609: You're the Oreo Cookie

1255.14 - 1272.07 Casey Liss

All right. An anonymous Apple genius writes in, all Macs since at least the Intel days are capable of running without a battery connected. It's actually used as a common troubleshooting practice in the Genius Bar. Often swollen batteries, such as what Marco experienced, will cause issues like unexpected shutdowns or slow performance and can even cause the Mac not to boot in certain cases.