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The Official "My MacBook/Air/Pro is overheating, what do I do?" Guide.
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<blockquote data-quote="TattooedMac" data-source="post: 1018526" data-attributes="member: 101749"><p>We have been getting a lot of people coming into the forum asking about or more worrying that there MacBook or MacBook Pro running to hot.</p><p>Before I get into it the 1st thing is, if your portable gets to the stage of shutting down, because of the inbuilt failsafe Apple has implemented, you need to take it into the geniuses and get it looked at. This is paramount.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are certain factors that can contribute to your Mac heating up and unless this shuts it down, this isn’t abnormal. You might be running Applications that are CPU intensive, which in turn will have your Mac running hard, and if you are doing this for a prolonged period of time, this will have it running hot, and to you it may feel OVER HOT, but to the computer this is within its operating temperatures.</p><p>Another circumstance is if you are watching movies, YouTube or you have gone to a flash site. It still is perfectly normal for it to have the temperature rise.</p><p></p><p>Apples specs say for the INTERNAL operating temperature is 30° to 90° C (about 86° to 194°F), but don’t take this as gospel, as every machine will be slightly different.</p><p>If you have your Mac sitting on cloth, wood, magazines or your lap this will also help in having a rise in temperature. You need to sit it where it has good ventilation and on a surface that will dissipate the heat generated by your use. Slate is a good example.</p><p>If your Mac is getting on a bit, over time this could have dust and particles get into the internals and may be part of the problem. You can overcome this by getting a compressed can of air and giving it a good blow job, by blowing out all that has built up over the years. On this though you need to be diligent and with care, being extra careful not to give it a full on blast and having the chance of damaging other parts inside the computer. Just remember this isn’t a HAVE TO DO IT, it is just a option, and I have heard of members doing this.</p><p></p><p>If you are one for doing a lot of intensive computing and want to have it as cool as you want, there is a Application out there called smcFanControl that some use to over ride the default fan settings. You can use this knowing the high temperatures are caused buy you and the things you are doing. There are other Applications out there but this seems to be the one that people prefer.</p><p><a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049/smcfancontrol" target="_blank">smcFanControl</a></p><p></p><p>Another good Application that a lot of members use to monitor everything from CPU Usage and temperatures for Airport Card, Battery, CPU, The Enclosure, Heatsink A and B, Memory Bank, Hard Drive and the Northbridge and that is iStat Menus. This Application can be configured to show you what you want and it sits in the menu bar. Very useful Application but as anything don’t solely rely on this as the be all and end all of your temperature monitoring.</p><p><a href="http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/" target="_blank">iStat Menus</a></p><p></p><p>At the end of the day, if your Mac doesnt shut down due to the heat generated, you should be a happy camper. This thread is to inform people of that, and also for those that dont like there Mac to get to high and thoughts on things you can do to get the temperature down to a level you are happy with.</p><p></p><p>This is written as a guide to help those that think it is running hot. If any other member has anything to add to this, please feel free to add your problem/experience and also the cure you found.</p><p></p><p><strong>IF IT DOESNT SHUT DOWN YOU ARE FINE</strong></p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TattooedMac, post: 1018526, member: 101749"] We have been getting a lot of people coming into the forum asking about or more worrying that there MacBook or MacBook Pro running to hot. Before I get into it the 1st thing is, if your portable gets to the stage of shutting down, because of the inbuilt failsafe Apple has implemented, you need to take it into the geniuses and get it looked at. This is paramount. There are certain factors that can contribute to your Mac heating up and unless this shuts it down, this isn’t abnormal. You might be running Applications that are CPU intensive, which in turn will have your Mac running hard, and if you are doing this for a prolonged period of time, this will have it running hot, and to you it may feel OVER HOT, but to the computer this is within its operating temperatures. Another circumstance is if you are watching movies, YouTube or you have gone to a flash site. It still is perfectly normal for it to have the temperature rise. Apples specs say for the INTERNAL operating temperature is 30° to 90° C (about 86° to 194°F), but don’t take this as gospel, as every machine will be slightly different. If you have your Mac sitting on cloth, wood, magazines or your lap this will also help in having a rise in temperature. You need to sit it where it has good ventilation and on a surface that will dissipate the heat generated by your use. Slate is a good example. If your Mac is getting on a bit, over time this could have dust and particles get into the internals and may be part of the problem. You can overcome this by getting a compressed can of air and giving it a good blow job, by blowing out all that has built up over the years. On this though you need to be diligent and with care, being extra careful not to give it a full on blast and having the chance of damaging other parts inside the computer. Just remember this isn’t a HAVE TO DO IT, it is just a option, and I have heard of members doing this. If you are one for doing a lot of intensive computing and want to have it as cool as you want, there is a Application out there called smcFanControl that some use to over ride the default fan settings. You can use this knowing the high temperatures are caused buy you and the things you are doing. There are other Applications out there but this seems to be the one that people prefer. [URL="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23049/smcfancontrol"]smcFanControl[/URL] Another good Application that a lot of members use to monitor everything from CPU Usage and temperatures for Airport Card, Battery, CPU, The Enclosure, Heatsink A and B, Memory Bank, Hard Drive and the Northbridge and that is iStat Menus. This Application can be configured to show you what you want and it sits in the menu bar. Very useful Application but as anything don’t solely rely on this as the be all and end all of your temperature monitoring. [URL="http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/"]iStat Menus[/URL] At the end of the day, if your Mac doesnt shut down due to the heat generated, you should be a happy camper. This thread is to inform people of that, and also for those that dont like there Mac to get to high and thoughts on things you can do to get the temperature down to a level you are happy with. This is written as a guide to help those that think it is running hot. If any other member has anything to add to this, please feel free to add your problem/experience and also the cure you found. [B]IF IT DOESNT SHUT DOWN YOU ARE FINE[/B] Cheers [/QUOTE]
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