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iwaleeo

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Apr 19, 2023
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Hello Everyone,

I have a dream, of charging my Macbook Pro M2 Max using my car 12v or USB ports.
I've tried this years ago on my 2018 MacBook pro, and it ruined the battery for some reason. And I'm afraid to do it again on my new MBP.

There are many car charging that promises 130w or so. but I'm not sure if they harm my laptop.

Any ideas?
 

Iwavvns

macrumors 6502a
Dec 11, 2023
654
915
Earth
Hello Everyone,

I have a dream, of charging my Macbook Pro M2 Max using my car 12v or USB ports.
I've tried this years ago on my 2018 MacBook pro, and it ruined the battery for some reason. And I'm afraid to do it again on my new MBP.

There are many car charging that promises 130w or so. but I'm not sure if they harm my laptop.

Any ideas?
Unless you live in your car, and don’t have a home, this appears to be one of those instances where just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Plan head, charge in the house, apple laptops are too awesome to risk just for the sake of convenience.
 
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