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Battery wont charge since Big Sur Update

My Macbook battery has an error saying requires a service since I have updated with the Big Sur update. It will not charge at all my mac has to be connected to power at all times. Battery was perfectly find until this update occured. Closest repairer is 1000km from me and I need my computer for my business. Please someone help me is there another update I can do to fix this???????????? This mac was only purchased in March 2019.

Posted on Jan 1, 2021 12:12 AM

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Posted on Jan 1, 2021 10:56 AM

BecT82 wrote:

My Macbook battery has an error saying requires a service since I have updated with the Big Sur update. It will not charge at all my mac has to be connected to power at all times. Battery was perfectly find until this update occured. Closest repairer is 1000km from me and I need my computer for my business. Please someone help me is there another update I can do to fix this???????????? This mac was only purchased in March 2019.


For battery management Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295



Learn how to get your Mac desktop or Mac notebook fixed and how much it will cost.

https://support.apple.com/mac/repair/service

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Jan 1, 2021 10:56 AM in response to BecT82

BecT82 wrote:

My Macbook battery has an error saying requires a service since I have updated with the Big Sur update. It will not charge at all my mac has to be connected to power at all times. Battery was perfectly find until this update occured. Closest repairer is 1000km from me and I need my computer for my business. Please someone help me is there another update I can do to fix this???????????? This mac was only purchased in March 2019.


For battery management Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295



Learn how to get your Mac desktop or Mac notebook fixed and how much it will cost.

https://support.apple.com/mac/repair/service

Battery wont charge since Big Sur Update

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