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turning down fan

is there a root cmd to turn down the fan on a Mac Pro 2013.

32g of ram. have tried T2 reset, but nothing works.

Thanks

Mac Pro, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 23, 2019 9:31 AM

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Posted on Jul 23, 2019 10:03 AM

Your Mac sets the fans speed several times a second in a feedback loop, based on measured temperatures inside the computer. If the SMC micro controller than runs this process crashes, Fail-Safe Hardware will cause the fans to switch to Maximum speed within seconds.


There are several utilities available that can increase the minimum fan speed, but none that decrease it. If you were able to arbitrarily reduce the fan speed, your computer would overheat and malfunction.


You need to address the reasons why your Mac is so hot, or thinks it is so hot.


Your Mac does not have a T2 chip. If you used the T2 chip procedure, it will not do anything.


How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support


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Jul 23, 2019 10:03 AM in response to alfrede

Your Mac sets the fans speed several times a second in a feedback loop, based on measured temperatures inside the computer. If the SMC micro controller than runs this process crashes, Fail-Safe Hardware will cause the fans to switch to Maximum speed within seconds.


There are several utilities available that can increase the minimum fan speed, but none that decrease it. If you were able to arbitrarily reduce the fan speed, your computer would overheat and malfunction.


You need to address the reasons why your Mac is so hot, or thinks it is so hot.


Your Mac does not have a T2 chip. If you used the T2 chip procedure, it will not do anything.


How to reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support


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