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To be fair, my MacBook Pro had the same issue - if the battery was dead, charging via USB-C wouldn't work, it would need the MagSafe charger. Presumably because the USB controller needs power in order to negotiate power delivery.

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Never had this issue with any of my MBP. I never even have magsafe available, couldn't tell you where a USB-C to magsafe cable is in my house if my life depended on it.

In my specific case, the laptop was already at low (<10%) battery when I closed the lid, and it sat for several days without a top-up.

While not quite what you are saying here, I have found that I like usbc charging on my 15in m3 MacBook Air way more than its magsafe. The magsafe is always falling out as soon as I move the computer on and off my lap and is another cable that I can only use for one purpose. Nowhere near as good as it was back in the early 2010s macbook days...

They are saying they don’t own a MagSafe cable and have never experienced the above anecdote of a MacBook that was too dead to be charged by USBC alone. Likewise, my M1 MacBook Pro has only ever been charged by USBC and I let it die all the way often.

I would have thought that the default 5V coming through the cable should be enough to power on the chip and negotiate power delivery though?

Or was it actually working but charging only on 5V and taking a long time to wake up?

Perhaps this was the case.

I've owned many MacBooks and have never experienced this. I usually just dump the MagSafe in the attic and use USB-C for everything.

Seems weird. What charger? AT least 60W USBC?

Same here, M2 MBP. Got it in that state because it woke up after I stored it.

Macs have some of these problems too, just less.

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