MAC USERS - what has happened to my battery?

[NotAnOtter]

Suddenly the little battery icon has just a little cross in it?

It seems to have lost the ability to charge suddenly

the little lights on the bottom of the mac are not lit.....

is it doom and gloom?

please

It is doom and gloom, I'm afraid. Mine has the same, and this is the second battery this has happened to. I don't know if it is a fault with Macs (mine is an OS X Powerbook)...but suspiciously it happened when I started charging my iPhone on it.

First thing to do is to pop the battery out and clean the contacts, both on the battery and in the battery compartment. You can use a clean pencil eraser. Then put the battery back in and try to charge it for half an hour or so.

What model is it? There are some things you can do to reset the charging system depending on the model.

thankyou both

have tried cleaning it to no avail

it is a macbook version 4 osx

any one know what i can reset - single white ( like the name!) ?

MacBooks are notorious for battery probs

check your model on the Apple site in case you are eligible for a free replacement

I have one of the early ones that has a shite battery AND and tendency to overheat and blow up (still love it)

I'm having all sort of battery issues with my Macbook Pro, it has no life, dies as soon as the power lead is taken out. Took it to Apple Store who told me to 'recalibrate the battery' (which basically meant run it down and leave it for a while) - it didn't help.

the power lead on mine blew up as well

Thanks Fabio, Apple have a download here that they reckon is a fix. Will try now.

at least they go wrong in new and interesting ways

thanks- have tried the download

not sure what it did but think nothing!

they do this eventually I'm afraid.....
Time to buy a new battey.

You could try resetting the power management:

support.apple.com/kb/HT1411

If that doesn't work, sounds like a trip to the apple store.

thanks swm

I had a battery disaster like this and they replaced it for nothing, via my nearest Mac shop - was not too much hassle.

I have also had two other disasters with the same Macbook btw. Hard disk meltdown and some problem with the fan. Make sure you have a complete disk backup system of some kind, such as a second hard disk in an external drive that you copy everything onto.

I still love mine as well

yes the fnas can be a problem

but they are purty

snowleopard are you me?????????

i was thinking about you today and thinking you were like me but cant remember why now...

now this - my hard disk had to be replaced a year ago - macbook only 12 months old

Yes here I am. Hello me!

Why am I like you? I have to know now!

i have just started searching my threads yesterday to see what it was........

could it have been the mortgage one?

Hey was it you who liked my boots? Was that it?

yES!!!! that is it - i had the sister to that boot for years and am now considering re buying it!

Well I will look out for you - with our stylish boots and macbooks under one arm, one day we will bump into each other!

i will be the old one!