MacBook pro not charging and it is not the charger

I tried plugging my MacBook pro to its charger and I found the chargers light twitching and it didn't turn into charging and my laptop wasn't charging , now I have bought another charger thinking that my charger was the problem and it is doing the same thing so is there a problem with my MacBook please help !!

You should still be able to 'see' the battery, and it's 'health' in a System report.
As wjosten wrote:
>About this Mac>More Info>System Report>Hardware>Power...under Battery Health, what does it say?
If your battery is not showing up under Power, you're in trouble. If it is showing up, you should be able to report its health.
Clinton

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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
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Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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System Software:
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Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5059GSXP disk0 : (500,11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499,25 GB (54,63 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          JMicron USB to ATA/ATAPI bridge 500,11 GB
                    EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
                    Filmes (disk2s2) /Volumes/Filmes: 499,76 GB (330,53 GB free)
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. iPhone
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          de.novamedia.driver.NMSmartplugSCSIDevice          (1.0.1)
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.5.1)
          com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          (8.0)
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                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Graph.app
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          Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
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                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Outlook.app
          Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft PowerPoint.app
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          Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.3.9 - SDK 10.5
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office/Microsoft Upload Center.app
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          Auto backup: YES
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                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 464.96 GB Disk used: 414.09 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 698.32 GB
                    Total number of backups: 3
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                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 698.32 GB < (Disk used 414.09 GB X 3)
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Top Processes by CPU:
               9%          Transmission
               4%          Dropbox
               2%          WindowServer
               2%          Dock
               1%          Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory:
          123 MB          Google Chrome
          119 MB          iTunes
          102 MB          Dropbox
          87 MB          Google Chrome Helper
          66 MB          Finder
Virtual Memory Statistics:
          148 MB          Free RAM
          995 MB          Active RAM
          859 MB          Inactive RAM
          1.03 GB          Wired RAM
          7.80 GB          Page-ins
          4.84 GB          Page-outs

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☞ Don't post the contents of the Terminal window.
☞ Don't paste the output of Step 1 into the Terminal window. Paste it into a reply.

I have a MacBook Pro 17 inch and I just destroyed the screen. Can anyone tell me the keystrokes to turn on the external display as primary?

I have a 17-inch MacBook Pro with a destroyed screen. (My son put it on the top of his car and drove off and it fell off.) Can anyone tell me the keystrokes to make an external monitor the primary monitor? I can see only the upper left side of the laptop screen so I CAN select system preferences. I can then arrow over to system preferences and down to make selections I cannot see. I don't know then what to do or IF I can make the choices needed to make the external monitor primary when all I can do is make keystrokes on items I cannot see. It's an older (about 2008) MacBook Pro and I would like to use the external monitor to see to connect an external hard drive and download files to install on a new MacBook. My son might know the iOS but I don't.

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This is the left side of System Preferences in OS 10.8.3. (if that is not what the MBP is running post back). By the way, if you can grab the top of that pane you could move it over to the top far left. - Same for any pane.
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Call the Apple Store that repaired it. You need to advise them that you are having "issues."

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tekkno1gy wrote:
Did the disk utility repair
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Using MacBook Pro as display and keyboard

Morning.
I have an Mac mini Server 2,53 10.6.4 without display and without keyboard. How can I use my MacBook Pro as display and keyboard to configure the server?

If you are setting up a server you can use Server Admin tools to set up a new server remotely. You would need to install the Server Admin tools on your MacBook Pro and then do the remote install procedure.
You need to collect the serial number and the Mac Address of the Mac Mini Server to enter in as the information in the Remote Install during the installation process you will be prompted to chose Remote Management and SSH for options that way you will be able to connect to the Server Remotely at anytime when configuring or afterwards.

Macbook Pro power supply and grounding.

Hey Apple people. I noticed something disconcerting with the power supply on my MacBook Pro 13" (non-retina)
I have a stainless steel metal table in my kitchen. It is the same type of stainless steel table you find in restaurants.
I have my 13" MacBook Pro in a Speck See-thru case.
The MacBook Pro in it's case is sitting on a Rain Design "M Stand".
The Rain Design "M Stand" is sitting on the stainless steel table.
I am wearing a short sleeve shirt.
I am sitting on a fabric covered chair at the table.
The battery was getting low so I got out my power supply, which is the power brick with the two prong plug adapter.
I plugged this into a power strip and the other end into the computer.
While touching the case of the computer with one hand and leaning on the stainless steel table with my other bare arm. I felt a vibration through the fingers that were in contact with the MacBook Pro. I knew what was going on, and I got really concerned.
I tried an experiment.
I got out the extension cord that came with the MacBook Pro power supply and I changed out the two prong plug on the power supply for the extension cord. The extension cord has a grounding post.
When I plugged the power supply back into the power strip and connected the power supply to the MacBook Pro. I no longer felt a vibrating sensation when I was in contact with the stainless steel table and the computer.
I have other MacBook Pro power supplies and I always use the grounded extension cable with them, because it is located at my regular workstation area. This stainless steel table is located in my kitchen, and I was eating dinner and watching YouTube videos.
Just thought you would like to all know that when you don't use the grounded cable on your MacBook Pro. you become the ground.
Never using this power supply anywhere again without the grounded cable.
Thank you for your time.
Matthew Sievert

It depends on what you are doing. Yes, the power supply can get hot. This is normal.

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