Apple has acknowledged a problem with MacBook Pro that’s stopping customers from charging over 1% of their laptop computer’s batteries. The downside is outwardly affecting a small variety of customers with the 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro fashions.
The battery well being standing on the affected MacBook Pro fashions may also doubtless point out a “Service Recommended” warning in case you are one of many affected customers. However, if the standing signifies that your battery is Normal, you aren’t affected.
How to examine your MacBook Pro Battery Health
To decide in case your MacBook Pro is affected and desires a battery substitute, you may examine the battery well being manually. To do that on macOS Big Sur, navigate to Apple menu/ System Preferences/ Battery. Here search for the Battery tab within the sidebar and select Battery Health. In macOS Catalina or earlier, customers can maintain down the Option key and click on the battery icon within the menu bar to disclose the battery standing menu.
Apple to switch affected batteries free of charge
Apple has revealed you can contact your close by service centre to get the MacBook Pro 2016 or 2017 mannequin’s battery changed freed from cost in case your gadget is without doubt one of the affected ones. However, the department will first examine your system to verify if the machine is eligible for a free battery substitute.
Apple has additionally launched a brand new replace that forestalls the problem from affecting extra MacBook Pro 2016 and 2017 items. ”Please replace to macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 or later or set up the macOS Catalina 10.15.7 supplemental replace,” Apple talked about on its help web page.
You may manually replace your machine by heading over to System Preferences from the Apple menu. Here, click on Software Update to examine for updates and search for macOS Big Sur 11.2.1 or later or macOS Catalina 10.15.7 supplemental replace.