MacBook Pro only charges with smaller MagSafe 60W
Try to do a SMC and PRAM reset.
SMC, amongst others, controls power management of your Mac. From https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295:
These symptoms might mean that an SMC reset is necessary:
- [...]
- The battery doesn't charge properly.
You may or may not get any useful information from pmset
, but it takes virtually no effort, so why not?
What is
pmset
? A command line utility for manipulating and viewing power management setttings under macos. Ref Wikipedia articleYou can access
pmset
from a terminal window. You can access the system manual forpmset
by enteringman pmset
at the command line (typeq
to close the manual).The
-g
options forpmset
will display potentially useful information, and do not require root/su privileges. You will be required to use root privileges withpmset
to make changes to system settings, but that may not be necessary at this time.You may wish to try the following when your chargers are connected, and note the differences. The output below is from my MBP:
pmset -g ac
Wattage = 86W
Current = 4300mA
Voltage = 20000mV
AdapterID = 5718
Manufacturer = Apple Inc.
Serial String = C047************* # * replaces a portion of this string
Adapter Name = 87W USB-C Power Adapter
Hardware Version = 1.0
Firmware Version = 01070069
$
- You might also try monitoring the log for a bit to see if that turns up anything relevant:
$ pmset -g rawlog
pmset is in RAW logging mode now. Hit ctrl-c to exit.
* Battery matched at registry = 7939
05/11/19 23:01:34
AC; Not Charging; 99%; Cap=6154: FCC=6181; Design=6669; Time=0:00; 0mA; Cycles=286/1000; Location=0;
Polled boot=05/11/19 14:56:06; Full=05/11/19 22:54:49; User visible=05/11/19 23:00:49
05/11/19 23:03:49
AC; Not Charging; 99%; Cap=6155: FCC=6181; Design=6669; Time=0:00; 0mA; Cycles=286/1000; Location=0;
Polled boot=05/11/19 14:56:06; Full=05/11/19 22:54:49; User visible=05/11/19 23:03:49
Note that the charger was connected to my MBP during this logging activity, but the battery showed 100% charged in the menu bar at the top of my monitor.
Finally, if you see anything in the pmset
output that seems suspicious, please consider editing your question to include that. No promises any of this will help of course, but we'll certainly give it a try.