Q: Macbook Air 13" Mid 2009..charger doesnt works

You can take the computer to the Apple store to have the battery and cable checked out.

Best.

dominic23 wrote:

 

You can take the computer to the Apple store to have the battery and cable checked out.

 

Is that a realistic expectation in the case of an 8-year old Mac Book Air?  Just a straight question, not a criticism of the reply at all.

The battery Replacement could solve the problem.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2009+Battery+Replac ement/1332

Hi kaz-k,

Thanks for chiming in.

Glad to know you think so, but the link you gave me is for a Macbook Pro, not for a MacBook Air.
Incidentally, I was wrong when I described my MacBook Air as "the first model", it's actually a 2010 Model, made in 2011.  The ifixit link is thus https://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Air_11%22_Model_A1370

The battery in my MacBook Air, however, charges just fine when the adapter/charger works.  As a matter of fact it was at about 99% when it stopped working the first time, at about 97% the second time.  Right now is at 59%.

I also wonder whether it's harmful to use the charger as an adapter most of the time.  I use the laptop mostly in bed, otherwise I use my desktops.