Why a Mac Could Display a “Not Charging” Message When Connected to Power

The level of transparency regarding the batteries available on Apple products has increased substantially after the iPhone throttling scandal, and the company shares a great amount of information about all of its devices and the battery management systems that have been implemented.

Because as Apple learned the hard way, the late 2017 quiet iPhone slowdowns caused quite a nightmare for the Cupertino-based tech giant, with some still suing it today for not handling the whole thing correctly.

In the meantime, however, Apple has also released massive improvements for its battery management systems, so these days, everything is working a lot more reliable with more information displayed to the user.

This is the case of the battery management system available on the Mac.

Some users who installed macOS Catalin 10.15.5 or later noticed a weird “Not Charging” message when their devices are connected to power. So technically, while the Mac is plugged in and is supposed to… (read more)

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