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I have no idea with the idea of MagSafe, but on my Retina MacBook Pro (also early 2013), it's become extremely finicky. About 20% of the time, it just doesn't c

I have no idea with the idea of MagSafe, but on my Retina MacBook Pro (also early 2013), it's become extremely finicky. About 20% of the time, it just doesn't charge. I just have to connect and disconnect it a few times and eventually it works.

eof 10y ago
I have had to clean out the port a bit with a qtip.. little tiny bits of metal (or something) has gotten in there.
jacobolus 10y ago
You have dirty contacts or a plug which doesn’t seat properly. Try wiping both sides with a dry q-tip (this is Apple’s recommendation) or use one soaked in isopropyl alcohol. Sometimes little bits of magnetic debris can get stuck in the computer side, e.g. iron filings, staples, etc. You can try to get these out with Blu-Tack or similar if the q-tip doesn’t cut it.
- kranner 10y ago
  I've found pressing and lifting a kneadable eraser works really well as debris stick to it.
- freshyill 10y ago
  I've made a point of keeping it clean ever since it started, but it doesn't seem to help much. One time I noticed the connector was wobbly, and I found a very, very small piece of metal in there. I had hoped was the source of all my problems, but I think I caught it right when it happened because it didn't fix the problem. Getting that metal out of there took a good half hour of trial and error. That magnet is powerful!
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PhantomGremlin 10y ago
FWIW, in addition to cleaning the contacts which others have mentioned, I had the same problem and it improved when I reset my SMC: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 But maybe that's just the placebo effect.
imron 10y ago
> it's become extremely finicky Clean your connectors and the problem will be solved. Do you know what will be extremely finicky in a permanent way? Your Thunderbolt 3 port after it's had the power cable unceremoniously ripped out from it. At least there are 4 of them, so when one breaks you'll be able to use one of the others.

eof 10y ago

I have had to clean out the port a bit with a qtip.. little tiny bits of metal (or something) has gotten in there.

jacobolus 10y ago

You have dirty contacts or a plug which doesn’t seat properly. Try wiping both sides with a dry q-tip (this is Apple’s recommendation) or use one soaked in isopropyl alcohol. Sometimes little bits of magnetic debris can get stuck in the computer side, e.g. iron filings, staples, etc. You can try to get these out with Blu-Tack or similar if the q-tip doesn’t cut it.

kranner 10y ago
I've found pressing and lifting a kneadable eraser works really well as debris stick to it.
freshyill 10y ago
I've made a point of keeping it clean ever since it started, but it doesn't seem to help much. One time I noticed the connector was wobbly, and I found a very, very small piece of metal in there. I had hoped was the source of all my problems, but I think I caught it right when it happened because it didn't fix the problem. Getting that metal out of there took a good half hour of trial and error. That magnet is powerful!

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PhantomGremlin 10y ago

FWIW, in addition to cleaning the contacts which others have mentioned, I had the same problem and it improved when I reset my SMC: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 But maybe that's just the placebo effect.

imron 10y ago

> it's become extremely finicky Clean your connectors and the problem will be solved. Do you know what will be extremely finicky in a permanent way? Your Thunderbolt 3 port after it's had the power cable unceremoniously ripped out from it. At least there are 4 of them, so when one breaks you'll be able to use one of the others.