Extension Cord For Mac
The 1.8-meter Power Adapter Extension Cable is an AC extension cord that provides extra length for your Apple power adapter. Use it with MagSafe and MagSafe 2 power adapters, 10W and 12W USB-A power adapters, and 29W, 30W, 61W, and 87W USB-C power adapters. Buy Genuine Apple Power Adapter Extension Cable for Macbook Pro Macsafe MK122LL/A with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Newegg shopping.
A much longer power cord that is also a lot easier to plug into outlets where space is limited! So essentially you can think of it as an extension cord with a smaller foot print. A lot of hard core Mac users may look at this post and think this should be common sense, but you will be surprised how many people at work and elsewhere at libraries and coffee shops have asked me this very question.
From now on when they ask me this question I will be referring them to this blog post. Feel free to do the same if you are a Mac Pro.
Pete Soheil DigiOz Multimedia, Inc. @Herpreet - That is a very good question that only the MacBook Air designers can answer. I agree from a practical standpoint 1 power cord does seem easier.
As far as Forward Delete, Fn-Delete should do the trick for you. As for a home button, this may help: Home: fn+left arrow End: fn+right arrow Pg Up: fn+up arrow Pg Dwn: fn+down arrow @ar mirza - If you have a warranty on your MacBook Air as most people do I recommend that you take it to the Apple Store for a Memory Upgrade. Otherwise your warranty will become void. Well, count me as one of those with absolutely NO idea of what that second cord was for. I know my way in and out of a PC and am the 'go to' for family and friends for IT problems, but I just purchased my first MAC and was at a loss as to what to do with that cord. Talk about feeling silly! Such a simple explanation.
I appreciate the pictures. I'm also glad I read through the rest of the comments.having no End and Home keys was really bugging me, and I'm glad to know I don't have to live without them. You're the best!
You geeks are all the same. Surprise that someone might not know what the hell this thing is for. Has anyone ever seen an extension cord with a white something-or-other in the middle of it, and where the cord is different diameters from one section to the next. Pls someone tell me you have so I can feel much stupider. Steve Jobs would likely have anticipated the possible confusion, and put a sticky or something on the white whatever-the-hell it is.
For all that, I am glad I can go to your site and find the answer even if you really don't get Apple's lapse in this case. +1 @Tessa 'This post represents everything good about the web.' Thanks for the posting - wanted to let you know it's still helping others years later. I'm another one with decades of PC /IT consulting experience that was confused by finding 2 cords in the box. Then once I found how the fit together still was at a loss for why they gave you this option.
Extension Cord For Mac Laptop
So, it's an interesting example of how a company that is known for creating products with an intuitive design certainly failed with this one component. Last night my Macbook Air would not turn on. It had been working perfectly, but when I opened the lid - nothing.
Tried the power button - nothing. This morning I was troubleshooting the problem, and it still wasn't working. Tried it with and without the power cord.
Finally, I noticed the small plug piece of the power adapter had slid out just a small bit from the bigger piece (yet the connector at the laptop end showed the green light, so power was getting through). After sliding the pieces a hair closer, it now works again. I'm not really satisfied with this solution (why wouldn't it work unplugged?), but figured this info may help someone else. Your MacBook automatically will stop charging when it is full. This is a safety feature that has to be in place, otherwise the batteries would get damaged as soon as they are fully charged.
When your MacBook is plugged into the wall it always uses direct power from the outlet regardless of if the batteries are empty or not. If your batteries are empty, they will charge while your machine continues using electricity from the outlet. It's only when you disconnect the machine from the outlet that the batteries kick in and start supplying power to the machine. I cannot believe how helpful/useful this thread has been! Just received my first Apple laptop (MacBook Pro) after 20 years of Windows desktop, and I get this power cord which fits exactly into WHAT?
From the little two prongs (for what???), to the second LARGE power cord (NO explanation), to the knowledge that, once powered to 100%, the laptop will continue to use AC and not drain the fully-charged battery - I am stoked! BASIC valuable information. Someone earlier used the phrase 'tech shaming' or some such, so I, too, am grateful I won't be belittled for asking legitimate questions.
You guys are very validating for common/normal users. Love you for your kind, patient, and thorough explanations. Your blog has been helping people for over three years! Kudos to you for explaining the mystery of the two cords and extra thanks for tips like using Fn. Since Apple claims their products are intuitive, we're bound to feel like idiots if we can't figure something out, especially a cord that shouldn't require technical expertise. Maybe if all of us had phoned Apple, they might have gotten the message. I don't recall two cords coming with my 2012 MacBook Air.
I recently had to replace the thin cord because it had frayed. Because of the way Apple packaged the replacement, only the thicker cord was visible initially. I just assumed that Apple had replaced the delicate, thin one with something robust.
Live and learn. Thanks for the cord info. I too have been a long time pc user and was given a MacBookAir as a gift from my husband. I needed some assistance with switching from a pc to a Mac so I have just ordered a book called Switching to the MAC, the missing manual (el Capitan edition). I glanced at an older edition and it seems that this book will help me greatly. It had lots of shortcuts listed that I wouldn't have even known existed.
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Seriously, just a basic manual from Apple with suggestions to research the shortcuts on my own would have given me a heads up. I own an iPad mini and iPhone and have liked them both very much. A computer is such a different thing, I hope I get used to this MAC or it will have been a great deal of $ wasted! Not impressed with Apple's handling of this MAC.
Extension Cord For Macbook Pro
Totally answered my question, thanks. I had figured out how to use both power cords before reading this but was still wondering why? I guess the extension does come in handy, though I haven't found myself needing to use it yet. Also, why do MacBooks need such a day power adapter? Why is a giant white box so necessary when it isn't for other, less advanced computers? Also, I was wondering what the two little tabs that fold out on the MagSafe adapter are, but then I found an image at this link, www.support.apple.com/en-us/HT202451, that answered the question. They are meant to save space by holding your extra cord so it's not just piled up by the outlet.
Sort of like a vacuum. First time MacBook Air user. I will admit to being a MacBook novice.
My sister got the new Air Pro for me for my birthday because I had always wanted one. I have never used anything but Windows. I asked but no one seemed to know.
I don't mind sounding foolish. I had an idea it was there to augment the charging cord but wasn't sure how.
I ladore my MacBook. Now I love it more because I can carry it around the room while it's charging. I can charge it and work while in bed when before my cord wouldn't reach the outlet. Simple, easy and why didn't those instructions come with the dang thing? Anonymous said. My goodness, I've had my mac book pro for a whole year while using the 'normal charger' and my 'weird' cord was collecting dust on my table. I finally decided to google what the unknown cord was for after had to borrow a charger when my battery was dying.
The borrowed charger didn't quite look exactly like mine, but I did notice the 3 prongs that was very different than the regular charger. I figured somehow the weird charger was related somehow, yet I still didn't know how. When I got home I googled my question about what it was for and the site was the first that I came to.
I was amazed when I followed the instructions and I had a much longer charger, where i didn't have to keep sitting up near the edge of my bed while working to keep my computer on the charger when the battery was low. I also noticed that I didn't have to worry about the charger constantly coming out the outlet when I accidentally lightly tugged on the wire with my foot.