My mac gets too hot.

my mac is getting hot. i bought this mac just 4 months back!!!! . can anyone please help me to solve my problem.?

Your Temps are completely normal. They are being displayed in Fahrenheit.
Idaho Redneck wrote:
I have the same problem, except mine is a MacBook Pro. Here is my data. What do you think?

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This is the iMacs temperature wile doing online surfing and watching videos.

You have posted in the iWork > Pages for Mac community. I have requested the hosts to move your post over into the Mavericks community, where it will get better visibility.

Mac Pro in Desk will it get too hot?

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Would the computer be ok if I plugged in an external usb powered fan and have it blow the heat out?
Would something like this do the trick?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00080G0BK/ref=ordcart_shr?encoding=UTF8&m=A2YLYLTN75J8LR&v=glance

My mac 13" retina gets too hot

I bought may mac 13" retina a month ago and it gets too hot while i use internet to watch movie online via iPhone 6 plus using personal hotspot. I force quited all other programs i might have open and still after 20 minutes having the same problem. I took it to apple and they ran diagnostic check and all were fine they even offered me if I'm not happy to change it with a new one as this is a month old, i refused. HELP!!

Tried resetting SMC?
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
“During processor intensive activities—such as processing HD video or playing a game that makes extensive use of the graphics processor—the fans speed up to provide additional airflow.”
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4543
Best.

First mac, is it getting too hot?

Hi, I just bought my first macbook pro a couple days ago (15 inch 2.2 ghz, 4gb of RAM, 500gb @7200rpm) and was wondering if it is getting too hot. I have been playing a game on it and have been noticing it that it is getting pretty hot, so I downloaded SMC fancontrol to monitor the temperature. While I'm playing the game the temperature is anywhere between 80 and 85 degrees celcius at a fan rpm of anywhere between 2500 and 3600. I am just wondering if this is too hot or should be a concern to me. Thanks a lot.

I would say those numbers are too high. Considering you can coagulate tissue at 70C. If those temps (80+ celcius) were correct, you would probably have permanent grey patches of skin that would eventually slough off leaving holes on your lap. Ha ha. Seriously though those temperatures would coagulate your tissue.
If you're concerned, get a secondary surface thermometer. Also I think there are companies that sell lap covers to put your computer on while you work.

Does the iMac G5 get too hot?

Greetings to all.
I would like to start a thread about the iMac G5 and heat. I found a few old threads, but I would like to bring that topic up again.
I have a 1st Generation iMac G5 (purchased end November 2004). For the second time since November 2004, it was defective and the Logicboard was replaced (so my Apple Dealer told me).
First time, in November 2005, the screen went pink. Second time, earlier this month, my Mac didn't boot anymore.
The full amount for the repair (including shipping to Apple (Belgium), work hours, etc.) was over 500.00 euro (about 700 USD for you, Americans).
I believe that the iMac G5 (at least: my 1st Gen one) is simply getting too warm.
The day before, I installed "Hardware Monitor". It gave the following (average) temperatures:
CPU: 60.6 - 63.8° Celsius (141-164° F)
HD: 57.5° C (135.5° F)
It is my opinion that the (my) iMac is getting too hot to be "healthy". I have 2 PC's, in which I installed extra fans (at the back and at the side). One of these, with an Athlon64 3000+ (1.8 GHz) and a 120 Gb Seagate Barracuda gives (average) temperatures for the:
CPU: 36.5° C (97.5° F)
HD: 26° C (78.5° F)
My second PC, an old (modded) HP Vectra, with an Intel P4 at 1.6 GHz and a 80 Gb Seagate Barracuda, gives as average temperature (HD only):
HD: 37° C (98° F)
It may not be correct to compare my iMac with PC's - but harddisks are harddisks, wheather it is a Western Digital (250 HD in my Mac) or a Seagate (PC HD's), and it is only logical that a(n average) HD temperature of 57 degrees Celsius (128° F) in the long term can not be healthy, while the harddisks of my PC's are a lot, lot cooler.
The PPC, too, gets much hotter than my Athlon CPU (and the P4 most likely too).
Therefor: is my suspicion correct that the/my iMac G5 in general is getting too hot for its own good? Even though it may be summer here (Belgium), I still find such a difference in heat values between my iMac and my PC's not "right".
Both the times that my iMac was defective, the Logicboard was replaced.
Is it possible that in both cases heat is the problem (directly or indirectly) of the defects of my iMac?
Basically we have a desktop computer constructed like a laptop, with all the hardware stuffed together in a very tight space. Why did they not keep the heat issue more in mind, when the iMac G5 was designed?
I believe that the heat is a very negative factor in the/my iMac G5. If I will have to pay such a small fortune, every time my Mac breaks down, being a Mac owner will become quite expensive.
iMac G5 (PPC), 17-inch, Superdrive, Mac OS X (10.4.10) 1.5 GB RAM, 250 Gb Western Digital HD
iMac G5 (PPC), 17-inch, Superdrive, Mac OS X (10.4.10) 1.5 GB RAM, 250 Gb WesternDigital HD
iMac G5 (PPC), 17-inch, Superdrive, Mac OS X (10.4.10) 1.5 GB RAM, 250 Gb WesternDigital HD

Your Mac should have been repaired under the Apple power supply or video and power issues as long as your serial numbers were covered.
As far as normal operating temps are concerned, my Rev A is at this moment, running at CPU T-Diode 144∘and my Hard Drive is at 128∘so your temperatures seem well within normal ranges.
Yes, the machines tend to run a bit hot, but as long as the ambient temperature is not too high, they are fine. The failures were originally cause by a bad batch of capacitors but since those have mostly been replaced, the machines are much more reliable.
Some people train a small fan on the back of the computer to keep it cool, that may help you.
Miriam

MacBook air get too hot

I have MacBook Air 11 Inch.
It's get too hot whenever I used MacBook. Also whenever it gets hot my Mac get slow.
It was not like that when I bought it.
I like to format my Macbook Air. Like I like to have my MacBook air like first time I got it.
How i can do it?

well you cant really fix that issue but if you run heavyt apps it tends to overheat but it will not damage the machine thats why they have fans to coll them off
if it gets really hot then take it to the apple store and there might be a problem with the cooling system

HT3964 IMac, Mountain Lion- overheating and putting itself to sleep when it gets too hot.

I've tried re-setting the SMC on my intel core i5-2.66 GHz Imac 27" to stop the fan from running all the time. It started when I first upgraded to snow lepeard. I thought maybe Moutnain Lion would help this issue, but now it's overheating and putting itself to sleep when it gets too hot. Any suggestions? This happens after about two hours of working. Using Adobe Suite only and still overheats.

The Apple Support Communities are an international user to user technical support forum. As a man from Mexico, Spanish is my native tongue. I do not speak English very well, however, I do write in English with the aid of the Mac OS X spelling and grammar checks. I also live in a culture perhaps very very different from your own. When offering advice in the ASC, my comments are not meant to be anything more than helpful and certainly not to be taken as insults.
First off, there is nothing wrong with the fans running all of the time, they are the Macs cooling system and they would not run under normal conditions if the Mac didn't need them to run. So unless they are racing and your Mac sounds like a jet ready for take off, the fans are just doing their job.
That said, I think Apple's idea of how mcuh and how fast they should run does not always match the iMac's real needs. I, like many others, use SMC Fan Control and I set the speed at which my Mac's fans run.
http://www.eidac.de/?cat=4

IBook gets too hot

At my new residence my only access to the net is via WiFi. I have no furniture and bought a black card table at Walmart to use my iBook on. My outlet is 2 prong so I bought a converter and plug a surge protector into it, and my iBook cable into the protector. Often it seems like my iBook gets way too hot and it uses the fan. Perhaps its the humidity of the area (my previous residence I lived in a room about 50 feet in the air) and I did not feel the humidity there as much as I do here. The iBook adaptor did not get as hot there neither when it was charging, and I also used Ethernet to connect to the Internet. So what is the explanation for the iBook and adapter getting too hot? Wifi? The outlets in in the Duplex? The card table? The humidity of the area? What?
John

Hi John,
I, too, have this problem and I'm living in England - low humidity and rarely gets 'hot' here. So, doubt it's an external issue. I recently had my battery replaced as my original was one that was recalled due to overheating and ruining the motherboard. I'm wondering if it's just the batteries for the G4's.
Have you had any luck finding anything else out? I'm going to take mine in to the local Mac store to see if they can shed any light. I'll let you know what they come back with.

I am using a white 13inch 2009/10 macbook, purchased in the US. Am currently using it in the Philippines, where it is 220v. I know my adapter says it works from 100-240v, but is it okay to use longterm? I think my mac gets very hot now? thanks

I am using a white 13inch 2009/10 macbook, purchased in the US. Am currently using it in the Philippines, where it is 220v. I know my adapter says it works from 100-240v, but is it okay to use longterm? I think my mac gets very hot now? thanks

All Apple power supplies work world-wide with the proper plug adapter.
I have my MacBook plugged into the grid all the time, 24 hours a day w/o any problems.

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I ran the diagnostics suggested in Macbook Pro Running Slow and Overheating, High kernel_task CPU Usage. Results below. Any help would be great.
System Version: OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Kernel Version: Darwin 13.3.0
Boot Mode: Normal
Model: MacBookPro11,1
USB
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System diagnostics
   2014-09-20 PluginProcess spin
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   2014-09-26 Google Chrome spin
   2014-09-26 Google Chrome spin
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   2014-09-20 CalendarAgent crash
   2014-09-22 DashboardClient crash
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   Sep 26 17:21:23   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 4 (rounded time weighted average 4)
   Sep 26 17:21:35   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
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   Sep 26 17:21:47   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 8 (rounded time weighted average 7)
   Sep 26 17:21:47   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-single-slice-plimit-notification last value 3 (rounded time weighted average 3)
   Sep 26 17:21:47   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 3 (rounded time weighted average 3)
   Sep 26 17:22:01   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 7)
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   Sep 26 17:22:21   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 10 (rounded time weighted average 9)
   Sep 26 17:22:21   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-single-slice-plimit-notification last value 4 (rounded time weighted average 3)
   Sep 26 17:22:21   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 4 (rounded time weighted average 3)
   Sep 26 17:22:34   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 8 (rounded time weighted average 8)
   Sep 26 17:22:34   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-single-slice-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
   Sep 26 17:22:34   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
   Sep 26 17:22:47   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 6 (rounded time weighted average 6)
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   Sep 26 17:22:47   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
   Sep 26 17:23:01   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 7 (rounded time weighted average 7)
   Sep 26 17:23:01   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-single-slice-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
   Sep 26 17:23:01   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
   Sep 26 17:23:12   IOPPF: Sent cpu-plimit-notification last value 6 (rounded time weighted average 6)
   Sep 26 17:23:12   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-single-slice-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
   Sep 26 17:23:12   IOPPF: Sent gpu-internal-plimit-notification last value 5 (rounded time weighted average 5)
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Macbook pro retina display 15" charger getting too hot... any advice?

I have had my Macbook pro retina 15" since Jan 2014 and it has been working fine. Just recently, I have noticed that the charger block and the connector to the laptop gets extremely hot as does the actual laptop. I have looked around on the net and most of the discussions regarding this have been on earlier models. The charger block itself is so hot that it emanates heat and is too hot to touch! The plug into the laptop is pretty darn hot as well. When charging, I can't keep the macbook on my lap because it gets too hot.
I have checked all the connectors and the connections of all bits involved and they all seem good. I have also tried to minimalise all programs that are running.
Just wondering if someone can suggest anything, otherwise it looks like a trip to the store
Many thanks in advance

Bfore you run to the store try this SMC ret, it fixes
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Mines never did that until recently. It depends on your usage and apps.
It's basically normal to get hot, especially charging. Now if you talking about oven hot then you have a
Problem. All my friends iphone 4s does it, so it's normal. Streaming videos while multi tasking can cause it also.

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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Do you have a 24" iMac with an ATI 4850? A recent firmware update became available for it, which may solve problems with that GPU:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/iMac_EFI_Firmware_Update_14
If that's not the Mac do you have, please more clearly identify your Mac*:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#IDENTIFY
So we can suggest the correct hardware test instructions, and then determine what is the cause. Also I suggest backing up your data*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
In event some troubleshooting risks your data.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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Hello dbuser!
Welcome to the Forums Community! How long have you experienced the A/C Adapter getting hot? Were you using a different battery before the 6 cell?
According the the e530 Personal Systems Reference the 65W Adapter is the correct adapter for the 6 cell battery. It is possible that you have a defective adapter. Does the adapter make any noise, buzzing or cracking sound? If it is making any noise there is a definete issue with the adapter you are using.
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