Q: AppleSpell.service running 100% of CPU and overheating
Hi, I have a 15'' MBP retina 2.6ghz running 10.8.2. For the past 24 hours, the CPU temperatures on my machine were running around 170-195 degress F. According to the Activity Monitor, a process called AppleSpell.service was at 101% of CPU. Once I quit, the temperatures dropped and battery life jumped. Two questions:
1) Probably being paranoid, but would there have been any damage to hardware after running at 185 degrees for a full day?
2) I've had this machine for a month and it wasn't a problem before. The only thing that changed on my machine over the last 24 hours was installing iTunes 11. Could this have triggered something faulty with AppleSpell.service?
Thanks
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Posted on Dec 1, 2012 12:04 PM
Your MBP ad heat sensors that will shut it down if it exceeds dangerous levels so that it will not commit Hari Kari. The threshold I believe is 105c.
The download of an iTunes upgrade should have no affect on other software.
You may find these articles informative:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1473
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1778
Ciao.
Posted on Dec 1, 2012 12:14 PM