With the release of the Macbook Pro 14″ 2021 and MacBook Pro 16″ 2021 last year and the more recent MacBook Air 2022 bringing back MagSafe, it has left us in a little bit of a confusing place when you are trying to decide what charger you need.
What MacBook do you have?
First of all, we need to find out what MacBook you have. This will allow you to find out which charger is right for your laptop.
- Go to the top left-hand corner of the screen and click ?
- Next, you need to press ‘About This Mac‘
- This will bring up the below window where you can see the model of your Mac, in this case ‘MacBook Air (M1, 2020)‘
What charger do I need?
Now you have found out which MacBook you have, you can now match it up with the below model which will show you what charger you need and whether you can get a third-party charger.
USB-C to MagSafe 3 cable
MacBook Air models introduced in 2022*
16-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2021*
14-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2021*
*These models will also charge via a USB-C to USB-C cable
USB-C to USB-C cable
MacBook Air models introduced in 2018 or later
16-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2019
13-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2016 or later
15-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2016 or later
MacBook models introduced in 2015 or later
MagSafe 2
MacBook Air models introduced between 2012 and 2017
15-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2012 and 2015
13-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2012 and 2015
MagSafe “L-Style”
13-inch MacBook Air models introduced between 2008 and 2011
11-inch MacBook Air models introduced between 2010 and 2011
13-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2010 and 2012
15-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2010 and 2012
17-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2010 and 2011
MacBook models introduced between late 2009 and 2010
MagSafe “T-Style”
15-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2006 and 2009
17-inch MacBook Pro models introduced between 2006 and 2009
13-inch MacBook Pro models introduced in 2009
MacBook models introduced between 2006 and mid-2009
I hope that has helped you find the correct charger for your MacBook. For more tech tips make sure you check out our YouTube channel.
Mark Holmes
Mark is our Product Marketing Specialist with a background of 8 years in marketing. When not researching the latest tech gadgets to make his life easier he is most likely watching Formula 1 or attempting to play golf.