If you have a higher-wattage USB-C power adapter—such as the one that came with your Mac notebook—you can use it with your iPad for faster charging.
Charge and connect with the USB-C port on your iPad
Your iPad uses the DisplayPort protocol to support connections to USB-C displays1 with these resolutions: Your iPad matches the frame rate and dynamic range of currently playing content when you turn on Allow Display Mode Changes.
Can you use MacBook Pro chargers for iPhone and iPad fast charging?
Recommendations to fast charge iPhone or iPad often include picking up the 20W power adapter from Apple or similar from a third party. But picking up a new USB-C to Lightning cable and 20W charging block from Apple costs $40. The good news is that modern iPhones and iPads work with all of the MacBook USB-C chargers up to the 96W model (Apple doesn’t specifically recommend using its 140W USB-C charger with iPhone and iPad). Note: depending on the current capacity of your battery, your device will pull different levels of power.
Apple says the following iOS devices are compatible with its 18W, 20W, 29W, 30W, 61W, 87W, and 96W adapters for fast charging:
Can You Charge a MacBook With an iPad Charger?
That means they’ll likely have an iPhone for communications, an iPad for fun and casual use, and a Macbook for their dedicated personal computing needs. It is certainly usable in a pinch but you really shouldn’t use it all the time and we’ll go into that so that you will know the potential pitfalls of this type of charging ‘hack’. By contrast, the MacBook Pro utilizes quick charging and its native adapter is rated at 61 watts of power. You can carry less adapters by doing this, but this could be a poor solution in the long run with the wear and tear that this method could cause. The wear and tear on your battery has simply not been fully explored as to its effects in the long run and you also risk voiding your warranty. Now that we’ve established that while the USB-C cables are compatible, the wattage is a huge problem, we offer as an alternative solution that you consider a new travel case.
A dedicated MacBook adapter really isn’t that large, but if you are running out of storage space a great compromise is a new case. We hope that today’s article has helped to outline in detail why it’s not a good idea to charge your expensive MacBook with an iPad charger.
Yes, it will work, but the wattage simply is not sufficient for an efficient or quick charge and the potential for ruining your battery makes it a poor solution at best.
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