With nary an indicator light in sight, wondering how to know when you can stop charging an Apple Magic Keyboard connected to your Mac? Find out here how to see the battery charging level for a Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse.
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Now, want to gauge the size of electrochemical potential remaining in an input device’s battery?
How to See a Magic Keyboard and Mouse Battery Charging Level
Using Bluetooth
To see the current battery charging level for Magic devices using Bluetooth in the macOS menu bar:
- Select the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.
Control Center: If Bluetooth is not visible in the menu bar directly, open Control Center, the click Bluetooth. - Find the battery level listed for each device.
Using System Preferences
Time needed: 2 minutes
To see the current battery charging level (even when plugged in) for a Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad or other input device connected to a Mac:
- Open System Settings (or Preferences) on the Mac.
Here’s how: Select the Apple logo symbol ( ) in the menu bar and choose System Preferences… from the menu that has appeared.
- For the keyboard charging level, select Keyboard.
Magic Trackpad: Select Trackpad to learn the charging level for a trackpad.
Magic Mouse: For a mouse, finally, select Mouse, of course. - See the the current battery charging level at the top or bottom of the preferences window.
What it looks like: In macOS 12 Monterey and earlier, the display will say Keyboard battery level for a keyboard, Trackpad battery level for a trackpad and Mouse battery level for a mouse; in later version of macOS, you will only see the battery symbol.
Charging or not: You will see a battery with spark for currently charging devices and a mere battery for input devices using battery power.
See Whether an Input Device is Currently Charging
To see whether a device is currently charging through the Mac (as well as the battery levels for devices not currently charging):
- Open System Preferences. (See above.)
- Select Bluetooth.
- See your currently connected input devices under Devices.
Charging: When a device is charging, you will see Connected – Charging for it.
On battery: For devices that are not currently charging, you will see the battery level instead.
(How to see a Magic Keyboard and Mouse Battery charging level tested with macOS 15.3 Sequoia; first published March 2025)