I have an M1 Mac Air with chargers in different locations that I have been using with no problems. Today when I plug in my machine says 'battery not charging' on two of the chargers, however it does charge properly on the original Apple charger. I did restart the machine and one of the non-Apple charges started working but no longer. Battery health states "normal" and capacity is at 84%.
Please advise
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.4
By any chance, did you use different USB-C cables between the chargers and the Mac than you normally do?
USB-C cables are not all the same. All USB-C cables are supposed to support up to 3A of traditional 5V USB power (up to 15W total), but cables that support Power Delivery are supposed to have embedded chips to tell the attached devices (i.e., charger; MacBook Air) that they can safely carry additional power.
By any chance, did you use different USB-C cables between the chargers and the Mac than you normally do?
USB-C cables are not all the same. All USB-C cables are supposed to support up to 3A of traditional 5V USB power (up to 15W total), but cables that support Power Delivery are supposed to have embedded chips to tell the attached devices (i.e., charger; MacBook Air) that they can safely carry additional power.
The New Apple Charger has arrived. When I plug it in the computer makes the cable connection sound repeatedly, as If I were plugging it in and out. Shut down and restarted no change
Well I'm out of ideas.
However, and I don't know why I didn't try this earlier, I took the cable from the working charger brought it down to the new Apple charger and it works . It does not work with the Anker charger.
I'm looking at getting a new cable a 100W C to C . Does this look like a good choice?
https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Awnuwuy-Charging-Samsung-MacBook/dp/B08SMLLDBP/ref=sr_1_2?
In case anyone is still listening, a new cable has solved the problem.
Is your power adapter at least 30W? That is required.
Identify your Mac power adapter - Apple Support
I’m using the same cables I was using when the chargers were working. One cable has a tag that says “USB-C With PD 100W” The others have no markings but swaping cables from the charger that works to the others does not help. Only the original Apple charger that came with the machine works.
So this too is odd. I'm on the Anker charger and I have 2 different messages about charging. From System Settings it says the battery is charging.
From the menu drop down it says it is not charging.
I'm also seeing the battery slowly dropping from 100% to now 97% as if the machine is running off the battery rather than the attached cable from the charger.
I have an Apple Charger on order, maybe that will fix it.
Yes, the original which I can’t get to right now but it came with the Mac Air as original equip. The one here in the office is rated at 65W made by Anker.
I’d still like a guess as to what happened. My best guess is solar flares.
M1 Mac Air not charging except on Original Charger.
