My MacBook Pro gets hot when I'm not doing much and when I watch YouTube videos the video skips, scrolling doe as well.

I bought the new, and my first MacBook Pro 13" a little over a month ago for college and love it, but have started to realize a couple problems I can't seem to solve. The bottom of the MacBook becomes very very hot in a short amount of time, and I really don't think I'm doing much to cause it. Another issue is while I watch a Youtube video in HD, even if it's completely loaded, it skips every so often and is slow and also makes my computer very hot. When I try to scroll up and down to view a web site, it also sometimes skips. I really never thought this would happen to Apple computers and hope someone can help me fix these problems! Thank you very much in advanced!

The widget that works well on your Dashboard is called IStat Pro, It monitores all running statistics updated every 15 seconds. Your fan always runs at about 2000 RPM and will increase up to 6000 RPM after 140 degreesF and higher is reached. This widget will show you continuos measurements for you to see

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Why does my macbook pro get hot

Why does my Macbook pro get hot while I am only on my email account? This is a recent change. It gets too hot too put in my lap. Is it a battery issue.

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 (>=70,) 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.

HT3964 I just opened up my MacBook Pro after a few days of not using it and it was frozen. I turned it off and back on and all I see is a white screen, there was a file with a question mark flashing for a bit but I can't do anything, please help me!!

I just opened up my MacBook Pro after a few days of not using it and it was frozen. I turned it off and back on and all I see is a white screen, there was a file with a question mark flashing for a bit but I can't do anything, please help me!!

Jerricayoung,
you have a 13-inch Mid 2012 MacBook Pro. It’s modern enough that it supports booting into Recovery mode. To do so, hold down a Command key and the R key as you start up. It should eventually show a Mac OS X Utilities menu. Select Disk Utility from that menu; when the Disk Utility window appears, select the bootable volume from the left-hand side of the window. (It’s typically called “Macintosh HD”.) When the volume is selected, some buttons will appear on the right-hand side. If it’s not greyed out, press the Verify Disk button; if it is greyed out, or if it reports on errors that it found, press the Repair Disk button. Once the verification/repair is completed, exit Disk Utility and select Restart from the Apple menu; that will restart your MacBook Pro in its normal mode. With luck, that will be enough to get you to your normal login screen, rather than the white screen.

My MacBook Pro 13" (2012) is running Windows 7 on Bootcamp and there is an issue with the headset I'm using.

My MacBook Pro 13" (2012) is running Windows 7 on Bootcamp and there is an issue with the headset I'm using. I use a cheap Logitech Stereo Headset H130, but since there is only on audio plugin on the computer, I purchased a 3.5 mm 4-pin smartphone audio adapter thingy. That allowed me to put both my the sound coming to my headset & the microphone on my headset onto one wire. Everything worked wonderfully when running the Mac OS since they probably have support for that kind of stuff. The problem is though that once I try to use the same method in Windows 7, the OS doesn't recognize my headset microphone at all, but, instead when recording my voice decides to use the built-in mac microphone. Using this adapter still allows me to hear from my headset, but not use the microphone and that becomes a problem. It might be so that Windows 7 doesn't have support\drivers for that... How should I continue from here on out? Any advice?

From what I have read from others on here you may be out of luck. You would need the appropriate Windows drivers for the Cirrus chip in the Mac and no one has been able to successfully locate them. Apple wouldn't support this since Windows is an optional install.
Sorry to bring the bad news.

I have a problem with Mail on my Macbook Pro. It is configurated with a gmail account, and now I can't access the mail. Is it possible to reboot the account or..? Please help:)

I have a problem with Mail on my Macbook Pro. It is configurated with a gmail account, and now I can't access the mail. Is it possible to reboot the account or..? Please help:)

The question mark means the computer cannot find a bootable volumes so can;t do anything, That, combined with annoying sounds, strongly suggests a failed hard drive.
You can ask a "genius" at an Apple Rtail Store to test it but I'm pretty sure the drive is kaput. I'm hoping you had your data backed up.

I received a macbook pro in april but it has not any optical drive although it was included in the order form. What should I do?

i received a macbook pro in april but it has not any optical drive although it was included in the order form. What should I do?

I now the place but it is my first time to work with mac and no body is here to help me and i should figure it out by myself. The slot looks closed with the similar color as aluminum so i thought it is blocked. But in system info i saw that there is a drive on my macpro so i test a cd to insert and .

Hello my MacBook is crashing when I watch Youtube videos. Safari and Flash Player are updated.

Hello,
My MacBook is crashing when I watch Youtube videos. Safari and Flash Player are updated.
What is the problem?
It will be necessary to take him on a technical assistance?
thank you

Have you tried an alternate browser to see if the same issue happens? Try Firefox or Chrome. Chrome has Flash embedded in it, so if it doesn't work, it's probably not a Flash issue. FIrefox is at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ and Chrome is at https://www.google.com/chrome .
Another thing to try is to sign up for HTML5 video from Youtube. See http://www.youtube.com/html5

When I watch YouTube videos on my iPhone 5 it sometimes suddenly drops in quality so much the whole video goes blurry and it's almost impossible to watch anything?? Help

When I watch YouTube videos on my iPhone 5 it sometimes suddenly drops in quality so much the whole video goes blurry and it's almost impossible to watch anything?? Help also I think it might have to do with my wifi but I'm not sure. Sometimes I also try to skip to sections of a vid and it just lags for ages and nothing happens.

mwall614:
Good for you! I haven't tried it, but I'm sure it works.
Enjoy your Pismo.
cornelius

Why my macbook pro getting hot after using it 10 mins

in these days, i fond my new macbook pro would get hot after using it 10 mins

Hi kifan lin,
If you have concerns about the temperature of your MacBook Pro, you may find the following article helpful:
Mac notebooks: Operating temperature
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1778
Regards,
- Brenden

MacBook Pro getting hot quickly

I bought a MacBook Pro in November, and it seems to get hot very quickly. It is usually just sitting on a desk. It sounds like the fan is working, but I don't know a solution. I have a Speck case on it, but I don't think that would be an issue? Is this worth taking to the genious bar? ...I have AppleCare

It terms of heat retention, the Speck case is not doing any favors for your MBP. It will tend to hinder the dissipation of heat from the aluminum body of the MBP.
Download from the Internet iStat pro and install it. This will tell you the internal temperatures of your MBP and the fan speeds. When you believe that the MBP is 'hot', look at 'Activity Monitor' to determine the applications that are open, note them and then post back the data.
Note that your MBP does have heat sensors located inside that will shut the MBP down before any heat damage can occur. At this time, a trip to the genius bar is probably premature.
Ciao.

Macbook pro get hot

my macbook pro's downward side get heats up instantly whenever i start it.....and when i use my wireless net connector then half side gets heated a lot..is there any issues???? is it a big problem???? why it happening???? please tell me

If this is the 15" model, then it has two graphic processors, the Intel that is normally used and a discrete gpu that comes in with some videos and games. When both are in use there is a lot of power consumed and a lot of heat produced. Also, under those conditions the cpu produces more heat because it is working harder. You will see all of this due to the fans running harder or faster.
Try using the MBP for low load type work, simple emailing, web surfing, word processing, things that do not put a load on the graphic system. Does it run hot or cool under those conditions? If it stays cool, then you are probably just seeing the added heat from pushing the system harder.
If it concerns you then visit an Apple store genius bar and have the technicians test the system to see if it is producing too much hear or is normal.

MacBook Pro getting hot in sleep mode

I have the latest MacBook Pro 15" retina. I've had it for about 4 months with no issues. Until recently. When I close the cover and put it in sleep mode it will get hot after a period of time (say over night). When I lift the cover I get no lights and no response. After about 15 minutes with the cover up and it plugged in, it seems to cool down and I can press the power button and it does a complete restart. Once I am able to get it back on I notice the iStats sensor says about 72 degrees (and that's after it has cooled down).
I don't use any high intensity applications like Photoshop. For example, this morning I put it to sleep with Safari, Mail, Calendar, Pages and Numbers open only for it to be hot an unresponsive by the time I got home in the evening.
Any ideas what could be going on?

I guess I could open one application at a time and put it in sleep mode to see what happens.
Yes, that is one way. You can also keep an eye out on the Console log data. If the computer is shutting down, then you need to see if it logs a kernel panic and post the log here: Mac OS X- How to log a kernel panic.
Or you can make a Genius Appointment and take it in for service. This may be shorter in the long run than trying to discover the problem, especially because the computer is still in warranty.
You could also erase the drive and reinstall OS X:
Install or Reinstall Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless.

Macbook Pro getting Hot very fast

When i use my macbook pro it begins to get very hot after watching a few youtube videos. I got iStats (trial) and found that it was getting to 170 farenheit ant that the fan was getting to 5000 rpm, i opened activity monitor and the highest CPU %used by a program is safari at 6% or something around there, what can/should i do??

It sounds like you might have a hardware problem. Your best bet is to go to the Genius Bar. The evaluation is free, and they'll fix it if you're under Applecare. Back up your stuff first though.

Macbook Pro running hot when using iPhoto

Hi Folks,
I hope someone can help me with this...
Last night I was working on some pictures in iPhoto and noticed that my MacBook Pro was getting extremely hot and the fan was working overtime.
I then quit iPhoto and the fan started slowing down until finally 10 minutes later the MacBook Pro cooled down.
I also noticed that the whole system was slow and safari would load pages anymore or very slow...
I called customer support and we have done the following:
- reset Safari
- deleted cookies and cleared history
- reset SMC
- reset PRAM
- reinstalled Mountain Lion
The installation of the OS fixed my computer but this morning when I continued to work on my pictures again it started doing the same thing.
I opened up Activity Monitor and saw that iPhoto uses >400% CPU and sometimes even more!
Now my whole system is very sluggish again and doesnt respond for minutes at the time...
What is the problem here?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi Folks,
I hope someone can help me with this...
Last night I was working on some pictures in iPhoto and noticed that my MacBook Pro was getting extremely hot and the fan was working overtime.
I then quit iPhoto and the fan started slowing down until finally 10 minutes later the MacBook Pro cooled down.
I also noticed that the whole system was slow and safari would load pages anymore or very slow...
I called customer support and we have done the following:
- reset Safari
- deleted cookies and cleared history
- reset SMC
- reset PRAM
- reinstalled Mountain Lion
The installation of the OS fixed my computer but this morning when I continued to work on my pictures again it started doing the same thing.
I opened up Activity Monitor and saw that iPhoto uses >400% CPU and sometimes even more!
Now my whole system is very sluggish again and doesnt respond for minutes at the time...
What is the problem here?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Macbook pro runs hot when asleep

i have a macbook pro 2.26 intel core 2 duo
when i shut the macbook it goes to sleep, then when i go back to it an hour later, it is too hot to even touch.
the only open programs were ical and address book.
any help?

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.
These are symptoms of a computer that does not actually go to sleep but continues to run.

My MacBook Pro gets hot when I'm not doing much and when I watch YouTube videos the video skips, scrolling doe as well.

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