Q: Is my iMac overheating?
So I currently have a mid 2011 iMac (27 inch) (Version 10.10.5) that's running on 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5, its memory is 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 and I have an internal 1TB hard drive, as well as 2 external hard drives. I primarily use my iMac for browsing the web, as well downloading and watching movies and television shows off of iTunes. I do download whole television seasons from iTunes quite frequently. But lately, I've noticed my iMac gets pretty hot on the back, as well as on its sides. Is this normal? Is it overheating? Like mentioned, I only use my iMac primarily for browsing the web, watching videos off of Youtube and iTunes. I do download television shows and movies onto my external hard drive from iTunes. I don't do any heavy gaming or editing any videos. I googled ways to check the temperature of the iMac and many recommended iSlayer or iStatPro but that seems to have gone away or something, I'm not sure so are they any other good programs to check if the temperature of the iMac is running smoothly or properly? I understand that there are different circumstances as to why an iMac may be overheating but I'd feel comfortable knowing if this is normal or to be expected.
I'm not sure if the dust is causing my iMac to overheat, so I'm also wondering are there ways to clean out the dust from the back of my iMac, without taking apart the display and such.
On another note, I'm not sure if this is related, but sometimes, when I put my iMac to sleep, and I wake it up using my mouse or keyboard, I hear the iMac turning on but it just gives me a blank or black screen. I try to wait a while to make sure it's not just taking a while for it to wake up but still nothing so I resort to holding on the power button and restarting the computer. I'm not sure if it the two problems are related but this waking up problem happens on and off. Any ides as to why this is. Sometimes, it turns on after sleeping but my main concern is the overheating issue. So any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks.
iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2
Posted on Aug 17, 2015 4:34 PM