Well, it appears that link did not work, but I did. a little research. First, System Info is in the Applications folder. When you open it up in the table select Power and then you can review lots of information about your battery. After the summary of descriptions of power saver modes, there is a charging region this will tell you about the connected charger and what wattage the computer is currently being charged at.
I also thought I had included a warning that overheated and damaged Lithium ION batteries can create fires that are extremely hot and hard to extinguish. There have been such fires caused by inexpensive no-name chargers, so be careful if you don't trust the company that made your charger. On Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:43:14 AM UTC-5 Jonathan Cohn wrote: > Hi, > > This used to be dangerous— when chargers were not smart. Today’s USB > based chargers should negotiate between the device and the charger and > provide the max safe charging that the charger provides. I have on > occasion used my MacBooks M3 charger with my iPhone. Generally, I won’t but > if the phone is below 20% and I need to go out in the next 30 minutes > having the quick charging increases my confidence that I can use my phone > in a navigation emergency. 19 watt USB-C charger does not provide a > straight 19 Watts, but might have options for 3, 7 , 12, 15 and 19 watts. > )Note, I made those numbers up). > > If the device says it wants 16 watts to charge then with the above charger > it would get the 15 watts choice. > > This can be seen in the System Information App while the M1 is charging as > is discussed in this article: > What’s the max PD charging for the new M1 MacBook Air and Pro? : r/macbook > <https://www.reddit.com/r/macbook/comments/k21lyc/whats_the_max_pd_charging_for_the_new_m1_macbook/%23:~:text=From%20my%20observation%20it%20seems,higher%20wattage%20chargers%20are%20useless> > > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/262317a1-4333-4b2f-8ae9-4733e383191en%40googlegroups.com.
