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Hi guys,
my MacBook Air is slowing down an the ventilator is frequently running. I know it's an old machine, but I really love it and would like to continue working on it. Any expert advice is greatly appreciated.
Jessi
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13
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A ten year old Mac is likely to have an accumulation of dust in its exhaust fan and cooling fins, causing the fan to become audible. Ideally, it should be removed by a competent repair shop.
See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity - Apple Support
Keep your Mac notebook within acceptable operating temperatures - Apple Support
A ten year old Mac is likely to have an accumulation of dust in its exhaust fan and cooling fins, causing the fan to become audible. Ideally, it should be removed by a competent repair shop.
these MacBooks especially the air is not designed for usage like the PRO models
my 2010 MacBook air runs great, streams sports and plays music but too much data use spins the fan.
the compact design make the laptop lighter and thinner meaning there is not enough ventilation like a thicker say Dell or lenovo laptop that has more space. our MacBooks feature an aluminum case unibody will gather heat and expand slightly as aluminum does. these are still great laptops, will last forever and can complete 2020 tasks, just not all at once.
i hope this hepled.
Thanks, it did!
Well, actually I was hoping for an awful tweak to boost my MacBook Air ;-)
Sounds like you don't think it's worth the trouble going through the Etre Check report to find some possible improvement?
I looked at your etrecheck report; the report states that the SSD performance is poor, so it could be failing. It also states that Time Machine is not configured - my recommendation is that you make a backup as soon as possible. SSDs can fail without a warning. You are also having a lot of startup items with a minimal 4 GB RAM - the current OS runs better with a minimum of 8 GB RAM. Since there is nothing you can do about that, I’d suggest you delete all startup items; there is no need to have them all startup and run at the same time - you can launch them when needed.
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