My Macbook turns off randomly after being on for a while and usually occurs when streaming video on netflix or something. I think it is overheating. Any thoughts?

My Macbook turns off randomly after being on for a while and usually occurs when streaming video on netflix or something. I think it is overheating. Any thoughts?

You might be right about the reheating. Get iStat Pro https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatpro.html
To monitor your tems and fan speeds.

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