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1. #How to check mac air battery full#
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3. #How to check mac air battery Bluetooth#

I hope this Mac keyboard/mouse battery level tip has been helpful. Mac keyboard/mouse battery level tip - Summary

#How to check mac air battery Bluetooth#

Just follow these steps:ġ) Click the Apple icon on the Mac menu bar, and select System Preferences.Ģ) When the System Preferences dialog comes up, click the Bluetooth icon:ģ) On the Bluetooth dialog that comes up next, click the "Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar" checkbox:Īs soon as you do this you'll see that Bluetooth icon on the right side of the Mac menu bar, after which you can view your keyboard and mouse battery levels. If the Bluetooth menu I just described isn't on your Mac menu bar, fear not, it's easy to get it there. Enabling the Mac Bluetooth menu (to see the battery levels) If you use rechargeable batteries like I do, it can be very nice to know these levels before they go to zero, because I can pull all my batteries on evening, charge them up, and put them back in the next day. My Mac mouse is named "Al's mouse", and my Mac mouse battery level is currently 51%. To see your Mac mouse battery level, do the same thing: Click the Bluetooth menu, find your mouse on the menu, and hover over that item. When you hover over that item you'll see your Mac keyboard battery level (mine shows up as "43%"). On that menu you can see your Mac keyboard battery level by clicking that icon, then scrolling down to your "keyboard" menu item (mine is named "Al's keyboard"). (This is something like the normal Bluetooth icon, but a little different.) This menu will be in the upper-right corner of the Mac menu bar, and it looks like three small dashes with some other figure behind those dashes.

The easiest way I know to see the Mac keyboard/mouse battery level is to put the Bluetooth menu on your Mac menu bar, and check it from there. Mac mouse/keyboard battery FAQ: How can I check the battery level of my Mac mouse or Mac keyboard? The next step is to make a Genius Bar appointment to get your Mac and charger checked out.You can now hire Alvin Alexander for Scala or Flutter side projects!Ĭontact me at (al) at valleyprogramming (dot) com for details. If your charger cables, plug, and port all look good and you aren’t finding any other issues that could be causing an unexpected lower wattage reading, it’s possible you have a hardware-related problem. Try connecting your Mac directly to your charger. If you connect your Mac to a passthrough charging port it’s possible you aren’t getting the wattage you’re expecting. Macs that charge with a USB C cable add an extra variable in the mix: passthrough charging. Check to make sure the cable and plug connecting to your Mac is in good condition. That’s normal and could account for a discrepancy.Ī dirty or damaged charger connector or port can cause problems, too.

#How to check mac air battery full#

That might be a problem, or maybe not.Īs your Mac’s battery gets closer to a full charge the electrical current feeding it decreases. Let’s say your Mac’s charger is 87 Watts, but you’re seeing significantly less than that going into your laptop. What if My Mac’s Charger and OutPut Wattage are Different? Apple’s current 13-inch laptops ship with a 60 Watt charger. That number should be about the same, which in my case is 86 Watts. In my case, that’s 87 Watts because I have a 15-inch Touch Bar MacBook Pro. Look for Name to see the wattage your charger is rated for. Whenever I put it on sleep mode, the battery would come to 0 from 100 overnight.

It started in September when I upgraded from MacBook Air to MacBook Pro, and from the very first day, I saw strange battery behaviour which I never saw in MBA.

#How to check mac air battery pro#

System Information shows your Mac laptop charger type and wattage output I have spent a lot of time to resolve battery drain issues on my 13 MacBook Pro 2019.