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A couple of months ago my mid 2010 13'' Macbook started failing to recognize the battery. When I took it to an authorized apple assistance, they told me I'd have to change the entire logic board in order to make it work again (which would cost me around $900, here in Brazil).
 
The problem is that the newer MacBooks have a specific CPU power management that down clocks the CPU for safety reasons when the battery is not detected, making it barely usable. Then I tried to run Windows 7 and the machine worked like charm! When I found this was a software related issue then I knew that there has to be a solution to make it work with OS X.

After a some research I finally found a way to fix that. If you're OK to use your MBP always connected to the AC Adapter, then that's the cheapest and easiest solution for you!
 
Let's get to it...
 

1- First download these two kext files:

SleepEnabler.kext.zip

NullCPUPowerManagement (32-/64-bit)

 

2- Go to /System/Library/Extensions

 

3- Make a backup of AppleIntelCPUPowerMangement.kext and AppleIntelCPUPowerMangementClient.kext and then delete it from this folder

 

4- Add here the two kext files you've downloaded earlier

 

5- Open Terminal and do the following:

 

cd /System/Library/Extensions

sudo chown -R root:wheel SleepEnabler.kext

sudo chmod -R 755 SleepEnabler.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

sudo chmod -R 755 NullCPUPowerManagement.kext


6- Reboot and you're done!

 

 

If the computer doesn't boot, do this:

 

1. Hold down the option key while powering on


2. Choose [Recovery HD]


3. Open Terminal


4. Do the following:

 

cd /Volumes/[volumename]/System/Library/Extensions

rm -rf SleepEnabler.kext

rm -rf NullCPUPowerManagement.kext

 

5- Restart

 

6- Put AppleIntelCPUPowerMangement.kext and AppleIntelCPUPowerMangementClient.kext back in the /System/Library/Extensions folder 

 

Voilá!

 

 

The fans are still on high, but the slowdown is totally gone. Is good to use a software like CoolBook to manage the energy resources from now on.

 

 
I hope it helps whoever is out of Apple Care to save some money!