when changing a battery is hard drive affected?

I'm going to put in a new battery on my MacBook Pro 15". Will I lose everything on my HD and desktop?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 11, 2020 10:19 AM

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Posted on Nov 11, 2020 10:37 AM

Always have a backup if you value your data!


As others have mentioned normally replacing a battery will not affect the data, but Apple assumes users have a backup so Apple will feel free to replace a drive or just perform a clean install if they deem it is necessary for the repair process.

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