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In this article we will discuss about how to Check Battery Level of Bluetooth Devices on Mac. Bluetooth devices are great because they are easy to carry around and there are no cables to deal with. Everything works fine until you charge them when they need to be charged. Imagine you are giving a presentation and all of a sudden your mouse dies.
To avoid these kinds of problems, it’s a good idea to check the battery levels of your Bluetooth devices before you need them. This will give you time to charge them before your next meeting, when you won’t be able to use them at all. You can also go to the official Mac support site to know more information.
Keyboards, mice, and trackpads that connect to your computer through Bluetooth are definitely convenient. But when your battery dies, you often wish for simpler times and devices that are plugged in. Luckily, it’s pretty easy to check the battery level. Each connected device should show up in the Bluetooth dropdown menu.
Ways to Check Battery Level of Bluetooth Devices on Mac
From the menu bar
The Bluetooth indicator in your menu bar is one of the quickest and easiest ways to see how much power your connected devices have left. Follow these steps on a Mac running macOS Ventura or later to add Bluetooth to your menu bar:
- Click the Apple icon () > System Settings from the menu bar.
- Select Control Center.
- Choose Show in Menu Bar for Bluetooth.
In System Preferences
If you are in your Mac’s settings, you can check the System Preferences for each device to see how much power it has left. This works with older versions of macOS as well:
- Click the Apple icon () > System Preferences from the menu bar.
- Select Keyboard.
- At the bottom of the window, you’ll see the Keyboard battery level.
To check your mouse, go back to the main System Preferences screen:
- Select Mouse.
- At the bottom of the window, you’ll see the Mouse battery level.
From the Bluetooth section in macOS Ventura
- Click the Apple icon () and choose System Settings.
- Click Bluetooth.
- Take the pointer over the connected Bluetooth device, and it should show the battery level.
From Control Center
Your menu bar now has Control Center, which came with macOS Big Sur. This lets you check the battery level quickly and easily without taking up more room in the menu bar.
Select Bluetooth by clicking the Control Center button. If you click the menu bar button, you’ll see the same pop-up as above.
By default, this setting will stay in your Control Center. You can’t get rid of it like you can with the button on the menu bar. So this makes things even easier.
Using Terminal
- If you’re willing to use Terminal, it’s easy to run commands to check the battery level of your Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Just follow these steps:
ioreg -c AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard |grep '"BatteryPercent" =' ioreg -c BNBMouseDevice |grep '"BatteryPercent" ='
- If you check the battery levels of your Bluetooth devices, you can avoid a last-minute disaster if one of them stops working.
FAQ
How do I check my Mac wireless mouse battery?
- If you are running macOS Catalina or later, open the Control Center and click Bluetooth.
- Any version of macOS can be used to open the Bluetooth preferences pane.
- Open the Keyboard, Mouse, or Trackpad preference panes to see a graph and a percentage of how much power is left in each of those types of peripherals.
How do I show battery percentage on IOS Bluetooth?
If you swipe all the way to the left, you’ll get to what I call the “notifications and news” page. From there, you can swipe down to the bottom. Click the “Edit” button at the bottom, and then add the “Batteries” button there. Then you’ll be able to see how much power your iPhone and Bluetooth still have.
Why is my Bluetooth not showing battery percentage?
If the headset can do it, there will be a setting for it on the Bluetooth device screen. The option will be right above the checkboxes for Call audio and Media audio. If you don’t see this option, it means that the headset either doesn’t send battery data or doesn’t send it in the right format.
How do I change the battery in my Mac Bluetooth mouse?
Take off the cover of the battery compartment, which is at the bottom of the mouse, and then take out the old batteries. Put in two AA batteries, making sure that the positive and negative ends face the right way. Change the cover of the battery compartment. When you’re ready to use the mouse, turn it on.