Can i charge my Macbook Pro using my wife's macbook adapter ?
I'm not talking about charge and use at the same time. I simply want to plug my fully hibernated macbook pro into my wifes 65W power adapter (for her macbook) and charge my machine. Don't care if it takes longer.
But will it work ? Or will it damage my battery ?
I know that i should not be able to do it the other way around (charge her macbook using my 80w macbook pro adapter).
Yes, you can use the MacBook power adapter to recharge both the MacBook and the MacBook Pro. When using the MacBook power adapter to recharge the MacBook Pro, you can only either recharge or use the MacBook Pro on adapter power, it won't do both. It won't really take any longer, at least not that I have noticed.
Also, the MacBook Pro power adapter is autosensing and will recharge the MacBook (it switches to the lower 65 watts)---look on the power adapter, and you'll see both 65 and 85 watts listed.
So, you can use either power adapter for either the MacBook or the MacBook Pro (with just the one limitation I stated above).
:))
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Thanks all!Steve_13 wrote:
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