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First you should get an app that can help you see the battery condition. Here's a free one: [http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/|CoconutBattery].
-As to why your system is shutting down while it has still lots of power is often a messed up SMC. What happens it the SMC holds a high and low watermark (the batteries charge) so it can go into power save mode so yo don't loose what you are working on. I would reset it following this Apple T/N: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295|Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac]. Then after your system is fully charged let it fully discharge at least two times this will reset the low water mark to be at the correct level.
+As to why your system is shutting down while it has still lots of power is often a messed up SMC. What happens it the SMC holds a high and low watermark (the batteries charge) so it can go into power save mode so you don't loose what you are working on. I would reset it following this Apple T/N: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295|Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac]. Then after your system is fully charged let it fully discharge at least two times this will reset the low water mark to be at the correct level.

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First you should get an app that can help you see the battery condition. Here's a free one: [http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/|CoconutBattery].

As to why your system is shutting down while it has still lots of power is often a messed up SMC. What happens it the SMC holds a high and low watermark (the batteries charge) so it can go into power save mode so yo don't loose what you are working on. I would reset it following this Apple T/N: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295|Reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac]. Then after your system is fully charged let it fully discharge at least two times this will reset the low water mark to be at the correct level.

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