Huh. All this messing about with old Macs and I didn't even catch on it was #MARCHintosh
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The bar is so low right now.
Right, well, for fun and understandings I'll recovery mode the MBP 2012 back to 10.8, sign into iCloud (if I can), and see if that lets the 10.9 installer run.
As @neilkerr points out, I think today I have learned that typical laptop batteries do in fact just die if you leave them uncharged for a long time (years in this case).
If the voltage drops too far it will damage the cells, and it can be dangerous to charge them again too, so the charging circuit wisely refuses.
TILE. Today I Learned (Expensively).
And, after all that, the battery is still kaput. It flicks between “X”, 0% and 100% charged in macOS, and the laptop switches off as soon as the mains is disconnected.
So it’s just a coincidence both Mac batteries expired while in storage? Arse. I say again, ARSE.
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