MacBook Pro 2020 strange or not charging behavior

munvalk wrote:

1. Thank you for your answer, but there are some inconsistencies in your answer:

You said “It is perfectly Normal for Big Sur , Monterey to Pause / Suspend charging the battery beyond 80% and hold it at that level.” But my battery drained to 1% and the laptop shut down! Not 80%, which is totally ok.

2. You said ”One can nudge / over-ride this by clicking the Battery Icon on Desktop Top Bar and allow charging beyond 80%.” I don’t have that option. Do you see it in my screenshot?

I see your answer to multiple battery topics here, but problems vary. Can you please look at my screenshot and maybe have a solution to this battery draining to 1%?

Thank you!

One can start How to reset the SMC of your Mac and perform this action 3x consecutively - 1 bong, second bong and third bong and release the key combination.

Then Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac. and perform this action 3x consecutively.

If still now functioning as expected >> Find an Apple Authorized Service Provider or Visit a Genius at an Apple Store and have the computer / battery evaluated.

User wrote " OS algorithm is draining the battery on purpose, to extent it’s life " It actually the Opposite.

The " algorithm " is helping to decrease the number of " Full Charge Cycles " this battery endures.

A feature introduced into Big Sur & Monterey was to preserve the number of Full Battery Cycles

 It is perfectly Normal for Big Sur , Monterey to Pause / Suspend charging the battery beyond 80% and hold it at that level.

One can nudge / over-ride this by clicking the Battery Icon on Desktop Top Bar and allow charging beyond 80%. From observations, it will Pause / Suspend again once reading 90%. Same procedure to over-ride and will charge to 100%