The rest of the old models need the 85W MagSafe charger with T-style connector: The 60W MagSafe adapter with T-style connector works with: If you have one of the oldest of MacBooks, you need the T-style connector. The older 60W MagSafe adapter with L-style connector works on:Īnother L-style 85W MagSafe Power Adapter is compatible with: The less powerful 60W MagSafe charger works with such Retina-enabled laptops as: The 85W MagSafe Power Adapter with MagSafe 2 style connector is for: All the new MacBook Pro models from 2016 or later now use USB-C, but you need the 61W charger if you have a 13-inch MacBook Pro, and the 87W charger if you have a 15-inch, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro uses a 96W power adapter. The professional’s laptop of choice, the MacBook Pro has come with a dizzying list of power bricks mainly due to Apple making three sizes of laptop with a mix of integrated and discrete graphics cards, all which need different power requirements. Click on the Apple logo on the menu bar, then on About This Mac, and it’ll be the first line under your OS version, something like MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015). Then you need to head down to the lists below to see which charger version you need. Okay, the first thing you need to know is which model your MacBook is. Short answer: It depends on the year it was made So, which charger do I need for my MacBook? Whatever the reason for replacement, we’ll tell you which charger you need, and how to find the information you need to figure it out. Maybe you left it in a coffee house (back when WFH was really WFStarbucks), and don’t even know the model number of the charger. That means replacements, and as Apple used proprietary connectors until recently, that means figuring out exactly which charger you had so you can get a new one. Whether it’s the cable near the connector fraying, the end near the power brick, or losing the connectors that plug into the wall, the charger is often the first thing to go. It’s a pretty well-known fact that the chargers that come with MacBooks are nowhere near as hardy as the MacBook they come with.

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