How to fix MacBook running on cord power instead of battery

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MacBook Air 13" Early 2015

The March 2015 update of Apple's 13" MacBook Air features fifth generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, resulting in slightly increased performance and battery life.

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Tristan Smith @fixitman007

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Posted: Dec 31, 2021

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How to fix MacBook running on cord power instead of battery

I was replacing my battery with an ifixit battery it was working fine until the next day when it wouldn’t turn on then I connected the power cord to the MacBook and pressed the power button and it turned on but no battery symbol in the menu bar or in system preferences I tried resetting the SMC but with no luck it didn’t work I put the original battery in and it worked again how do I fix this.

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Dec 31, 2021 by Dan

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Let’s get a better view of things, install this gem of an app! CoconutBattery take a snapshot of the apps main window and post it here for us to see Adding images to an existing question — Dan