On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 7:23 PM, Jim Warthman <[email protected]>
wrote:

Thank you for your help! THese are great suggestions, but...

Since similar things happen when you try to charge two different devices,
> perhaps the problem is with the cable and/or the USB port on your iMac.
>

I suspected that, so I changed cables, and varied the USB ports that I use
(there are 4 on the iMac). Same outcome.

>
> I suggest you try charging using the little charger “brick” that came with
> your iOS devices, and see if they will charge that way.
>

The iPhone is fine plugged into the wall (I assume that's what you mean),
but the iPad shows the same intermittent symptoms regardless of where it's
plugged in.

>
> If that still doesn’t work, try using a different cable.
>

I've tried 7 different cables, all of which I know work with other devices.

I wonder if there's a way to test to see if my iPad battery is dying?


>
> Enjoy,
>
> Jim
>
> On Nov 18, 2017, at 7:51 PM, Jeff Weinberger <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if anyone has seen these issues or has managed to solve
> them:
>
> When I attempt to charge my iPad (iPad Air 2, iOS 11.1.1), I connect it
> directly to a USB port on my iMac (no hubs, or anything between the iMac
> and iPad other than the actual cable).
>
> One of four things happens:
>
>    1.  It shows charging, then quickly changes to appear like it
>    disconnected (as if it's not connected at all), then quickly shows
>    charging, then disconnected, and goes rapidly back and forth like this.
>    2. It shows charging for 1-2 seconds, then shows "Not charging" next
>    to the battery indicator.
>    3. It shows charging, but simply doesn't. The battery percentage
>    continues to drop as though it were not plugged in
>    4. It charges slowly
>
> Obviously (4) is the best outcome. I can almost - but not always - resolve
> the others with a hard restart of the iPad.
>
> (1) happens with my iPhone (6, iOS 11.1.1) also, but less frequently.
>
> Any help is much appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
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