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And yet that (very) shiny new MacBook aimed at the largest slice of the MacBook Air market doesn’t have it.After a year of owning my macbook pro late 2012 retina model, it started having difficulty charging, it wouldn't charge even when green on the magsafe, and had difficulty turning orange, basically right after the 1 year warranty was over by one month, I went into the apple store and they told me that I simply needed to replace the power adapter and cord and it would be fine, but that it most likely was caused by me plugging it into a power strip, and that I had to plug it directly into the wall in its own power slot, which they never said that was what you were supposed to do when I purchased the laptop and could not find it anywhere in the literature. It’s one of the features that even the most die-hard opponents of Macs tend to grudgingly admit is a good idea. The magnetic power cord attaches securely and detaches cleanly.

MacBook Air offers innovations you won’t find anywhere else - like the MagSafe 2 power connector, which breaks cleanly away from the notebook if you accidentally trip over the power cord. It is still highlighted on Apple’s website as one of the key design features of both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. MagSafe has been one of the key features of MacBooks since it was first introduced by Apple in 2006. Reducing a machine to just one port was the first dropping MagSafe was the second. When Apple unveiled the new 12-inch MacBook with just a single port (plus a headphone socket), it was doing not just one radical thing, but two. Opinion: Are we bidding farewell to MagSafe, and does it matter? What the heck, I’ll give it a try… Expand For less than half the price of a discounted $77 Apple MagSafe Adapter this $37 charger includes 5 USB ports and gets solid 4.3/5 star reviews. As I was looking for options on Amazon, I came across an interesting product: The “BND 85W MagSafe 2 Replacement Power Adapter Charger w/ 5 USB Ports for Apple MacBook Pro”. So I thought I’d get a little creative and save a few bucks at the same time. But clearly Apple has some redesigned MacBook/Pro/Airs coming later this month and they will likely be charged via USB-C, at least in some cases. So that means I only need MagSafe to power this 2013 MacBook Pro for at least a few more weeks before it gets relegated to backup machine, kid’s computer or sold off when I get Apple’s new OLED/USB-C creation. So what to do? Typically I’d buy a new Apple Magsafe 2 adapter.