Removing the battery from my MacBook for shipping purposes

It just occurred to me. You may be under the impression that the battery on a MacBook Pro is removable. It's not designed to be easily removed removed. It's often glued in and takes special tools to get it out. It's not like swapping batteries in a flashlight/torch.

But then the same can be said of the iPhone and iPad. Are you believing you should take their batteries out of them to travel? After all, in your pocket or the cargo bay, they all get transported. They all initially got shipped to either you or the Apple store with batteries in place.

You're dealing with a shipping company that either doesn't know what they're doing or their lawyers are feeding them bad information.

That's not advisable. The batteries are not made to be user serviceable in any way.

You can of course do so, but you run the risk of damaging your Mac and if you open it you void the warranty most likely.

Commercial shippers transport computers, battery included, all over the world every day.

Millions of computers/devices are shipped to purchasers or carried abroad by travelers every day without the batteries being removed. Many modern devices can not have the battery removed. Thousands of computers/devices are shipped to Apple for repair/trade in every day with the batteries installed. If some shipping company is saying you have to remove the battery, find another shipper that knows how modern technology works.

The idea that you are willing to allow your MacBook Pro to leave your sight, even for a moment, and consign it to a shipper, suggests you have a less than typical attachment to THIS specific device. Most MacBook Pro users would INSIST on carrying their MacBook Pro with them at all times, and especially on a long airplane flight.

Please bear with me while I make a radical suggestion:

With less than usual attachment to this device, it may be a more judicious choice to SELL this device, and use this as an excuse to buy a new one once you are settled in the US. If this is only a brief visit, just leave the device at home.

Why do you think you have to remove the battery?

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