So the SSD in my gf's macbook air, about 4 years old, bit the dust last night. Tried the recovery tool and it couldn't find the drive. Today she took it into the apple store and they said the drive was toast, and also her battery is near failure.

They quoted her almost $500 to replace HD, battery, and reinstall OS. I've swapped out parts on a windows machine before, changed a couple iphone screens, but never opened up a mac laptop. What are the major pitfalls to doing this myself? Any good resources besides youtube? TIA

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Posted by TigerGman

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Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:21 pm to TheDrunkenTigah

nothing different to it really.. you're jut popping a drive n and out.

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Posted by Hulkklogan

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Posted on 5/16/19 at 7:29 pm to TheDrunkenTigah

Should be pretty easy.

Most Mac parts are sautered in now but hard drive and battery should be replaceable still

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Posted by gsadle5

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Posted on 5/16/19 at 9:45 pm to TheDrunkenTigah

I changed the battery in my MacBook yesterday for $80. Not sure about the SSD. It was very simple. Took about 5 minutes. The battery I used came with the 2 screwdrivers I needed.

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Posted by TchPowDog

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Posted on 5/16/19 at 10:58 pm to TheDrunkenTigah

My advice: Get a Microsoft Surface.

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Posted by NOLAGT

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Posted on 5/17/19 at 7:25 am to TheDrunkenTigah

I have a old MBP from like 2012 or so that I was going to try to Rejuvenate with some parts from crucial.com. I have not opened it up but the parts are there for a decent price it seems.

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