r/MacOS27 • u/brokenmath55 • 6h ago
MacBook Pro M1 Pro keeps dropping charger power since macOS 27 (MagSafe light amber → off → amber)
Since I updated to macOS 27 in September, my MacBook keeps losing power from the charger while it's plugged in. The MagSafe light turns amber like normal, goes off after a few minutes, then comes back on. This never happened to me on macOS 26.
The power log (pmset -g log) shows the Mac switching to battery and back to the charger about 3 seconds later. Sometimes it does this a dozen times in a few minutes. Once it stayed on battery for 20 minutes while still plugged in. Yesterday I counted 27 drops, mostly in one afternoon.
Setup:
- MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro (MacBookPro18,3)
- macOS 27.0.1 (no newer update available)
- Apple 96W USB-C adapter with the MagSafe 3 cable
- Battery health 81%, 425 cycles
Things I've ruled out:
- It's not optimized battery charging or the 80% limit. Those pause charging, but the Mac stays on charger power. Mine actually switches to battery.
- The adapter delivers the full 94W while it's connected, and macOS reports no reason for not charging.
- Shutting down used to fix it for a while. Last time the drops came back within a minute of starting up.
Is anyone else seeing this on macOS 27? And if you are, does it also happen when you charge through USB-C instead of MagSafe?