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So I have a feeling I already know but wanted to confirm. Lately my battery icon sometimes changes from the lightening bolt symbol to this symbol shown below. I have already made an apple appointment since I have a feeling this means my charger isn't charging. I have tried changing ports, i tried buying a new charger and this still happens. Can someone tell me exactly what this symbol means?
Hi turq99,
Thanks for that additional information. If that symbol pops up only when your Mac is fully charged, then it's perfectly normal.
When that symbol appears, the following occurs:
Hi turq99,
Thanks for that additional information. If that symbol pops up only when your Mac is fully charged, then it's perfectly normal.
When that symbol appears, the following occurs:
Hi turq99,
When you see the symbol that you posted here, your Mac is operating using AC power, but is not charging the battery. This is likely due to your Mac trying to preserve the battery's long-term life.
In System Preferences -> Battery -> Battery, try disabling these options if you feel that they are the cause of the issue:
If none of those help, enable them again, then reset the SMC if your Mac has an Intel processor.
Thanks for your help. I am not sure I fully understand it. This is new to me compared to my old mac laptop. Are you saying its not normally an issue when this battery plug symbol comes up? Is this normal? It only seems to pop up when my mac is fully charged. I talked to mac support and he told me its a normal symbol. as in it has two different battery modes?
mac bookpro battery symbol
