The latest revision to Apple ’s magnetically coupled laptop charge system , MagSafe 3 , appear just week ago in the young 14 - in and 16 - in MacBook Pro with the M1 Pro or M1 Max processors . Some reports of charging difficulty quickly follow .
Some users have recover that they have a unyielding flash yellow lead — Apple calls the coloramber — on their MagSafe 3 cable television ’s magnetic connector when right plugged into the port and the included USB - C adapter . MagSafe has always made it efficaciously impossible to plug away in its connector the wrong way : either it take a crap the good contact with multiple charging elements and can pass power , or it does n’t . ( If load the right way , the cable head ’s LED should be a self-coloured yellowed ; when amply institutionalise , immature . )
However , even if the cable head ’s indicant is flashing xanthous , charging continues — just seemingly not using the “ firm flush ” feature that can add a 50 percent charge to a low battery within 30 instant when using the MagSafe 3 connectorwith the correct power adapter .
This trouble does n’t appear far-flung , but it ’s common enough you could witness multitude in online meeting place trying to find reply , and a Macworld reader experienced it first - hand . owner have worked through several thought to fixing the job : getting Apple to replace the cable , adaptor , or both , or even swop out the total laptop computer . People have reinstalled macOS , and even used the complicated Apple Configurator 2 selection to restore the M1 - series Mac ’s microcode . ( See “ How to reanimate or reinstate an unresponsive Mac from another Mac . ” )
Some people describe that Apple phone sustenance told them to shut down their Mac and then hold down Control - Option - Shift at restart . That would be great … except it ’s a featurethat only works with Intel Macs , andonly Intel Macs that ship before around 2016and lack the T2 Security Chip .
If you ’re have this problem , it may actually be a firmware outcome related to Monterey ’s 12.0.1 release . In a confusing successiveness , Apple embark macOS 12.0.1 almost immediately after the initial liberation of Monterey . However , the 14 - column inch and 16 - inch MacBook Pros were already in product , and the 12.0.0 system release had been preinstalled onto their SSDs . When first power up one of these models , buyers were actuate to install 12.0.1 . Based on report , people who have n’t yet upgrade to 12.0.1 arenotseeing the flash - white-livered return .
If you ’re live this trouble , clock time may solve it . The 12.1 release of Monterey should appear in the new future with several new features — and hopefully a fix for this one .
This Mac 911 article is in response to a doubtfulness submitted by Macworld reader Mike .
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