Record and log CPU usage, activity monitor and fan speed

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Record and log CPU usage, activity monitor and fan speed

The fans of my MacBook pro are often running at max speed even when I'm not doing much on my computer. I brought it to the tech guy, but he didn't find anything. I've been looking since then for a program to record and log the CPU usage, activity monitor and the fan speed, such that I can get a better diagnostic of the problem.

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Mac OS X (10.6.4), MacBook Pro

Posted on Aug 20, 2010 11:34 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 20, 2010 6:00 PM in response to mboisson25

Install a temp monitor such as SMCfancontrol or iStat.
When the fans go haywire, check the temps of the procs. Open Activity Monitor in /Applications/Utilities and see wif anything is chewing on your processors. You can list by CPU usage. I don't think recording it is the best route as then you'll have a fat log or tons of video files to cull through.

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Answer 2

eww

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Aug 20, 2010 6:29 PM in response to mboisson25

Hardware Monitor will record and graph some of those variables for you.

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