IIRC this was scheduled maintenance in documentation for some MBs. Literally “every x years replace the battery while machine is running to avoid data loss” or some such. I could just be crazy though.

Don’t worry buddy. A coworker flipped out on me once for replacing a cmos battery while a machine was on. 🤷

National Geographic. Mutual of Omaha. Reading Rainbow. Magic School Bus. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Ghostwriter. Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

I grew up on PBS and books. Couldn’t tell you if it was good or bad, but that TV had a lot of of impact on me.