Even something as simple as replacing the battery in the newest line of macbooks is a real PITA and might or might not include replacing part of the case or trackpad and/or some gluing and/or ungluing....

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-retina-display-faq/macbook-pro-retina-display-13-how-to-replace-battery.html

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Retina+Display+Late+2013+Teardown/18695


On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 2:59 PM, johanna faust <female.faust@gmail.com> wrote:
you may have merely shorted out the little 'brain' in the battery

have you tried another battery?

On 2/26/15, Akwerius <akwerius@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for all the responses ya'll!!! really appreci-love it.
> I will give another try to the genius bar with a smile this time :)
> bless
>
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Julio Rios <julio.rios@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I was going to recommend InHomeMac, which was a repair shop on Mandela
>> and
>> 10th St, but I can't find it online any more, so they may no longer
>> exist.... but they may have just moved or renamed.  Anyway, going to a
>> shop
>> is a good source of last resort.  Hope it doesn't get to that if it's
>> just
>> the charging module.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 8:15 PM, danarauz@gmail.com <danarauz@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> MAYBE IT IS NOT, BUT...
>>> If the computer works, and only the charging part is not happening... i
>>> would make sure the contacts are clean, using a dry toothbrush wouldn't
>>> hurt. The power connector has a magnet property, a staple or something
>>> like
>>> that could have gotten there; or simple some dirt.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:27 PM, max b <maxb.personal@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> eeesh I'm sorry to hear that. I would be a little hesitant to let just
>>>> anyone work on that one, unless you really trusted them and their
>>>> abilities.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how successful it would be, but if you took it to the
>>>> apple
>>>> store and told them it wasn't charging and conveniently left out the
>>>> part
>>>> where there was any water involved, you might have some luck....
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Akwerius <akwerius@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> right. it's a macbook pro retina (late 2013)... apparently one of the
>>>>> worst in terms of repairability.
>>>>> thank you for forwarding the message to the larger list.
>>>>> kwe
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:18 PM, max b <maxb.personal@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've copied sudo-discuss on this email so that all of the sudo folks
>>>>>> get this message. I think a lot of them aren't subscribed to the onmi
>>>>>> emails.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One useful thing to know would be what year/model macbook it is. It
>>>>>> makes a really big difference in terms of how easy it is to open it up
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> dig around.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Akwerius <akwerius@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> hi everyone,
>>>>>>> just wondering if anybody in sudo room knows how to fix macbooks? i
>>>>>>> accidentally spilled water on mine and it is not charging anymore.
>>>>>>> everything else seems to work fine but i'm on 5% batt. life left.
>>>>>>> tried the
>>>>>>> rice trick, didn't work. any help would truly be appreci-loved. give
>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>> kwe
>>>>>>>
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