How bad is an inflated Macbook battery?
The screws have been starting to fall off the bottom panel and I’ve been noticing this for a few months, but only recently has it really been pushing. I decided to take a look, and it seems like there were rubber bubbles pushing on the panel. Eventually I found out those were probably the batteries.
Since then, I’ve unplugged the charger, shut it down and it’s currently living under a bucket in my basement just in case anything happens.
How bad actually is an inflated battery? Everything I’ve seen only just tells me that I should replace it. I don’t really want to do this because it’s out of warranty, and I’ll be getting a new pc in a few months anyways. Until then, I don’t NEED to use it, and it’s only purpose left would be to transfer all my data to the new computer. According to the Apple website, a replacement should set me back around $259, which is not money I want to spend if I don’t have to. So now my question is, do I really have to replace it if I won’t be using it all that much?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14
