Why is my macbook air dying so fast and the fan always running?
Lately my macbook air has been dying numerous times a day and the fan is always on. I have the newest version of the macbook air and ive only had it for about 7 months.
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When I'm streaming videos from my Macbook Air to my AppleTV, my Macbook Air gets rather hot and the fan works hard and is loud trying to keep the laptop cool. Is this harmful to the laptop? Is this normal?
My MBA fans start running when I play video too - the CPU's video processor is working pretty hard to decode the video. The fans job is to provide better airflow. The time to worry is when you play video and the fans don't run.
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Today while working on my system, it shut down unexpectedly. And, subsequently the fan switched on, which has been running continuously for the past couple of hours. Since then have tried restarting the system, but it won't.
Hello atanu69,
I'm sorry to hear you are having trouble getting your MacBook Air to turn on. The resource below will offer some troubleshooting steps to try to resolve this issue.
If your Mac won't turn on - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT204267
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy -
Macbook didn't fall asleep and the fan was running?
I closed my macbook this afternoon and expected it to fall asleep like every other time, but after getting back this evening, I noticed the fan was running as if it was hot, it wasn't asleep, and I had to reboot using the power button in order to get back into Mac OSX. What is going on here? Does this happen on occasion? Or do I need to take it in and get it fixed? This is the first time it has happened and I've had it for about a month and a half. Thanks for your info.
No. If something would have overheated, it would have shutdown completely, and the fan wouldn't have been running.
When your OS stops communicating with the hardware, the fan kicks in to protect the computer from catastrophic damage. Same with iMacs, Power Macs, etc. By running, it actually protected the MacBook. You should be fine.
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0 B Page-outsYou certainly don't have any third-party software that's causing your sluggishness.
Sometimes, a failing hard drive can cause sluggish behavior, however.
Boot into your Recovery partition (hold down the command and R keys whilst booting) and once at the Recovery screen, select Disk Utility. Select your hard drive (in your case, the aptly named "Macintosh HD") and click on the "Verify" button. If you get green text telling you that everything appears to be OK, then it's not your hard drive slowing things down. If you get red text telling you that the disk needs to be repaired, click on the "Repair" button. If the disk can be fixed, it will be. If not, call back.
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My MacBook air died from humidity in the amazon any tips on bringing it back to life?
MacBook air died in humidity in the amazon. Any idea on how to biting it back to life?
If you hve tried the bag of uncooked rice trick and nothing is helping, only option is the Apple store genius bar for an out-of-warranty replacement. For the iPhone 5 that is $229 in the US.
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Who can shed some light on my ongoing connection problem.
After upgrading my iPad Air with IOS 7.06, I could no longer connect to the internet.
I have 2 MacBooks Air, 1 ipad mini and one iPhone 4S running on the same network, and they are all connected to the net and function well.
So I cleaned up the ipad completely, installed the latest firmware and reinstalled my apps : no connection.
I tried all things of resets and forgets. No result.
I have been fondling with my Airport Extreme 5 , but that did not help much.
This morning I went to a neighbor , hooked my ipad air on his network, typed the password and the thing all worked fine.
I have tried to connect the ipad air as an ethernet client, but that did not work. „Not enough power“ was the statement
Ideas anyone ?Yes I tried this manyfold. But did not work. Reading on, I took Tesserac's advice. Shut down router and computer.
Start router after 15 minutes and wait another 10 minutes before starting the computer.
Et voila.... everything is back in working order,
Regards form Curacao, Dutch Caribean.
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My MacBook Pro is really hot and the fan is on constantly. It didn't use to do this, does anyone know why this is happening? I have a very short battery life, so I have to keep it plugged in probably more than I should.
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
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My Macbook Air has no sound and the volume is locked?
My Macbook Air has no sound and the volume is locked?
Hopefully one of these steps should solve the problem.
1. System Preference > Sound > Output > Internal Speakers
Highlight Internal Speakers / Headphones
Make sure that Mute is not enabled.
2. Remove the headphone.
If you see red light in the headphone port, plug the headphone
in and out of the port 5 or 6 times to flip the microswitch inside.
Sound output may be stuck in the digital mode.
3. Reset PRAM. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4405
4. 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".
5. Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup
Audio Devices window
Side Bar
Click the Built-in Output.
Under Mute any of the boxes checked? If so, uncheck it. -
My mid-2012 MacBook Pro has the fan constantly running. As soon as I turn it on. My MBP won't even be hot and the fan is running. How can I fix this?
If you are still under warranty and/or have AppleCare, call them. Let them deal w/it.
OOW try the following: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) -
Macbook Pro 2011 i3 Working Slowly with fan always running
My Macbook Pro (late 2011) 13.3" i5 with 4GB of ram is running very slow.
I have taken all of the initial steps such as:
Using cleaning programs
I tried to upgrade to OSX mavericks but took hours to complete and finally stuck in finalization process.
One i tried to install OSX ML with DVD. and displyed a black screen with Panic Messages.
and the fan is Always running with a noise...
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0 B Page-outsMy Macbook Pro (late 2011) 13.3" i5 with 4GB of ram is running very slow.
I have taken all of the initial steps such as:
Using cleaning programs
I tried to upgrade to OSX mavericks but took hours to complete and finally stuck in finalization process.
One i tried to install OSX ML with DVD. and displyed a black screen with Panic Messages.
and the fan is Always running with a noise...
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4 GB RAM
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Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 (11G63) - Uptime: 0 days 4:45:9
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over the last two days since i updated my software, my laptop seems slower, the fans are running louder, and i keep feeling mild shocks (even without the charger). my hands feel really tingly and a little sore. what is going on?
cheesecakeyumm,
have you tried resetting your MacBook Pro’s System Management Controller? (I don’t know if that would have any effect against mild shocks, though.) -
Why is my Macbook Air charger scorching hot and not charging?
My MacBook Air early 2014 edition that I got in August has recently had an issue with the Apple charging block. As I was charging my computer today, it suddenly stopped and I noticed that the charging block was scorching hot. I let it cool down and then continued charging. I am assuming this is not normal. Anyone know what's wrong? Could it be a defective charger or something to do with the new Yosemite update? Should I contact Apple?
A new Mac is in warranty for 1 year from the date of purchase.
A new Mac comes with 90 days of free tech support from AppleCare.
AppleCare: 1-800-275-2273
Call AppleCare or take it to the Apple store to have it checked out.
Genius Bar reservation
http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
Best. -
Do refurbished macbook airs come with pages and the rest of the iLife suite as new macbook airs?
Thinking about adding a refurbished MacBook Air to the stable. Does anyone know if refurbished macbook airs come with pages the rest of the iLife suite the same as new macbook airs?
They may have iLife pre-installed, but not iWork. In any event you are able to get both for free when you buy a new computer. I don't know if this extends to refurbs. Nevertheless, you should be able to get iWork as a new Mavericks user. If you've already gotten them for your other computers, then the re-downloads are free.
iWork and iLife for Mac come free with every new Mac purchase. Existing users running Mavericks can update their apps for free from the Mac App Store℠. iWork and iLife for iOS are available for free from the App Store℠ for any new device running iOS 7, and are also available as free updates for existing users. GarageBand for Mac and iOS are free for all OS X Mavericks and iOS 7 users. Additional GarageBand instruments and sounds are available for a one-time in-app purchase of $4.99 for each platform. -
I've run diagnostics on the mac air, reloaded firefox, and tried eerything I could think of. The 'show all bookmarks' page works perfectly- it's just the dropdown menu that has problems. All the folders have numerous items in them except for one- which only has two. That one works- the pop out menu for that folder comes out on the left side. All the arrows for the folders are on the right side (pointing right) of the of the drop down bookmark menu, pointing at the right edge of the computer screen. The dropdown menu appears on the right half of the screen, close to the edge. Strangely, my main computer is an iMac desktop, and my mozilla bookmarks dropdown menu folders open on top of the dropdown menu, not out on the side.
I figgered it out. The resolution of the screen was set at 600x800, so the bookmarks dropdown menu took up more space than usual. The pop out folder contents didn't have enough room to pop out. With a resolution for a slightly smaller display the drop down bookmarks menu functions perfectly.
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