Charging an Air from car cigarette lighter
Based on my research, using a cigarette lighter adapter to charge an Air is not recommended. The car's circuit breakers might trip or the adapter itself would overheat.
I did read about DC to AC to DC inverters.
What about a Mophie? It probably wouldn't charge the battery, but would maintain the charge.
What does Apple recommend?
The following is a reply from a Mac forum that I'm on:
Personally, I don't trust the lighter adapters for charging even iDevices - my wife's phone blew a few fuses on my previous car - I bought her a small battery pack that can charge her new iPhone or iPad Mini at least twice while in the car. SO, that would not be an option for me.
But, there are more powerful battery packs that can charge a laptop - keep in mind the wattage needed (my MBPro has a 60 W charger) - there was a previous thread from a poster asking about the BatteryBox (shown below) that would serve your needs - not cheap (believe about $200) - assume that you've been googling similar products?
As to Apple's recommendation, this forum is not supported by Apple, so unless you join one w/ Apple technicians responding or visit an Apple store to ask your question, I cannot address your query - maybe others can? Let us know what you decide - good luck in your selection. Dave
P.S. I have a battery pack for my iPad, but have not used one w/ my laptop, so the above is not a personal recommendation for the product mentioned.
OK.A Mac forum recommended that I ask someone on an Apple forum. So, that's exactly what I'm doing.
Does Apple sell a car adapter/charger for a Mac laptop? I'm interested in getting a Macbook Air. One of the things that I want to do with it is use it as a GPS when I travel. Does Apple make a Mophie-like product?
Here's the situation. I considered getting an iPad Air2. I still might. I can pay Verizon $20/month to turn my phone into a hotspot. Then I connect my laptop to my phone & my phone connects to the cellular towers. I have an Android phone. I suppose that an iPhone would make the connection setup easier, but I'm stuck with my phone until October 2016. When my contract is up, I might get an iPhone instead of another Android. Verizon charges $10/month for tablet access to their network. So, it would cost me $30 to connect a tablet to their network. So, I have 2 options. Pay Verizon $20/month to connect my laptop to their network or pay them $30/month to connect a tablet to their network. I don't have a tablet so there's another option. Spend $800 on an iPad or apply the $800 towards an Air.
So, bottom line. Does Apple make a car charger/adapter for a Mac laptop or a Mophie-like device? Since the Air uses the MagSafe port, I wonder if I need an adapter for the adapter?! Like Lightning to MagSafe or USB to MagSafe.
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)