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no plug icon fully charged

just bought a new mac. It says it's fully charged but the Battery Icon still showing a lightning bolt and not the plug icon. is this normal?


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 11, 2021 3:19 PM

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Posted on Jun 12, 2021 2:15 AM

That is normal.


Battery Management.

How battery health management helps

The battery health management feature in macOS 10.15.5 is designed to improve your battery's lifespan by reducing the rate at which it chemically ages. The feature does this by monitoring your battery's temperature history and its charging patterns.


Based on the measurements that it collects, battery health management may reduce your battery's maximum charge when in this mode. This happens as needed to ensure that your battery charges to a level that's optimized for your usage—reducing wear on the battery, and slowing its chemical aging. Battery health management also uses the measurements to calculate when your battery needs service.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211094?cid=mc-ols-energy_saver-article_ht211094-macos_ui-04022020


Service Recommended is the alert a user needs to worry about.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054

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Jun 12, 2021 2:15 AM in response to ParengHilton

That is normal.


Battery Management.

How battery health management helps

The battery health management feature in macOS 10.15.5 is designed to improve your battery's lifespan by reducing the rate at which it chemically ages. The feature does this by monitoring your battery's temperature history and its charging patterns.


Based on the measurements that it collects, battery health management may reduce your battery's maximum charge when in this mode. This happens as needed to ensure that your battery charges to a level that's optimized for your usage—reducing wear on the battery, and slowing its chemical aging. Battery health management also uses the measurements to calculate when your battery needs service.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211094?cid=mc-ols-energy_saver-article_ht211094-macos_ui-04022020


Service Recommended is the alert a user needs to worry about.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204054

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