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Q: Battery indicator - Battery is Charged, or Not?

I have this rMBP 15" mid-2015 running OS X  10.11.

 

the battery indicator says the battery is charged, the charger light is green, however, from the system information (about this mac->system report->power) it says it is 80XX out of 84XX and it is charging.  Also, I ran coconut battery app and it agrees what the system information says.  Why the indicator and light are off?  Is this a bug from 10.11?  Any one has the same problem or this needs to go to the apple store to be repaired?

 

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Posted on Oct 8, 2015 8:11 PM

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  • by Grant Bennet-Alder,

    Grant Bennet-Alder Grant Bennet-Alder Oct 8, 2015 8:27 PM in response to phoneuser
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    Oct 8, 2015 8:27 PM in response to phoneuser

    Your battery charges strongly until it reaches about 80 percent charged, then the charge rate is reduced to trickle-charge levels for the rest of the charging. I have never read anything that indicates whether the charge indicator on the power adapter turns green at that point, but I expect that it may, because the power drawn from the power adapter drops dramatically at that point.

     

    I don't see this as a Bug. Your Mac is taking care of you, and it seems to be doing a good job.

     

    About Mac NoteBook batteries -- Apple Support

     

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