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My battery is dead. .

Computer keeps trying to reboot but only stays on for 3 seconds and shuts down. Is this fixable?


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 9, 2021 12:43 PM

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Posted on Mar 9, 2021 3:41 PM

Hi yinster,


Are you sure it is the battery ?

Did you try the "Related Article" at the top of this page ?


You might want to plug your adapter in to see if that helps.

If the adapter isn't charging your Mac, have a look at this discussion that solved the problem"

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252354644


If you want to try something else, Apple has a lot of support pages:


If your Mac doesn't start up all the way

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204156


You may be able to start up in safe mode:

How to use Safe Mode on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201262


Start up your Mac in safe mode:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh21245/mac


Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202731


Hope something here works to help you.

All the best

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Mar 9, 2021 3:41 PM in response to yinster

Hi yinster,


Are you sure it is the battery ?

Did you try the "Related Article" at the top of this page ?


You might want to plug your adapter in to see if that helps.

If the adapter isn't charging your Mac, have a look at this discussion that solved the problem"

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252354644


If you want to try something else, Apple has a lot of support pages:


If your Mac doesn't start up all the way

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204156


You may be able to start up in safe mode:

How to use Safe Mode on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT201262


Start up your Mac in safe mode:

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh21245/mac


Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT202731


Hope something here works to help you.

All the best

My battery is dead. .

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