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
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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.