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Jumping in here...not a question...just a comment. I just got my 16" yesterday and just opening the lid and having anything open (google search, safari search, even playing solitaire makes the fans go on and they stay on as long as I'm on the machine. They seem to constantly run quietly and then they ramp up pretty loudly. They are much louder than my 2014 MBP. I even have my machine sitting on top of a laptop cooling fan (I had my old 2014 MBP on top of it because that machine got uncomfortably hot to have on my lap-thought "it couldn't hurt" to use it with the new machine as well), but with or without it sitting on top of the cooling fan, the internal fans go on constantly. I could understand if I was editing photos on photoshop or have multiple screens open, but I don't. I'm simply running one program at a time. I'm wondering if it's just the way things are now with a larger CPU. I've waited YEARS for this machine, and as soon as they came out, I bit the bullet and ordered one, so I'm going to give it a little time to see if I get used to the sound. If I can't, I'm going to return this $4,800 unit and just keep my 2014 until Apple deals with this issue. My daughter has a 17" gaming laptop that has tremendous fans and it's not as noisy as this one is.

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Posted on Jan 4, 2020 6:18 AM

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Posted on Jan 4, 2020 7:47 AM

Update: I researched on Apple's support site - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202179 - and found this solution: reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac. Once I did this step, the issue seems to have resolved itself. I've opened more than a few programs on my laptop and I can barely hear the fan now. I know it's on, because when I place my ear close to the unit, I can hear a faint fan noise and I can feel warm air exiting through the vent. I've been using it now for over 30 minutes and the fans have not come on loudly. The bottom of my laptop is getting warmer, as is the area on the top of the laptop just above the touch strip, but it's not any different from my 2014 MBP. I hope this is the solution because I like this laptop.

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Jan 4, 2020 7:47 AM in response to MBH33

Update: I researched on Apple's support site - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202179 - and found this solution: reset the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac. Once I did this step, the issue seems to have resolved itself. I've opened more than a few programs on my laptop and I can barely hear the fan now. I know it's on, because when I place my ear close to the unit, I can hear a faint fan noise and I can feel warm air exiting through the vent. I've been using it now for over 30 minutes and the fans have not come on loudly. The bottom of my laptop is getting warmer, as is the area on the top of the laptop just above the touch strip, but it's not any different from my 2014 MBP. I hope this is the solution because I like this laptop.

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