MacBook shuts down when closed with low battery

[baf30]

Just wondering, is it normal that when i close the lid of my MBP at low battery (2-5 percent), it shuts down completely. When i plug it in and turn it on, it goes to the reload thing where it continues your previous session.

 

[spinnerlys]

Yep, that is a normal behaviour.

 

[ano0oj]

yah of course...it doesn't want to randomly kill tasks and you lose information

 

[No1nfoProvided]

Just wondering, is it normal that when i close the lid of my MBP at low battery (2-5 percent), it shuts down completely. When i plug it in and turn it on, it goes to the reload thing where it continues your previous session.

It doesn't really shut off completely. MBPs write their memory to RAM before each sleep to memorize your session in case you swap your battery out leaving it without power. When your battery is low, it probably doesn't have enough power or something to keep the MBP memory running so it's like removing the battery completely and so it hibernates. It's normal though.

 

[thespazz]

As long as you know the battery IS dead, then it should.

BUT! If the battery is somewhere at full charge and is doing this (like mine was), you're going to want to take it in.