When my mac is plugged in, there are the two different settings, there is the little lightning bolt that comes up that means that it is actually charging, and then there is just the little plug symbol which means it is plugged in but not really charging. How do I turn that off, I want it to just be continuously charging.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5
Emilym326 wrote:
I'm a college student and It was plugged in to charge overnight and it died and I didn't have it for class the next day because it refused to charge. That setting is unchecked but it is still showing the plug symbol.
That generally points either to a lack of power for charging, since it died, or an issue with the battery now, that may require it be replaced.
The optimization option, if it's turned off, should no longer show the plug, and instead will continuously charge the battery.
If you regularly charge it overnight it should be ready and charged in the morning unless there is some other issue preventing it form charging. The setting is unlikely to be the cause.
Link-> If battery charging is paused or on hold on your Mac - Apple Support
Emilym326 wrote:
I'm a college student and It was plugged in to charge overnight and it died and I didn't have it for class the next day because it refused to charge. That setting is unchecked but it is still showing the plug symbol.
That generally points either to a lack of power for charging, since it died, or an issue with the battery now, that may require it be replaced.
The optimization option, if it's turned off, should no longer show the plug, and instead will continuously charge the battery.
If you regularly charge it overnight it should be ready and charged in the morning unless there is some other issue preventing it form charging. The setting is unlikely to be the cause.
Link-> If battery charging is paused or on hold on your Mac - Apple Support
You should not mess around with the Mac's charging settings. It is set to optimize charging for best battery life. Having the battery continuously be charged will only result in more charge cycles and by extension a reduced battery life in a shorter amount of time.
Let it learn your habits and it will be charged when you need to take it off the charger.
If you really want to force it to charge, go to System Preferences->Battery->Battery->Optimize battery charging and uncheck it.
This will force it to always charge to 100% no matter what.
I'm a college student and It was plugged in to charge overnight and it died and I didn't have it for class the next day because it refused to charge. That setting is unchecked but it is still showing the plug symbol.
How to turn off the plug setting when charging?
