What if not charging MacBook? 4 easy ways to solve the problem

Charger for MacBook simply amazing! An elegant solution - to do exercises on the magnets. This makes it possible not only to prevent accidental falls laptop when you will touch the cable, but also help to easily connect it to the battery. But there are times when you connect the charger does not want to perform its intended use. Let's understand why this is happening and what can you do.

1. Genuine Accessories

As strange as it may sound (read), but you must understand that unoriginal charger may fail much faster than corporate power adapter. The reasons for this may be many, but basically it comes down to a banal low-quality components and assembly "on his knees".
Of course, the battery charger can also be damaged, but the chance of this is much less.

2. Working socket

If the adapter is OK, it is original, it is time to check its connectivity. First, make sure you plug the cable into the connector, and secondly, make sure the other end - it should be in the outlet. If this is all right, it is worth to try a different outlet, perhaps the cause of all ills lies not in the adapter, and in the outlet that wall.

3. Rubbish connector

Perhaps for some it will be a surprise, but the excess dirt and dust in the same way and can be hammered into the socket for charging. Naturally, this may prevent your laptop to charge and / or charge it for a long time.
Be sure to check the connector, and if you can find it in the dust, remove it from there. It is best to do this can of compressed air, the dirt is strongly adhered. For some, it is quite a common situation that happens very often, especially if your life involves constant travel for the purpose of travel.

4. Resetting the SMC

Well, we checked out and like any flaws are not revealed. But the laptop refuses all the same charge. Try to reset the system management controller (SMC). Often, it helps with a variety of non-standard behavior of your computer, such as a malfunction of the fans, the impossibility Detection of the connected charger charging absence, incorrect operation in the transition to sleep or wake mode, and many others.

To reset the SMC will need to perform a few simple steps:

1. Completely shut down your MacBook.
2. Connect the MagSafe power adapter.
3. Press and hold down the Shift + Control + Option + Power for about four seconds, and then release it at the same time.
4. Press the power button (Power) to turn on the laptop with the dumped controller parameters.

If you have an old laptop from Apple, these steps can vary. In order to verify the correctness of your actions, it is best to resort to official instructions on the Apple site.

Note that the parameters of SMC reset affects all the settings related to the parameters power, so if you change any values ​​in the Preferences energy savings, they will have to set anew.

Now it is necessary to connect the charger and see how it will charge a laptop. If the problem persists, then most likely, you should contact the service center as well as a problem can be in the adapter (very rare), or in board MacBook power (even more rare phenomenon). But often, the above tips help in most cases.

And you are experiencing problems with charging your MacBook? If so, how do they decide? Share your tips in the comments!