Macbook air battery not charging- what to do, How to fix it?

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Do you own macbook air and facing this issue- Your macbook air battery not charging, it is not showing green light, you are clueless what to do. It is very frustrating when you plug in your charger and your device is not charging, There is a way to fix this.

Here are some troubleshooting steps and tips you should follow-

Reboot your Macbook air

Sometimes, what happens when your macbook gets frozen in the same way when some software app stops running and hangs your system. It is hardware which controls the charging of your macbook air but a simple reboot is recommended as it fixes the issue, if any happened with the hardware.

How to reboot it? You need to press the apple icon in the top left side of you screen then click on restart icon. I will start charging your macbook again.

You can check for Magsafe power cable

If it is not working, you can check for a magsafe charging cable, make sure it is not broken or burnt, you simply need to do the inspection of the cable manually.

How to do inspection of the cable, check every inch of the cable, check for broken or tear on surface of the cable. Moreover, you can also check for the AC brick portion .

If the cable is damaged or any other portion of the power cable is damaged then it is your macbook air will not charge your device, You need to go to Laptop Repair center.

You can also inspect your macbook power port

This can happen with anyone, there can be an issue with your macbook power port, where you plugin your cable, when dust sometimes sticks on your port and it is restricting the cable to easily connect with your cable.

For example- a few days back, a small magnetic pin struck in my port, I tried everything to make sure that my battery starts charging my device but at the end, I figured out a small pin, when I put this out, it works for me.

If the Port is damaged then you surely go to Apple center for replacement of your laptop, if it is in warranty period.

Reset your SMC

This function works for most of the people when their device is not starting to not charging smoothly, this is a chip controller which controls operations of your macbook.

You need to click on the apple icon on the top left side of your macbook screen and then click on the shutdown button.

Plug your charger in the port with power source and immediately press Shift, Control, Option keys and power button at same time.

Release all the keys at same time and then press the power button back again.

I hope above troubleshooting tips will resolve your problem and your macbook air starts charging again. If you are still facing any issue then let me know in the comments.

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