MacBook in the sun? Hotness..

Any experiences on using the MacBook in the sun when thinking of hotness? I'd imagine the black macbook will be way hotter than a white one. Can the macbook be damaged by using it in the sun? Im also guessing theres a warning in the manual about not using it in direct sunlight..

We are having VERY hot weather over here in the UK at the moment, and I used my MacBook for about 5 hours today, accross morning and afternoon, outside, in direct sunlight.
Apart from having problems viewing the screen, the temperature was OK. Yes, the case seemed to get hotter than normal (yikes!), but using Coreduotemp, the CPU was not much hotter than normal, ~70 whilst web browsing compared to my usual 65

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Okay, I'll say it: The MacBook is too darn hot.

While I dearly love this new MacBook (price, build quality, speed, video-out, etc.), it does have one problem: It's too darn hot!
I've read the specs about when the fans are supposed to come on and, frankly, it makes the unit so hot that you simply can't set it on your lap. I'm not as concerned when it's plugged into power as I'm using it on a desktop at that point but there really should be one add'l setting in the Energy Saver preference: Let's have a "Be Cooler" checkbox that turns the fan on at a lower setting - maybe 50C should be "on" point. This should be applicable to either or both the Battery or Power Adapter settings.
If the battery lasts a bit less between charges, well, that's my problem, right? I can always uncheck the box and live with the heat if I'm more concerned about using it for the longest time possible unplugged.
What do you think? Am I blowing smoke out of my USB port (or is that my MacBook burning the skin on my thigh)?

Barry, I just asked about the temps because you didn't mention it in your first post and I was curious. An empirical measurement is always better than, "It feels too hot to me." I wasn't trying to be argumentative.
You are right - heat is the enemy of electronics, but if Intel says that the CPU can run up to 100C without damage, then I will take their word for it as they know a whole lot more about thermodynamics than I do. I am sure that Intel put enough R&D into this CPU to know that they struck the right balance between useful life and heat.
Apple may be over-zealous when it comes to keeping their computers as thin and quiet as possible, but I have equal confidence in their abilities to do so without causing undue damage.
That is not to say that I will not keep a watchful eye on things. There are a lot of people here - and I am not pointing a finger at you - that seem to want to find something wrong with their Macs. I am not minimizing the concerns of those who have actual problems with their Macs and I certainly am not telling you to, "Get over it" but I am not too concerned about temps on mine. Hopefully that will work out OK for me.
My fan has come on in the mid to high 80s and quickly cooled things back down. I have noticed recently that my temps seem to be a little lower, but since I am on the iMac now I cannot give you an exact temp.
I do all the "heavy lifting" on my iMac as well, but that is mostly due to the screen size for me.

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.

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.

Why is my macbook air getting so hot, fan running, and burning through the battery fast?

why is my macbook air getting so hot, fan running, and burning through the battery fast?

I have started to experience my computer getting really hot also. Since one month back in time it has started to get raging hot (up to 99 degrees celsius) just by surfing the internet. Sometimes it stays that hot but most of the time the temperature gets lower after about 15 minutes..
this has never happend before and i am starting to get worried..
what is the problem and is there a sollution??

Why my macbook air getting so hot, fan running, and burning through the battery fast?

why my macbook air getting so hot, fan running, and burning through the battery fast?

are you playing intense games on your Air?
If so, that would be the reason
More details necessary for evaluation, please

MacBook Pro 2011 get hot and noise all the time and slowly ?

hi. why MacBook Pro get too hot and make a noise all the time i have Yosemite ,mac late 2011 and became very slow?

Games are very CPU/GPU intensive applications and will heat up the MBP. That will result in the fans increasing speed in order to dissipate the heat. This actually is an expected result and for the type of application, is 'normal'.
I you plan to play a lot of games, consider getting a cooling pad twhich will tend to mitigate the heating.
Ciao.

My macbook pro get very hot when i upgrade it to lion osx, what is the solution?.

my macbook pro get very hot when i upgrade it to lion osx,and the fans are running very fast; what is the solution?.

it says user 31%; system 40%; idle 29%; and it's changing rapidly;
is that what you looking for? pls. expalin more and thnx for trying helping .

My MacBook Pro gets really hot when I open a video file of any kind and the video starts lagging and the image fades away, also with anything that starts the fan. Is extremely hot on the left upper corner. Is there something I can do about it?

My MacBook Pro gets really hot when I open a video file of any kind and the video starts lagging and the image fades away, also with anything that starts the fan. Is extremely hot on the left upper corner. Is there something I can do about it?

You are still under warranty. Call Apple Care. Make sure you get a case number as all repairs have an additional 90 days of warranty.
#1 - You have 14 days from the date of purchase to return your computer with no questions asked.
#2 - You have 90 days of FREE phone tech support.
#3 - You have the standard one year Apple warranty.
#4 - If you've purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan, your warranty last for 3 years. You can obtain AppleCare anytime up to the first year of the purchase of your computer.
Take FULL advantage of your warranty. Posting on a message board should be done as a last resort and if you are out of warranty or Apple Care has expired.

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?

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.

Macbook Pro gets really hot including the power adapter

Hi Guys,
Good day to you all!
I just have an inquiry about my recently purchased Macbook Pro 15-inch (non-Retina). On the first 2 days of using it by just running Mac Mail, Safari, and iTunes, it's temperature is really acceptable. However, on the 3rd day, the base of the Macbook Pro was really hot, including the Power Adapter. I even noticed that the fan was making a loud noise, just like a jet engine (just being exaggerated). But the fan activity is really unusually loud. When it got that hot, I was doing Skype with my wife, playing music in iTunes, copying photos from an external hard drive to iPhoto, and using Facebook in Safari.
What I did was I unplugged the power adapter, and let the battery reach 0% until it automatically goes to sleep. Then I will be charging it while it's off as part of the battery calibration link that I've found at the Apple support page. Also, I did the SMC reset.
I was just concerned because I don't know if I'm going to ask for a one to one exchange since it's still within the 14days return period for Apple Online Store purchase.
I hope someone can give me a suggestion and other recommendations to sort out the heat and fan issue.
Best regards,
Aris

It could if the camera wasn't properly wired and the camera was used a lot, or if the Skype software accessed the graphics chip a lot and the graphics chip was somehow damaged. A cooling pad is not a bad idea. But heating issues with Macs that present themselves with automatic shutdown are about the only one's I'd really get concerned about for the Mac. The notebook is not a laptop, and a cooling pad makes sense mostly if you are going to use it as one. Cooling it down would certainly help it regardless. If you notice a difference in performance with it, that might be worth while checking the hardware test mentioned on my tip and taking it in for. Do get AppleCare before it is a year old. That way you can bring it in and get the hardware fixed up to the third anniversary of buying the machine.

Mid-2010 Macbook Pro running very hot

Hi all,
My mid-2010 Macbook pro is running very hot. On average CPU is 61-70 degrees Celsius, sometimes even more. I'm pretty bad at having lots of chrome tabs open and heavy multitasking, but even when I'm not temperature still ends up very high and fan rpm can get to over 6000. Heat seems to be concentrated to the lefthand side of the touchpad (battery area?). I'm running 10.9.3.
Current stats below from iStat pro widget (smcFanControl concurs with these temps), with only the following pic's activity running. Laptop currently balanced on two books (so airflow around the sides) which are in turn on my lap.
I have tried reseting the SMC with the shift-control-option-power method but it doesn't seem to have worked - instructions said to press and hold this, then release, then press power again to boot, but laptop boots up from this combination anyway.
Am I just doing something wrong or will this be an expensive trip to the apple store to fix?

Hey happyhaskins,
If you are having an issue with your MacBook Pro running excessively hot, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
Mac notebooks: Operating temperature - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Happy computing,
Brett L

How can I keep my iPod Touch cool in the sun?

So I am going on holiday at the end of this week camping abroad where it will be hot and I am planning to take my iPod touch with me so I can access my music, emails, Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc. I am slightly concerned that iPod touch will be damaged by the heat as it can get very hot in the tent and car and also on the beach in direct sun. I had a heat warning the other week from leaving it on the table in the garden in the 30 degrees sun (yes that was silly of me!) It has a Zagg screen protector and a basic black skin. It is an iPod touch 4th generation. Is there any way of protecting from sunlight and heat? Also is there an app to download that will read the iPods current temperature and what is its maximum temperature it can withstand to?

All you can do is keep it shaded and not in a unventilated space (like a car or tent) exposed to the sun.
There is no temperature app.
Hot temperatures can permently damage the iPod, especially the battery.

Macbook Pro temp getting hot

hi,
i am all new to apple Macbook pro and also Mac os, i recently noted that my macbook is get's very hot when i play games on it and usually its temperature is about normal, but as i play game (like Assassin Creed 2, GTA VI or other ) it just get so hot that i cant even touch it, specially the back of macBook and the upper left conner of over the keyboard is too hot - touching it for a while may perhaps burn the skin.......please some one help
Below is my MacBook Pro specs(I bought it from Japan)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011)
Processor 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 (11D50)
Hard 500 GB
And as you may now that 15-inch MacBook Pro include two Graphics/Display Card
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
Intel HD Graphics 3000
with auto switching tecnology
maybe, in my opinion when i play game, The garphic card is switched to AMD Radeon HD 6750M and start getting hot
please some one help!
thanks alot
and also it battery get low very fast

I don't have the 15" but I'm also of the opinion that the current notebooks get way too warm (sometimes I compile software (via Macports) and the thing gets HOT). In the past, I have used a laptop cooler from Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/p/microsoft-notebook-cooling-base/Z3C-00 001
It's pretty good, in my opinion. To be honest, it does not bring down the internal temperature readings that you can get (via software like iStatMenus for example), but it did save one degree on the temperature reading "left palm area". The difference for the bottom plate is absolutely noticeable by hand.

My macbook air becomes so hot and noisy

I don't know why my macbook air becomes so hot and i can even hear some running sound inside my mac.
This has been happened for a few days and every time i need to shut down my mac and turn it on again to stop this weird phenomenon.
May I know why is it so?
THANKSSS.

The noise you are hearing is probably the fans.
Make sure your MacBook Air is well ventilated > Mac notebooks: Operating temperature
If it's not a ventilation issue, try an SMC reset > Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

Please help, my macbook pro is super hot, how can i fix it.

please help, my macbook pro is super hot, how can i fix it.

I am guessing you have just bought a new macbook pro, I did the same thing when I first unpacked mine.
You will get asked if you are using it on your lap, because they think that you are blocking the vents.
the macbook pro will get really hot around the E R T and F keys and I O P and L keys and the metal strip between the keyboard and the screen.
I have found the graphics accelerator heats the machine up more than the actualy processor.
you should report it to apple care before your 90 days is up, they may or may not send you to a genius booking. Just incase you have issues with your machine later due to the heat buildup early on, that way they have a log of the problem.
My macbook pro runs alot cooler than it did when i first got it, but still gets hot on heavy usage
You shouldnt really worry unless it shuts itself down as then you have some serious problems, when it gets hot u should be able to hear the fans running and it will prolly keep the temp aroun 101-104 c under heavy load. If you can't hear the fans, shut it down and take it back to the store.
Hope this helps you

MacBook in the sun? Hotness..

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