Why are my fans loud?

Since I downloaded OSX 10.8.5 my fans have been going non-stop and are really very loud. Also (probably related) my battery life has dropped from ~7hrs to ~2. whats going on?

Is it making a buzzing or scraping noise?
If you only hear it in a quiet room, that is normal.
noisy fan reasons:
A: you notice it more in a quiet room (the typical case) which is normal, all is AOK
B: fuzz and dust has caked onto the blades causing the fan hub to get off balance and make a buzzing sound.
C: fan rotor is going bad and making a whirring or buzz noise (rare).
D: Fan is spinning up due to excess heat from gaming, heavy graphics (typical, all is OK)
A and D are normal
B and C are not.
Do you use it in a dusty area or where there is a lot of pet fuzz? Laptop fans act like little vacuum cleaners and take in dust etc. from the ambient air around them.
If B and C continue for a long time (B is just a cleaning), they eventually cause the fan to either seize and/or die.

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So, I'm sitting here with just Safari 3.1.1 open with just this single page, nothing else running on my machine, 3GB of RAM, and activity monitor reports a total 3.5% CPU usage. Why is my Macbook Pro hot like it's really working (not something-is-broken hot, just the temperature I'd expect with Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash all open at the same time) and why are the fans running like a jet engine?
No weird errors in the console, Spotlight isn't indexing, nothing special in the Dashboard, lots of spare space on the HD, permissions repaired, disks have been checked, I turned off icon previewing on the desktop, top doesn't report anything more than Activity Monitor does -- it really seems like my machine is genuinely wheezing at 3.5%. I was just asked if I wouldn't mind working in another room because my machine is so noisy. You heard me right, my Macbook Pro is getting me kicked out of places.
I've put up with the clump of dead pixels, airport connection issues, now-useless DVD burner that an Apple update bricked, and early battery death, but this one is just boggling. If anyone has any advice I'd be grateful.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Do you have iStatPro? You can download it from the Apple site and see what it is that is running so hot. Under the low usage you describe, the fans should be idling silently. And you might be able to tell what is getting so hot.
If Activity Monitor doesn't show anything, then you might want to run the extended version of the Apple Hardware Test. It sounds like something is getting very hot. If there is a hardware problem, then you should get one or more error codes. The Apple Hardware Test is on Install Disc #1 of the gray discs that came with your Mac--you boot to it by holding down "D". Instructions are on the disc and on the screen.
Also, be sure you have "All Processes" selected on the Activity Monitor. And the boxes at the bottom should be mostly black with very little red or green at 3.5% CPU usage. Given all the symptoms, I am surprised that there is not some process running amok in the background.
Good luck!

Why are the fans on my macbook constantly running loudly

The fans on my macbook are running loudly and my computer is running very slowly.
Does anyone know a solution to this?

Either the cpu is cycling doing some intensive work (see Activity Monitor) or the SMC needs resetting.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
You can also install an app to monitor temperature and speed eg SMC Fan Control.

Why are my fans so loud and my macbook pro so hot?

I have a 15" MacBook Pro. I've had it since a little bit before Christmas and the fan has always been so loud and the laptop itself, as well as the charger, tend to get VERY hot VERY quickly. I'm keeping it elevated so it's not being suffocated but it doesn't seem to help. I've already checked Activity Monitor and nothing is running up my CPU very much and I'm out of options. Any help is appreciated!! It's driving me crazy!!

Those are very, very high temperatures and very high fan speeds just trying to cool things down.
Now - which applications or processes are turning up the heat? Open Activity Monitor (Applications>Utilities) and select "All Processes" and sort by CPU %:
Then post your screenshot (http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4391) using the little camera icon in the composition bar at the top of your reply.
Clinton

Why are my fans running at 6208 rpm!! please help!!!!!!!!!

The fans are running at 6208 rpm and it gets very hot please help!!!
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9) I got my macbook yesterday on 3/24/07

If it isn't a particular high-CPU process that's causing the problem, you can try resetting the SMC:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319

Why are my fans working so hard? Why is my Air running so hot?

I picked up my 2012 MacBook Air in December. The first two months with the device were great, but then I quickly started to notice a slew of build quality and other sporadic issues. I made a thread a few weeks back about my trackpad that seems to click with the slightest bit of pressure (despite "tap-to-click" functionality being turned off) and after much research, discovered that it's an issue people have dealt with in the past. When I started noticing the issue, I noticed that it would only happen after the computer had been turned on for a little while and started to warm up.
Since then, my Air has started to heat up EXTREMELY quickly, causing the fans to work overtime. Coupled with the heat the computer is giving off, my battery life is suffering sufficiently. I was once able to get 5 hours of battery life with my usage, but now I'm lucky if I get three.
I've had three trips to local Apple Stores and they've all resulted in Apple's faux "Geniuses" telling me that there's nothing wrong with my machine, because they're never able to replicate the problem with a cold boot. I have another appointment today and I'm heading to the mall to get some work done BEFORE the appointment so my computer is nice and warm.
Anyone else experiencing these issues? Have you found a fix? Has Apple replaced your parts/machine? I'm really at wits end; I've had horrible luck with my Apple products this year and I just want it to end.

Do you have pets? If so, a lot of dust and lint may be inside your Macbook Air. Mine has the same issue. It heats up, and usually I have to run a fan on it while playing heavy games like World of Warcraft and such. You can get it cleaned by a professional at Best Buy or other tech stores. Or you could take it apart you're self. I don't suggest this if you've never dealt with taking apart a computer, as you, or any of the computer parts could get shocked.

Why are Sony ads SO FRIGGIN LOUD??!!

I don't mind the ads much. Spotify does a good job spacing them out so you get a couple ads ever couiplafew songs - so much better than radio where you get 5 minutes of straight ads. ugh... But why is it all the SONY ads are TWICE AS LOUD AS EVERYTHING ELSE? It's very discutbing, especially if I'm on the phone, when I have my volume set just right so I can hear it but it's not heard around the office or over the phhone and then suddently an AD IS YELLING AT ME. I've been checking it the past week or so when the obnoxiously loud ones come on and it seems to always be one of the Sony ads for some playlist or artist. I now make sure to NOT click on those ads/artists/playlists. EricB

I can't reiterate this issue enough. The ads and their spacing are totally fine however Sony's ads physically hurt they're so loud. I have no clue what their ads are even about 'cause I have to take my headphones off each time one pops up. Edit: Fixed grammatical typo.

Why would the fan on my macbook be constantly runs, even when no applications are running. Why?

Why would the fan on my MacBook constantly run? Even when I have no applications running? Is there a way to determine what is causing this to happen?

JAWade, try resetting the SMC and pram. Not always, but often those resets help problems like yours. Follow these instructions exactly.
To reset the SMC
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord.
Wait fifteen seconds.
Attach the computer's power cord.
Wait five seconds, then press the power button to turn on the computer.
Resetting PRAM and NVRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

Icons on righside of Dock are not fanning

Hi There
HOpe this turns out to be an easy fix. The documents & download are not fanning when I click on the icons and the options are set to fan. I would appreciate any assistance. Thankyou

Thank you so much for your quick response. I realize that i was holding down the primary mouse button on the icon and that's why it wasn't fanning. I'm just supposed to click and let go. Thanks again.

Why are my temps so high?!?!?!

I just built my comptuer
3200+ A64 Clawhammer CG
I am in the BIOS and my System Temp is 48 and CPU temp 59.
The ratio seems correct. I expected the CPU temp to be about 10 degree over the System temp since i am only using a Panaflo L on my SLK948U.
But why is the overall temp so high? THis has to be an error.
BTW i am measuring these temps with my side panel off and my room temp is very cool.
Help!

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At xtremesystems.org there are other clawhammer + cg stepping that have this issue. It is the clawhammer + o stepping that escapes this bios issue.
do you have the link to that thread by any chance?
so all Clawhammer CG gets weird temps?
but i am wondering why my case temps are so high.
Negative. I have a Clawhammer CG and my temps seem to be reported correct. 35 idle. The case (or NB) temp is normal at around 50. You'll see some threads where people are adding fans to cool it down.
do u have it the other way around
dont you mean 35 case temps and 50 cpu temps

X300: Annoying fan (loud and almost constanly running)

Hello,
after having my X300 for about 3 weeks now there are a few things that I'm not very happy with. The most annoying part in this laptop is definitly the fan!
After poweron it takes only a few minutes till the fan is spinning at Level 1 (2000 RPM - that's ok, because it's almost impossible to hear).
But after some more minutes (of almost no load) the fan goes to level 2 (about 5000 RPM).
As a result, temperatures fall but the fan doesn't go off. If I produce some more heat (OpenGL Game) the fan will even speed up more
(level 5, ~ 5700 RPM) but it won't go down later.
Here's a little gnuplot of all I said:
http://0je.de/pub/temp/x300_fan_01.png
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Linux 2.6.25
ThinkPad BIOS 7TET25WW (1.02 ), EC 7THT15WW-1.00c
And some more: Why are there no fan speeds between level 1 and 2? Theres a difference of about 3000 RPM there ... (impossible to hear vs.
quite annoying).

I complained about the noise and the missing control of fan speed using the Lenovo-Support-Form. After some days I got a flat answer telling me that software-support is only available till 30 days after purchase.
IBM/Lenovo wrote:
Danke fuer ihr Interesse am IBM Electronic Software Support.
IBM/Lenovo stellt freie Software Unterstuetzung nur fuer die ersten 30 Tage
nach Kauf eines Geraetes zur Verfuegung.
Are they unable to read (I also included a link to this thread) or are they just unwilling to fix the problem?
Maybe everyone else should use that support-form, too. Here we go:
Link
Mod shortened URL to avoid breaking page format
Message Edited by Tim_Lenovo on 06-17-2008 05:23 PM

In Pages 5, why are page thumbnails different sizes?

So I'm using 5. And I must say I think it's brilliantly done after a long period of ******** about it. I guess I'm not asking of it anything it doesn't provide and what it does it does very well - though I'm puzzled by the behavior of selecting text via the keyboard.
Anyhow, that's not my question. I'm working with a long text document. I notice that as I work the page thumbnails become different sizes. It's subtle but it's clearly intentional. I reckon it's trying to tell me something but I don't know what. Haven't been able to find any info in the manual and was wondering if any of you clever people here might know. Thanks.

This is what I meant about how rude you are though. Your answer DOESN'T EXPLAIN ANY OF THE BEHAVIOUR myself or the other person were reporting. The only assumption that I can make is that you posted here for the sole purpose of implying that we are both mistaken or stupid.
How is this helpful at all?
How do you have 32,485 points when you are obviously more concerned with insulting people than helping them out? It puts the lie to the whole idea of "Apple Support Communities."
Also, I specifically informed you that your comments were insulting and unhelpful and politely requested you not post on this thread anymore or at least until you had some kind of actual information, yet here you are. Posting again, with no content other than the implied insult.
I'm not stupid. I know what a section break is, I know what a page break is. I'm a writer who has used innumerable word processing programs over the years and have been an IT worker for 10 years now.
I have a Pages document. It has no (or only one depending on your point of view), section(s). It has page breaks only. The pagination is set to start at "1" on the first page and proceed normally to the end of the document (300 or so pages). I am using Pages 5.5.2 on a brand new iMac. I have NONE of the previous or older versions/types of Pages on my computer.
The pages thumbnails on the side, do actually CHANGE SIZE randomly as I am editing the document. These differing sizes are NOT CORRELATED WITH THE BEGINNING OR ENDING OF SECTIONS. These size changes are also NOT CORRELATED WITH THE PAGE BREAKS (in case you were about to argue the similarity of page breaks and section breaks). As I work through the document and scroll up and down editing here or there, the size of the thumbnails RANDOMLY CHANGE SIZE. Sometimes this is correlated with me working on a section, sometimes I can work on a section and no change happens at all. The thumbnails that change size often change back again when I scroll back to them later on.
So please ... Try to act like a decent human being and either help out, or go away. STOP POSTING THAT WE ARE WRONG, when you DON'T in fact know we are wrong. STOP INSULTING ME by assuming I am stupid.
Why are you even here if you don't want to actually HELP anyone?
To anyone else reading this: I am having a real bad time with this fellow who is just the most insulting person I have met for a while, however many of my posts about him are being deleted. If anyone knows (including the mods of this forum) of the proper way to REPORT or get rid of a troll/abuser like him on Apple Support Communities or a place to report his behaviour, please let me know.

Why are my current calls being interrupted by new calls?

Why are my current calls being interrupted by new calls?
I'm using iPhone 6 plus and reset my network settings multiple times. The issue is random.

glic1 wrote:
Why are my current calls being interrupted by new calls?
I'm using iPhone 6 plus and reset my network settings multiple times. The issue is random.
Are you saying when your on a phone call and someone else calls you it does what exactly? Disconnect your current call with the new call?

I have 100's of CDs that I have downloaded to my itunes library and they are in the library playable but they do not show up in the C drive under the iTunes Music folder under users. Why are they in the libary and not in the itunes music folder. Win 7 OS

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Hello RumDog,
I think this article will help you find the media in your library.
Where are my iTunes files located?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
Discovering and changing the iTunes Media folder location
Note: You would usually only change the iTunes Media folder location to share music between accounts on the same computer. See this article for specific steps on how to accomplish this. Also, see this article if you want to know how to move your music to a new computer.
Mac OS X: Click the iTunes menu and choose Preferences.
Windows: Click the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
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Note where your media folder is, such as for backing up your media.
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From: Where are my iTunes files located?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
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HT204053 why are not all my songs I have purchased in the itunes store and are on my computer not on my phone?

why are not all my songs I have purchased in the itunes store and are on my computer not on my phone? Very frustrating I purchaed almosta $100 worth of songs for a trip and they are not on my phone after continuious syncs. Do I have to pay for itunes match for this?

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