how to show battery percentage in Menu bar of MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro M3 Max

Sonoma 14.4.1

Posted on Apr 5, 2024 10:30 PM

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Apr 6, 2024 6:31 AM in response to Jeff Kagel1

You mean, besides clicking on the Battery icon in the menu bar?

Jeff Kagel1 Author

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Apr 6, 2024 10:12 AM in response to MacMikeInOK

Yes. I found the setting to show battery percentage in system settings

“control center”

thanks

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