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MacBook Air overheating

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    • April 5, 2020 at 2:18 PM #94921 Reply
      Seb
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      Hi everyone,

      I have a 2013 MacBook Air which is overheating, I can’t figure out why. I checked everything.

      However it was none of those things. Activity Monitor CPU use is high but I can’t understand why.

      I’m thinking maybe my Mac has a virus. Can anyone recommend any good antivirus programs to check?

      Thanks.

    • April 8, 2020 at 9:57 AM #95136 Reply
      Tracy
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      Mine has suddenly started doing the same thing. I just got it a couple months ago.

    • April 11, 2020 at 8:02 AM #95421 Reply
      Rabi
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      Mine too. It is mid-2014. Has always overheated from time to time.

    • June 1, 2020 at 2:45 PM #99838 Reply
      Tech
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      Your Mac can overheat for many reasons, it doesn’t have to be a virus. It’s especially common with rather old Macs like yours. Before you go looking for a cleaning software I suggest you try a few other things:
      Unload your processor. Running many apps at the same time burdens your CPU – if its load is more than 70%, you’re going to have all sorts of problems, including overheating because the fan has to work faster to create a stronger airflow. To check your CPU load, go to Applications → Utilities → Activity Monitor → CPU. Quit all the processes with the highest percentage of CPU;
      An obvious one would be to close extra tabs and heavy apps;
      Don’t use your Mac on soft surfaces as it blocks the cooling fans and makes them work extra hard, ultimately overheating your laptop;
      Check if anything’s wrong with your fan by running a hardware diagnostic. You can do that by restarting your Mac and, while it’s booting, holding command + D. This launches an Apple hardware scan. You will be shown the results when the testing is over – look for an error code starting with PPF, which indicates fan issues. Unfortunately, in this case your only option is to take the computer to a service centre.

    • June 30, 2020 at 2:22 PM #100483 Reply
      Ben
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      After 2017 models all. Macbook airs and pros have thermal problem, heaps of videos showing cpu temp reaches 99-100 c degrees, i have had dells acers lenovo even sh*tty hp, i have never seen such degrees cpu reaches in my life past 20 years, don’t buy apple models after 2018..

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