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RolfOne

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Jun 10, 2021
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Can I charge the new MacBook Pro (2021) using my old MagSafe2 power adapter (belongs to my old macbook from 2015)?
It would be nice because then I do not have to carry a power adapter when I alternate work place.
 

calliex

macrumors 6502
Aug 16, 2018
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Pittsburgh, Pa
I sure hope so. I have accumulated 3 of these cords over the years. Still use them with my 2012 MBP. I will be purchasing a new MBP probably in January after some the initial dust settles. Of course my need for those extension chords will be less with a laptop with great battery life. My 2012 has to be plugged in all the time since the battery is shot.
 

L23

macrumors newbie
Oct 1, 2014
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I don't think so. Maybe there is an Magsafe2 to 3 adapter? There was one from 1 to 2.
 

Fishrrman

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Feb 20, 2009
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I believe L23 is right.
Looking at the MagSafe2 on my 2015 MacBook Pro, it doesn't look like it would fit the new ones.

I do have the MagSafe 1 - to - MagSafe 2 adapter, works very well when I want to charge from an older Apple MagSafe charger.

I, too, would like to see a new adapter released...
 

RolfOne

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jun 10, 2021
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I believe L23 is right.
Looking at the MagSafe2 on my 2015 MacBook Pro, it doesn't look like it would fit the new ones.

I do have the MagSafe 1 - to - MagSafe 2 adapter, works very well when I want to charge from an older Apple MagSafe charger.

I, too, would like to see a new adapter released...
My MagSafe 2 looks like the new MagSafe 3 on the pictures I have seen.
 

darngooddesign

macrumors P6
Jul 4, 2007
18,366
10,128
Atlanta, GA
Can I charge the new MacBook Pro (2021) using my old MagSafe2 power adapter (belongs to my old macbook from 2015)?
It would be nice because then I do not have to carry a power adapter when I alternate work place.
No, but there’s bound to be a little adapter.

 

Fishrrman

macrumors Penryn
Feb 20, 2009
29,248
13,324
OP wrote:
"My MagSafe 2 looks like the new MagSafe 3 on the pictures I have seen."

From this page referenced in the post above this one:
"MagSafe 2 was slimmer than the original MagSafe connector, and MagSafe 3 appears even slightly thinner than that, but a tiny bit wider. Because of these changes in size, the new MagSafe is not backward compatible with the previous generations."
 

theluggage

macrumors G3
Jul 29, 2011
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I don't think so. Maybe there is an Magsafe2 to 3 adapter? There was one from 1 to 2.
Wouldn’t hold your breath: when MagSafe2 came out, Apple were still actually selling Thunderbolt 1 and Cinema displays with captive MagSafe 1 plugs, so they kinda had to make an adapter.

Today, they haven’t sold anything with MagSafe 2 for years (and the last ones were for Airs so they’re not beefy enough for MBPs)
 
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