Sequoia 15.7.2 Update - Killed 2019 16" MacBook Pro Battery Charging and Battery Metrics

Sequoia 15.7.2 Update Killed Battery Charging - Since updating my 2019 16" MacBook Pro to Sequoia 15.7.2, my laptop has stopped charging completely and the battery metrics / display is completely out of order. When I click on the battery icon, it will tell me the Power Source is the Power Adapter, even when no charging cable is connected whatsoever. When I do connect a genuine Apple charging cable with a genuine Apple MacBook Pro charger to this laptop, the battery icon does not update to the lightning bolt indicator that usually shows the laptop is charging and the icon states "Battery Is Not Charging". I have tried resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) and I have reset the NVRAM/PRAM - which occasionally brings the charging functions back to life.....but only for an hour or so.....then the charging activity goes dead again and the laptop behaves as if no charging power adapter was connected.


Has anyone else experience this issue as of yet with the latest Sequoia 15.7.2 Update?



The image above is what my battery icon shows almost all the time now - completely inaccurate.



My battery usage measurements are all completely wrong and inaccurate - just random fictional data.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.7

Posted on Nov 19, 2025 5:05 PM

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Posted on Nov 24, 2025 10:51 AM

Very good to know - I appreciate your feedback. Apple phone tech support had me move up to Tahoe 26.1 despite my knowing this would crash/break most of my music software that is not Tahoe-ready as of yet. The Tahoe "upgrade" did nothing for the charging failure issue. Just took my MacBook Pro into the Apple Store where they took my laptop into the back service area, took the back plate off, removed and reseated/re-connected the battery to the system board with those incredibly thin plastic flexible flat power cables. It amazes me that any of this stuff works when you see how tiny and weak some of these connection points are. They reassembles my laptop and we tested it with my Apple charging brick and Apple USB-C to USB-C charging cable. Instantly - the laptop recognized the power cable connection, made the "Power cable has been connected" ding sound and showed the unit was charging. None of these things was were happening before.The laptop has behaved normally since then. I have the most powerful I9 Intel chip in this laptop - which is Avery power hungry chip and NEVER should've been allowed to be installed in such a thin laptop with limited clearance and ventilation. An Apple M5 Pro would blow this thing away these days at a fraction the power consumption and thermal output. The Apple technician said these particular final end-days Intel-based I9 units come in all the time with thermal motherboard or battery damage from that I9 getting too hot from heavy usage and/or bad ventilation situations.

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Sequoia 15.7.2 Update - Killed 2019 16" MacBook Pro Battery Charging and Battery Metrics

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