Overheating MacBook Pro after Big Sur instal

Hi, I also am having issues with my Mac Book Pro, Mid 2015 retina A1398 model after updating to Big Sur. My fans continue to run, although it has not overheated. I am not technology savvy but I feel this should not be happening. Are there any suggestions maybe Apple can offer? Thanks!

Trust, I have had the exact same problem - my Mac, which is a Mac Book Pro 13", has been non stop overheating since I've gotten this update. Weird. I don't understand why - & it is a 2017 model so not even that old??!! Please, if anyone has a resolution to this massive 1st world problem that would be amazing, because I can't even watch 10 minutes into my Queens Gambit series without my laptop sounding like an aeroplane is taking off...

May I also add that I do love the update, besides the hoover noise (thats just incase Apple is reading this but keep that to one's self).

SAME !!! SAME!!! also connect external MONITOR burn it totally :-) Already called to APPLE support, but engineers told me that is NORMAL! THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL TO HEAT GPU and CPU so much....... terrible....

After instaling new macOS on my MacBook Pro it continuously heats up to 75C while doing nothing. I resterted my mac couple times with no effect, and i checked if there is no any app running in background. Is anyone got same problem after that update?

I have this same issue with my 13 inch MacBook Air after the update of MacOS Big Sur. But not during the idle time, but during multitasking like 5 safari tabs, two VS code workspaces and three terminal windows. I've restarted the mac couple of times, but no use. So, the issue is in the software side. May be fixed in upcoming updates!

I have this problem too its ridiculous. 2018 Macbook Pro 15 inch. Please apple can you do something about this I need this machine to do actual heavy lifting with AE and PR and dont need this heat....

I have a MacBook Pro 2018 15inch (i9, 32gb, 1TB) and I always use it on clamshell mode. Ever since I updated my MacBook and now my MacBooks fan is blaring so loud. I touch it and it is hot to touch. I am meticulous with my gadgets so I know how my macbook ran before and it wasn't like this at all.

Same issues as everyone else here, just to add: I've been running Big Sur now for almost a month with no real improvement on MacBook Pro 2018- fans running/machine heating up almost constantly... but other than that seems to function as normal. I just hope there's an update that solves this issue in the coming weeks.

I second this. I have been having this issue for about 2-3 weeks now. This morning was update 11.1 which I thought may be dealing with the issue. Unfortunately it does not seem to be. I have been monitoring when my fans come on, what programs I am running and how long it takes for them to switch off. It's pretty ridiculous. Admittedly my machine is 2014, however, the amount of people with 2020 MacBook pro's reporting of this issue give no indication that it's a hardware error of the older machines and so not even a ploy by apple to make you upgrade to a newer model.

Thanks for the update! Unfortunately however, I do not have Chrome installed, nor have I ever. I use Safari for everything internet based. It's also the fact that the fans run up even using simple programs like word and excel, not just using video services like YouTube.

Same here in Toronto. Installed Big Sur prematurely before waiting for online reviews or issues. Sadly, I can probably cook an egg on the underside of my beloved 500Gb SSD MacPro. Nor can I find what is running either. Any one have a way to revert back from my external backups?

My Macbook Pro is really heating up and making a noise with its fan after the upgrade. I have shut it down several times and still it keeps heating to a level it is no longer a laptop but a hot plate. I need help for this one as it is painful to be in office or at home working with an instrument that is blowing hot air.

Help help help

When I’m downloading movies for example on my MacBook Pro 16 or anything else, it starts to heat up abnormally, like wtf apple, I see that temperatures on my processor start to go up and down, as if the computer is making some computations, and it’s draining the battery super fast. It’s just downloading, there is no reason for it to heat up..

I have the same problem with my MacBook Air. It's been 3 days heating and its fans working hard continuously. It is problematic because I won't be able to work (I teach by Zoom) with this noise in the background. I'll try leaving it logged on until tomorrow, but last night it was really noisy and couldn't sleep well due to my computer's noise and my concern with its functioning...my computer is my main working tool.

Oh nooo! What a nightmare! I couldn't eliminate definitely Google Chrome Helper, it reappears continuously in my Activity Monitor, heating again my laptop above 100 degrees. I don't know what to do either, I regret having uploaded to Big Sur, it is a disaster.