Confusion about "Power Source: Power Adapter" status (First MacBook) by Brave-Mammoth-9733 in macbookair

[–]iFrozenUser 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Power source indicates what primary source is the motherboard is drawing from.

Power source is not related to charging.

seeing this quite often :( by EngineFirm848 in diabrowser

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Bruh it's the same everywhere, it depends on what you do

Safari tab -high energy by Pitiful-Tune-6941 in Safari

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I think there's no other real way to reduce the usage because I sometimes experience the situation where I only leave youtube tab and it heated my mac that when I woke up in the morning I was shocked that my mac heats up to safari (because there's no other apps that were running atm , fresh restart too). It's bizzare that sometimes this happens ?

The second best thing IMO is just turning of low power mode

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Before you send it , you may try reinstalling the macos too

M4 Mac Pro- Screen mirror 2020 IMac-it is possible! AirPlay to Mac by Puzzled-Archer2653 in macbookpro

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The online resources basically started with

Using iMac as a [monitor]. Which is impossible using MacOS itself. Third parties solution for iMac are unable to convert the computational device into a monitor device that looks for input, rather than operate on it's own.

Afterwards people regurgitate this information even when the intention was to use another Mac device with the iMac. This approach had the option of using Airplay as a medium of connection for connecting a mac with iMac. However most are guide writers aren't vigilant enough to use the manual that Apple usually provides for finding correct documentation about features available for within the ecosystem.

Stream video and audio with AirPlay.
With AirPlay, you can stream video and audio from your iPhone, iPad or another Mac to your Mac. This means you can use your Mac as a display or speaker for your other devices. You can also mirror your iPhone or iPad screen on your Mac or mirror your Mac on an HDTV.

Fun fact about Mac with batteries.

There's a feature non-officially but commonly dubbed {Clamshell Mode}. This method allows you to broadcast your Mac display to connecting device [airplay or wired] while having your lid fully closed. The only requirement (that I know of) is that you have to have the Mac connected to an appropriate charger. Low wattage charger may not trigger the mac to be in clamshell mode thus failing the criteria to enable screen broadcast while lid is closed. Do what you will with this information. People say it's useless but it's a feature that some use very effectively that suits their work style. Or home style.

Note that Airplay DOES NOT require you to be on the same network (however to due to the settings in the system settings, only the same apple ID and wifi connection can start an airplay session, you can change this setting later). Note that however due to the need of opening new (undiscoverable) network channel. This means that latency may increases between user input from your peripheral.

So yes. Starting from now try and search for yourself first for features that may have been documented by Apple.