{"id":1638,"date":"2016-01-11T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2016-01-11T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:14:09","slug":"how-to-troubleshoot-macbook-battery-not-behaving-itself-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/how-to-troubleshoot-macbook-battery-not-behaving-itself-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"How to troubleshoot Macbook battery not behaving itself issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple MacBook systems sometimes not behaving itself, AussieBatt notebook PC experts always try the simplest things first, and today share\u00a0two simple tricks have been successful in solving some 90%\u00a0of the Mac problems. Then advise\u00a0you should try before taking it to a Genius at your nearest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/apple\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple battery Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Reset PRAM (Parameter RAM)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another time where a spare arm of an assistant comes in handy. To reset the PRAM you need to hold down <strong>COMMAND<\/strong> and <strong>OPTION<\/strong> and <strong>P<\/strong> and <strong>R<\/strong> while powering on the system. Keep holding down the four buttons until you hear your Mac emit the &#8220;WALLe&#8221; startup chime for the second time.<\/p>\n<section class=\"sharethrough-top\"><\/section>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/apple\/a1278-batteries.html\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1639\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1639 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/apple-a1278-battery-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"apple-a1278-battery\" width=\"808\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/apple-a1278-battery-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/apple-a1278-battery-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/apple-a1278-battery-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/apple-a1278-battery.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re finding that this doesn&#8217;t work then you might need to either disconnect all your USB devices or, if you are using a Mac with a wireless keyboard, you might need to go old-school and use a wired keyboard. Once you&#8217;re done you can go back to your wired keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Reset System Management Controller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one tip can fix a whole raft of Mac issues. However, how you go about doing it depends on which Mac you have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Desktop systems (iMac, Mac Pro)<\/strong>: Disconnect the power cord, wait 15 seconds, plug it back in, and then wait a further 5 seconds before turning the Mac on again.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laptops with non-removable batteries (newer Apple MacBook systems)<\/strong>: With the system plugged to a power supply press and hold <strong>SHIFT<\/strong> and <strong>OPTION<\/strong> and <strong>CONTROL<\/strong> and then press the power button (it helps if you have three arms or an assistant). The simultaneously release all the buttons before starting the Mac normally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laptops with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/apple\/a1322-batteries.html\" target=\"_blank\">removable Apple a1322 batteries<\/a> (older Apple MacBook systems)<\/strong>: Disconnect the system from the power supply and remove the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/apple\/a1175-batteries.html\">Apple a1175 notebook battery<\/a>. Then press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds. Refit the battery and restart the Mac.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apple leads owners through a whole list of things to try before resetting the System Management Controller, but since there doesn&#8217;t appear to be any downside to doing this, and it&#8217;s simple to do, our experts\u00a0tend to just jump straight to giving it a go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple MacBook systems sometimes not behaving itself, AussieBatt notebook PC experts always try the simplest things &hellip; <a title=\"How to troubleshoot Macbook battery not behaving itself issue\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/how-to-troubleshoot-macbook-battery-not-behaving-itself-issue\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to troubleshoot Macbook battery not behaving itself issue<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,5,6,4],"tags":[1027,1025,1026],"class_list":["post-1638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batteries-technology","category-battery-knowledgebase","category-battery-wiki","category-how-to","category-laptop-battery-tech-tips","tag-apple-a1175-battery","tag-macbook-battery","tag-macbook-system-management-controller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638\/revisions\/1640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aussiebatt.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}