macbook air won't charge & no light on charger

JohnnyCotia is a GENIUS!! Good find on heating up the power adapter. Who'd a thunk it. I sat on my wife's for about 5 minutes while I was eating my ice cream and it worked great!!! Apple needs to seriously rework their power cables and adapters. 😟

I've been having the same problem with my Macbook Air recently. The laptop is about two years old. After finding this thread, I heated up my charger for about two minutes with a blow drier and it started charging. Or at least the light came on - however I just noticed now even though the light is on, it is not taking a charge!

I am not sure but I think JohnnyCotia's solution may have worked for me too. I left my mac book air off the charger for about two months, battery went to absolute zero. When I tried to plug it in and turn it on nothing happened. The light on the charger was not green or orange it was not any color, it was off. I plugged it into several different sockets nothing happened. I plugged it in and put the entire adapter under my hoodie next to my skin, waited for about 5 minutes and sure enough the light came on and it started charging, and the macbook air turned on and tried to restore my last internet session. I think it probably would have eventually turned on by itself but who knows.

Oh my gosh. I worked on this problem for the last 4 hours and got no results. So I figured, what have I got to lose. So I sat on my charger!

Thank you, Johnro.

http://www.johnro.net/2012/12/28/help-my-macbook-airpro-wont-charge/

Did it work? You bet your bippee!

Well second time in 2 years that after a week of not charging my Macbook Air when I plug it in no sign of life from the amber / green charge light. A broken MacBook or charger I start thinking.

Plug in / unplug, cleaned it etc....... sat on it for 5 mins and its started working again ***??

Apple, surely you can do better than this?

Does anyone know if apple are replacing for fixing this issue for macbook just out of warratty customers?

mine is 2 years old.

theres a bit about uk cosmner law on apples website that products should be fit for purpose for 5 or 6 years etc.

any know if they will replace / fix under this consumer law?

Absolutely unbelievable...I have had this problem for 2 years. Every now and again my MBA wouldn't charge and I'd live with it because it always started working again after a day or two. I paniced this time because I'm going on a business trip and power may not be available. I bought a new battery out of desperation and still nothing.

Then I found this post, read how people where sitting on their chargers and thought that it was crazy. However, i had nothing to lose so I sat on it feeling a little dumb and sure enough it started charging!!!

So dont be like me and buy a new battery just sit on your charger!! 🙂 ... crazy!

No freaking way! This actually worked for me!! Thank you!!!!! <3333

Well, here is my story to help support this method reviews and others out there.

Recently, my Mac would stop charging when I wanted and would charge randomly. Last night, it would not charge at all. Woke up this morning and still, nothing. Was pretty frustrated as I had to write a 6 page paper due this week and had no time for this ********. After cleaning the input and taking it apart looking for anything wrong, it came back clear my Mac was good and not damaged.

The charger I currently have was a third party charger from China, as my original one from Apple, the wire broke off to the point of the coils being exposed and it wouldn't charge anymore. I assumed that since it was a cheap $15 charger, I expected that I needed a new one after 6 months. So, I looked for chargers, but at the same time looked for answers. I first came across this topic and looked through. I tried all the methods and it didn't work.

Then, Johnny's post with that article about heating it up caught my attention. I read that you had to sit on it... That seemed to good to be true, but it was my LAST option before I went and bought another charger. So, I sat on the charger like a fool and waited laughing at myself, oh yeah this will work. After sitting and moving my *** on the charger for about 3 minutes, I was going to give up, and as I got up, the orange light came on. I flipped out in excitement! It's been charging since then. Couldn't believe it.

Hope this story helped someone else. It dumbfounded me at how this works. It also is not only for the chargers by Apple, but even the cheaper ones from China this method worked. Thank you so much once again. You helped me save a lot of frustration!!!

I don't believe it either. 3 mins warming by hair drier didn't appear to work... Left for a showe and as luckily I'd left the power on and connected I get a red light on the charger saying charging... Yahoo! But why?

JohnnyCotia's advice about sitting on the brick (or at least warming it up) worked perfectly for me. After about 10 minutes of sitting on the brick, the orange light came on. This would explain the apparent randomness of the charging.

Wow, thanks JohnnyCotia. This morning the adapter that was replaced by Apple less than a month ago started doing the same thing (which was why the other one was replaced). I tucked it under my fluffy sleeping cat and connected it to the laptop and... well, what do ya know, it's charging. AMAZING!

I personally cannot believe that sitting on my charger for nearly 5 mins just fixed my solution. Seriously this is the strangest thing I have ever seen. It works and thats all you need to know! Thank you to everyone who did this and replied and thanks to the original idea!

My Macair same symptoms, and it was cold in the house, but instead of warming the charger I just unplugged it for about 30 minutes as it had been plugged into the same outlet for days...Must have been the "noise" for after plugging back into the same outlet it, behold, it worked. Must be a "Union" charger...had to have a coffee break.

I am traveling across Europe with the nearest store about 2 countries away and I found this answer of the SMC reset. I tried it and it totally worked. My MagSafe 2 light would not come on and the fan was running at high speed. This new travel (Apple brand) plug is just two weeks old and I could not believe it died. It was working perfectly all day and then suddenly the fan was running and no MagSafe light. I tried new sockets and new circuits as some trouble shooters listed. But the SMC reset was perfect and all is restored. Thanks!

laugh a minute with Apple

20 minutes online chat doing SMC - failed and booked appointment with apple store

So I looked at this forum - great stuff and have been laughing hard for the last few minutes.

Sitting on the adapter to warm it up and doing RPAM at same time worked for me - December in Vegas ain't that cold but rubbing stomach and patting head then swapping does it every time

i did the following

Resetting the SMC

Step 01. Shut down your MacBook.

Step 02. Connect the MagSafe power adapter into your MacBook. If it’s already connected, leave as is.

Step 03. Press Shift + Control + Option + Power keys at the same time. 10 secs

Step 04. Release all the keys from the keyboard.

Step 05. Press the power button to start your MacBook.

Resetting the RPAM

Step 01. Shut down your MacBook.

Step 02. Press and Hold Option + Command (⌘) + P + R.

Step 03. Turn on your MacBook while holding the keys (Option + Command (⌘) + P + R).

Step 04. Keep holding the keys (Option + Command (⌘) + P + R) until your MacBook restarts (You will see the grey screen appears before it restarts.)

Step 05. Release the Keys.

Step 06. If you hear the startup booting sound for the second time, that means the PRAM has been reset. Done!