why is my charging cable when I plug it in go from Green to Orange and not charging my Mac Pro?

Hello There,

I am new to the community and desperately need possible answers to my question.

My charging cable light when I plug it in changes almost immediately from "green to orange" and is not charging my computer.

This happened to me about 8 months ago also. I went to the "Best Buy" and purchased a new one about 8 months ago. This is the charging cable I have been using. I just thought the original charging cable I had damaged by accidentally by vacuuming that part of the cable. You can laugh....Anyway although the cable didn't look damaged I figured it had to be the reason why the original charging cable no longer worked.

Now once again with the new charging cable I am having the same problem except I have not vacuumed it up this time. lol

My MacPro is now down to 25% of power left.

Can anyone please give me any ideas about what may be the problem this time? I would greatly appreciate anyone's or everyones help or ideas.

Thank-you very much. I look forward to hearing what you "pros" think is the problem.

In case my laptop goes down due to lack of charging I do have an iPad to receive answers.

Sincerely,

Lori

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 9

Posted on Sep 18, 2015 7:12 AM

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Sep 29, 2015 9:13 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

Thank you Mr. BobTheFisherman,

Boy I am such a newbee at the ripe old age of 56!!...You are so darn RIGHT. I checked what another responder said and did that and nothing happened. I then read on line about what you said about the orange light meaning the computer is charging and the green light meaning the computer is fully charged. And....that is why I thought the computer wasn't charging. I guess I hadn't noticed either that the power supply had become loose from it's plug.


Thank you ever so much....You wouldn't think I am an educated woman but when it comes to computers I have a "Love/Hate" relationship with them. However I love Apple products.


Sincerely,

Lori

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