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MacBook overheat a lot

I have the MacBook Air (Retina, 13-inch, 2020) with the 1.1 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i3 processor. It's been a little over a year that I've had this laptop. I mainly only use it for school and to watch movies. I updated to the macOS Monterey and I've realized my laptop overheats so much now. I have to watch lectures on it and just by watching a video the fan turns on, it's really loud and it gets so hot too. Due to that my whole laptop slows down. Is this happening to anyone else or does anyone know what I can do to stop it from overheating a lot? I've been thinking of upgrading my laptop if nothing can be done, if so which would be more appropriate/better for my use? The 13" pro or the 14" pro?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Nov 26, 2021 1:42 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2021 2:38 PM

Perhaps to see what 'Activity Monitor' says about system items

that run in your Mac's OS? Seems to always answer questions

and you may 'force-quit' items that freeze or are out-of-control.

• Activity Monitor - User Guide (Table of Contents) - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/activity-monitor/toc

Sometimes it may be preventative to start in Safe mode. You

need not do more than be sure it got there; and let it work..

• How to use Safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

..by itself, since it can resolve minor issues. Then after 20 min

restart normally, which also shuts down Safe mode. [You may

need to consider use external storage as backup, in addition

to whatever usual backup (Time Machine) for macOS' use.]

To start into SMC and reset whatever works for your hardware

and also look into NVRAM reset. Between these and maybe

unnecessary 3rd party cleaner apps, something's going on.

[ .'EtreCheck' and 'Malwarebytes for Mac' are useful to remove bads.]

..edited..

Good luck & happy trails! ☺︎

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Nov 26, 2021 2:38 PM in response to jaquelin163

Perhaps to see what 'Activity Monitor' says about system items

that run in your Mac's OS? Seems to always answer questions

and you may 'force-quit' items that freeze or are out-of-control.

• Activity Monitor - User Guide (Table of Contents) - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/guide/activity-monitor/toc

Sometimes it may be preventative to start in Safe mode. You

need not do more than be sure it got there; and let it work..

• How to use Safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

..by itself, since it can resolve minor issues. Then after 20 min

restart normally, which also shuts down Safe mode. [You may

need to consider use external storage as backup, in addition

to whatever usual backup (Time Machine) for macOS' use.]

To start into SMC and reset whatever works for your hardware

and also look into NVRAM reset. Between these and maybe

unnecessary 3rd party cleaner apps, something's going on.

[ .'EtreCheck' and 'Malwarebytes for Mac' are useful to remove bads.]

..edited..

Good luck & happy trails! ☺︎

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MacBook overheat a lot

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