MacBook Battery Replacement Vienna

€179 as a fixed price for every Air and Pro up to and including the M3 generations, Intel machines included. The figure contains the cells, releasing the old glued pack, fitting, a full calibration cycle, disposal and six months of warranty. Nothing is added later, not even if more cells turn out to be glued down than expected. The M4 machines are the one exception at €219.

Five machines, all from the M4 generation: the Air 13 with A3240, the Air 15 with A3241, the Pro 14 with A3112 or A3401 and the Pro 16 with A3403. Their cells have only been on the market since 2024 and cost noticeably more to buy in, while the bench work is practically identical. As soon as sourcing normalises we pass that on and lower the figure again.

Six months on the cells and on the fitting, valid anywhere in Austria including machines that reached us by post. If capacity drops noticeably in that window, or macOS starts reporting a battery fault again, we replace it at no cost to you. Excluded are falls, spills and anyone else opening the machine afterwards: a base plate prised off by a third party ends the cover.

The check is 25 EUR and it comes off the invoice entirely as soon as you approve a repair with us. About one machine in five arrives suspected of a dead cell and leaves with a different diagnosis, most often the charging board at €189. You get the separate figure before anything is touched. Where liquid has been involved the diagnosis is 49 EUR, because the machine is stripped completely.

It means the system has measured the pack and found its capacity or its internal resistance outside the range it expects. The machine keeps working, but the message will not clear by itself and the runtime keeps shrinking. It is a reliable signal rather than a nag. We measure the actual figures during the check, and if they confirm what macOS says, a new pack at €179 puts the reading back to normal.

A cell has produced gas and expanded, and because it is glued flat into the bottom shell it pushes the aluminium outward. The machine then sits unevenly and the trackpad only depresses near its edge. Please stop charging it, do not carry it pressed inside a full bag and contact us quickly. A swollen pack gets removed rather than monitored, and it should not travel by post either.

Apple quotes around 1,000 cycles before capacity falls to roughly 80 per cent, which daily charging reaches in about four years. Checking yours takes a minute: hold the Option key, click the Apple menu, open System Information and select Power. Cycle count and condition are printed there. A newly fitted pack reports fewer than ten cycles, and we show you that screen before the machine leaves.

We fit tested cells at the full rated capacity of your model, not refurbished packs pulled from scrap machines. Genuine parts straight from Apple go to authorised service partners only, and we say that plainly instead of claiming an origin we do not have. After fitting we show you rated capacity, measured capacity and cycle count on screen, so you can read the quality rather than take our word for it.

Yes, and that step is why the job takes longer than the screwdriver work suggests. After fitting, the machine runs one full charge and one controlled discharge so the firmware learns the real capacity of the new pack. Without it the percentage display is wrong for the first weeks and jumps in large steps. We then open System Information with you and show what the fresh pack reports.

A 13-inch machine with three cells is frequently finished the same day. For a 14 or 16-inch Pro we plan a full working day, because six cells are individually glued into the base and each is eased out over its pull strips rather than levered. The calibration cycle cannot be shortened either. With courier collection, most customers have the machine back on the second working day.

No. Storage is never touched during a battery job, nothing is reset and nothing reinstalled. On the Apple Silicon machines the storage sits fixed on the logic board anyway, and on the Intel models it is a separate module we do not go near. You get the machine back exactly as you handed it over. A current backup is still sensible, because storage can fail without warning.

Not necessarily, but it has to be inspected before anything is charged again. Liquid runs down from the keyboard and pools exactly where the cells and their connector sit, so corrosion on those contacts and on the charging circuit is the usual outcome. We strip the machine, clean the board and measure before deciding. Board cleaning starts at €99, the liquid diagnosis is 49 EUR, and rice helps with none of it.

Yes, in every district. Our driver takes the machine from your home or your office and brings it back after the work, with both journeys inside the zone price of €14.90, €17.90 or €18.90. Because a 14 or 16-inch Pro needs a full working day plus the calibration cycle, expect the machine back on the second working day rather than the same evening.

Yes, from all of Austria, with insured return shipping included in the price. Shut it down, pad it properly and add a note with your name, number, the A-number and the runtime you currently get. We check it, ring you with the price and only then start. One exception: a machine with a visibly bulging base plate does not belong in the post, so call and we arrange the transport differently.

Yes, at a slot you book beforehand, in the 22nd district. We run no open workshop with a counter, so working by appointment is what guarantees somebody is there to receive your machine and put it straight on the bench. You get the exact address with your confirmation. Coming in person is optional: the courier in Vienna and the postal route reach the same workshop at the same price.