Jin Park

External Laptop Battery Hack

I just realized I wrote only 2 blog posts this year. :(

Lots of stuff’s been happening in my life but not much tech related.

One thing that did happen was that I got a new laptop, Macbook Pro 15 2018 version. It’s not bad but the battery is not great.

I sometimes dont have any outlets available to charge so I got a large usb-c external battery.

The only problem with it was that I sometimes forgot it was plugged in and when I move the laptop, the battery flies away, causing damage to the usb c port on the laptop.

My simple solution was sticking on a 3M Hook and Loop (velcro) sticker on my laptop and the battery and sticking it on there.

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It works very well and did not effect the hinge of the macbook at all, which I was a little worried about.

Macbook Macbook Pro Battery ZMI Battery Pack 3M Hook and Loop

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