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Minecraft on MacBook

So I've been playing Minecraft on my new M2 MacBook Air. Whenever I do play Minecraft, my laptop gets REALLY hot. Is there a way to prevent this and if possible, Why does this happen?

MacBook Air, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 1, 2022 8:58 AM

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Posted on Aug 1, 2022 9:13 AM

It happens because Minecraft is very processor-intensive (because it's a java-based application). There is really no way to prevent it, you can consider a cooling pad:


https://www.amazon.com/macbook-cooling-pad/s?k=macbook+cooling+pad


As a benchmark, two of my kids have 2019 Intel MacBook Air models and those have a fan. When they play Minecraft the fan runs at high speed.

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Aug 1, 2022 9:13 AM in response to Dark-Void

It happens because Minecraft is very processor-intensive (because it's a java-based application). There is really no way to prevent it, you can consider a cooling pad:


https://www.amazon.com/macbook-cooling-pad/s?k=macbook+cooling+pad


As a benchmark, two of my kids have 2019 Intel MacBook Air models and those have a fan. When they play Minecraft the fan runs at high speed.

Minecraft on MacBook

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