Missing 'Battery Health' option.

[onceways]

Hi folks,

I just updated my 2017 12" Macbook to Catalina 10.15.5, but I can't find the new Battery Health feature in System Preferences > Power Saver! - Any ideas why it might be missing?

Thanks

Laptop:

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017)
1.4 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7
16 GB 1867 MHz LPDDR3

 

[Honza1]

Not available on that model, see here: https://tidbits.com/2020/05/26/macos-10-15-5-update-adds-battery-health-management/
..."noted that this feature was limited to Mac laptops with Thunderbolt 3 ports. That equates to all MacBook Pro models released since late 2016 and the Retina-capable MacBook Air models released since 2018. There’s no connection between Thunderbolt 3 and this feature—Apple is merely using the common denominator of Thunderbolt 3 support as a way of specifying which models are new enough to have the necessary internal hardware support."

 

[shafez]

Looks like Apple instead of dropping some models from the update, they are dropping features of the upgrade for eligible older Macs.