collection/130-co…
