Dear Apple, It looks likes Apple like my new idea, and a lot. I know this as Apple always want their things to be easily understandable, and for MagSafe to be understandable it has to mimic macOS. I got an unreliable reply for the first post, just a person telling me I’m in the wrong place for this. The MagSafe is amazing, but everything needs to be upgraded in some way or the other, DTS engineers are saying that developer forums are for developing, not feedback. So here I am, developing the MagSafe wire, as I would by now rather get a third-party MagSafe wire if mine possibly breaks. $49. This is the price tag for an official MagSafe wire. If it can’t show anything but charging and charged, it’s something that must be reproduced. We have the hardware, we have the red and green diodes in the MagSafe, we just need to turn both of them on to make yellow. We have the hardware, and physics is helping us by saying: “Red + green light = yellow light.” This isn’t as complicated as π, so please implement it and let over 100 million users feel that MagSafe is finally worth the price. It is extremely simple, no new tests, no new safety certifications, just a new code you can forget about once released. To make things as easy as possible, here is the code, you can inspect it and test it, it should be OK. (THIS CODE IS TO SHOW THE BASE OF THE IDEA, PLEASE DONT COPY-PASTE, DOUBLE CHECK IT FIRST. Consider that I didn’t code this myself, I got help. Don’t expect any code from me to be mine) #include <stdbool.h> #include <stdint.h> typedef enum { MODEL_AIR, MODEL_PRO } MacModel; typedef enum { LED_OFF, LED_SOLID_AMBER, LED_SOLID_YELLOW, LED_SOLID_GREEN, LED_PULSING_AMBER, LED_PULSING_YELLOW } LEDState; uint32_t current_cycle_seconds = 0; MacModel get_mac_model(void); uint8_t get_battery_soc(void); uint8_t get_charge_limit(void); uint32_t get_charger_wattage(void); bool check_hardware_faults(void); void apply_led_hardware_state(LEDState state, bool pin_high); void update_magsafe_led(void) { MacModel model = get_mac_model(); uint8_t soc = get_battery_soc(); uint8_t limit = get_charge_limit(); uint32_t wattage = get_charger_wattage(); bool overcharge_fault = (soc > (limit + 2)); bool critical_error = check_hardware_faults() || overcharge_fault; bool slow_charger = false; if (model == MODEL_AIR && wattage < 30) { slow_charger = true; } else if (model == MODEL_PRO && wattage < 70) { slow_charger = true; } LEDState normal_state; if (soc >= 90 || soc >= limit) { normal_state = LED_SOLID_GREEN; } else if (soc >= 50) { normal_state = LED_SOLID_YELLOW; } else { normal_state = LED_SOLID_AMBER; } LEDState active_state = normal_state; bool should_pulse = false; if (current_cycle_seconds < 10) { if (critical_error) { active_state = LED_PULSING_AMBER; should_pulse = true; } else if (slow_charger) { active_state = LED_PULSING_YELLOW; should_pulse = true; } } bool led_pin_high = true; if (should_pulse) { if (current_cycle_seconds % 2 != 0) { led_pin_high = false; } } apply_led_hardware_state(active_state, led_pin_high); current_cycle_seconds++; if (current_cycle_seconds >= 20) { current_cycle_seconds = 0; } } (THIS CODE IS TO SHOW THE BASE OF THE IDEA, PLEASE DONT COPY-PASTE, DOUBLE CHECK IT FIRST. Consider that I didn’t code this myself, I got help. Don’t expect any code from me to be mine) This should show: Pulsing Amber for critical issues Pulsing yellow for slow chargers, under 30w for Macbook air and if under 70w for Macbook pro. Pulses for 10 seconds, and shows the light of the battery percentage for 10 seconds. Amber: 0-50% battery Yellow: 50-90% battery Green: 90%+ battery or reached charging limit. Please consider this code, I prefer a reply if possible to keep track of the new MagSafe update. macOS is amazing, but there are always final touches to be added, and if the hardware can be as similar as possible to the software, this is what brings understanding the battery alive, and apple has always wanted macOS to be as understandable as possible, why not the wire as well? If you need any extra information for the MagSafe, feel free to reply to me on the forum, I will try replying as soon as possible. Let the MagSafe glow. Let it show a yellow. It’s WWDC, and here I am right here. Let 2026 be the year where MagSafe is the most understandable yet, and let the yellow color come alive to MagSafe. Please consider it another chance to get a fresh, serious and realistic start to this. I am more than ready to mark the other post as answered if I get a realistic, understandable and useful reply to this. I apologize if my previous responses weren't very useful; I am not a formally trained engineer, but I wanted to show my idea the best way I could. May I please get a proper reply? Im extremely sorry for my previous replies that lost me reputation, but I promise I won’t reply to other posts from now on. May I please get a proper reply? May my idea get supported? May MagSafe feel as good as the magnetic “snap”? Please keep in mind that im in developer forums to develop the MagSafe wire, and as the DTS engineer stated in their reply: “ These forums are for questions about developing software and accessories for Apple platforms. If this is the case then feel free to provide more information,” In this thread here. There I am. Developing an accessory. MagSafe. I have been using macOS for about a year now, I noticed this flaw since a long time, and here I am, getting it out and loud to Apple in WWDC. Please do not count this as spam, or a repost of my original idea, I am conscious of what im currently doing, so please give this a good read and a caring, useful reply. I really hope you consider this and make MagSafe stand out, alongside the MacBook Neo. It was amazing. Unstoppable. But why not the MagSafe be as well? All the best, Alyaman

Hello Apple, I have been facing an issue with charging, although I have beta updates off, but I faced an issue that in my opinion should show pulsing Amber on MagSafe, like I mentioned in my other thread. The MagSafe was glowing amber. Ok, can’t be on 80% yet. I opened the lid, and I found something I never expected: Although it was supposed to stop on 80%, it continued to 94% with no user notification. This happens every once in a while, but isn’t extremely rare. Last time this happened was about a week after macOS 26.5 was launched. I was running macOS 26.5 when this occurred Please consider this as an issue that needs to be fixed, and one of the ways is the MagSafe update, so the user at least knows something is wrong in case something like this ever happens. Please ask me for more information regarding this issue if needed. I am ready to mark the other post as answered if this gets a good reply, and keep in mind that I am conscious of what im doing, so please give this a good read and reply. Please do not count this as spam, I am only doing this to get it fixed, it may seem like a never reported before issue, but it’s still a real one. I am sorry that my previous replies on the forums were useless, and I promise to not reply to posts I don’t know about anymore. I am not a trained developer, and I hope you accept the apology. Thanks, Alyaman

Dear Apple, I am sending feedback regarding the desktop management of macOS to improve the user experience. Mission Control currently only has a “+” button to the right, meaning that all new desktops are forced to the right side of the line. Adding an identical “+” button to the left will increase ease of using the OS, as I don’t necessarily need every new desktop to be on the right side. This will increase usability and make using desktops significantly easier than manually dragging them into the needed positions every time I add a desktop. Another thing is that when I maximize apps, all desktops go to the left by one spot. There should be a setting where you can control where desktops go when maximizing screens, either you want every desktop to go to the right or the left. This makes things easier as sometimes I have my main app on the right, with all the multi-tasking on the left. If desktops move to the right instead of the left, no open apps will be interfered with. (Please put this setting in the “Desktop and Dock” section). I have been using macOS for a year now, and those details were quite clear. Please consider this as a software update for over 100 million Macbook users, increasing usability without changing the OS so much people barely know how to use it. I have been concentrating significantly on macOS lately, noticing an upgrade followed by another, and is how I noticed this. Please consider this a fresh start for my feedback. I apologize for my previous un-trained replies. I am not a trained professional, but I genuinely care about improving the user experience and wanted to share these layout ideas. I promise to keep my interactions respectful of the forum guidelines from now on. May these desktop management ideas be considered? Thanks, Alyaman

The MagSafe 3 cable is an amazing piece of engineering, showing charged as green and charging as amber. Please consider that "carging," being amber and "full" or "reached charging limit," is green, but for a high end company, you need to make the MagSafe wire more useful. A software MagSafe update, like macOS 26.5 was very noticeable for me, as i have the charging limit set on 80%. A new MagSafe 4 would be a simple MagSafe 3 update, creating MagSafe 4, introducing a yellow colour, to mimic macOS window controls. It is very simple, as both red and green diodes are already in MagSafe 3, light physics tells us that red+green=yellow. All we have to do is turn on both of those LED diodes, and we have yellow. MagSafe 4 should have the following: Amber:0%-50% Yellow:50%-90% Green: 90% + or reached charging limit Pulsing Amber: overheating or critical issue with power cut off Pulsing yellow: slow charger, under 30w for macbook air and under 70w for macbook pro. This should be very simple as its a few lines of code.

I was recently charging my macbook, just like any normal time i do. i expected to see the battery at 80%, but the macbook was hiding a surprise for me. the magsafe glowed amber, so i knew it cant be on 80%, so when i opened the lid, the surprise was a shocking 94%. I didn't know what to expect, but my macbook is running macOS tahoe 26.5, so everything seemed normal to me until: someone please help in fixing this bug, as it isn't the first time this happens to me. please link this to my magsafe 4 idea here, as the magsafe could activate pulsing amber (1 second on 1 second off, for both amber and yellow pulsing lights) in case of failure to stop on set limit, making it visually much easier to understand if there is an issue.

The MagSafe 3 cable is an amazing piece of engineering, showing charged as green and charging as amber. Please consider that "carging," and "full" or "reached charging limit," is green, but in case you are far away, you need an estimate of battery percentage. A software magsafe update, like macOS 26.5 was very noticeable for me, as i have the charging limit set on 80%. A new MagSafe 4 would be a simple MagSafe 3 update, adding a yellow colour. it should be simple, here is the code: // 1. CRITICAL SAFETY CUT-OFF // If the system detects a hardware/thermal failure, // it cuts power and pulses RED. if (criticalError) { setLED(PULSING_RED); return; } // 2. SLOW CHARGER DETECTION // Logic: Air < 30W OR Pro < 70W triggers Pulsing Yellow. if ((isAir() && wattage < 30) || (isPro() && wattage < 70)) { setLED(PULSING_YELLOW); return; } // 3. CAPACITY GRADIENT // Simple, clear visual feedback based on your percentages. if (soc < 50) { setLED(COLOR_AMBER); // 0-50% } else if (soc >= 50 && soc < 90) { setLED(COLOR_YELLOW); // 50-90% } else if (soc >= 90) { setLED(COLOR_GREEN); // 90-100% }