Apart from physical damage -- such as display damage -- the most common hardware complaint that MacBook owners have is battery and charging issues.

Is your MacBook charger charging, and if so, is it charging fast or slow?

Now, if you're a tech, then chances are that you have aUSB-C power meter that you can use to test the input. But the average home or office user isn't going to want to spend money on a power meter that they're only going to use once or twice.

Also:Test your USB-C charger with the MakerHawk Type-C meter

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Fortunately, Apple offers users a way to tell how much power is getting into a MacBook.

But as with most things related to diagnostics, this information is buried.

The tool you are looking for is calledSystem Information. You can find this either inApplications(it's in theUtilitiesfolder), or you can click on the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen, click onAbout this Mac