Recently, my 2018 MacBook air’s fan has become very loud even though all it is running is safari with only a few tabs. This was usually not the case beforehand and the fans would only get loud when I was playing video games. I thought maybe the cause of the fans being so loud was that there was a blockage of dust in the fans, so I open it up and low and behold, there wasn’t much dust in the first place. Nevertheless I cleaned it and hoped that it would be enough to fix the issue. But it still didn’t work. Now I’ve installed the Macs fan control app because of a forum that I’ve seen on here. My question is, what settings should I put for the temp sensors so that I don’t hurt the hardware?
Macs Fan Control App
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My recommendation is to NOT use an app to control the fan since you're just going to make this situation worse and will have fan failure and then heat within the system that isn't escaping and cascading damage.
Your machine is under AppleCare assuming you extended it to 3 years and you should have Apple or a certified technician look at this.
Your machine is under AppleCare assuming you extended it to 3 years and you should have Apple or a certified technician look at this.
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+1 to not do anything. Let the system set the fans. If the system sets the fans high, it's because the Mac is hot.
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You may have something running in the background causing the fans to increase in RPM. Just running Safari with only a few tabs open should not place a load on your MacBook Pro.
When the fans begin to rev up, open your Activity Monitor to see what may be using the CPU and causing the fans to speed up.
Also, as already mentioned by Ashwin, if your MacBook Pro is still covered by Apple Care, it might be a good idea to have Apple check it out.
You may have something running in the background causing the fans to increase in RPM. Just running Safari with only a few tabs open should not place a load on your MacBook Pro.
When the fans begin to rev up, open your Activity Monitor to see what may be using the CPU and causing the fans to speed up.
Also, as already mentioned by Ashwin, if your MacBook Pro is still covered by Apple Care, it might be a good idea to have Apple check it out.
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