MacBook Air heating issue

Mithunsaha15 Said:

"MacBook Air heating issue: After updating to MacOS Sonoma, my MacBook Air 2020(Intel) is getting over heat & also the battery backup reduced significantly, which was very good (5 or 6 hour) before updating to Sonoma. Is anyone facing the same issue? when apple will release next update and fix the issue?"

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Troubleshooting Overheating Mac:

Use the Activity Monitor:

See what it taking the most out of the CPU and RAM. Is it Google Chrome? Or is is something else? To Find Out, use Activity Monitor

1. Go to: Applications
2. Select: Utilities folder
3. Open: Activity Monitor
4. Click: CPU column
5. Click: Memory column

try to use normal wallpaper instead of sonoma new landscape moving wallpaper. it fix my heating issue hope it fix yours too. fyi, im using mba m1

This overheating issue has been bugging me for weeks and this worked immediately. I've read numerous overcomplicated methods that do not finish the process that leaves one confused and/or irritated. It's always the simple ideas that are most effective! Thank you.

closing all tabs to me does not really make sense . I have also the same issue of overheating and the kernel to jack up to 280 and everything stop . previously I used to have many screens open with numerous page on it , whack meeting on zoom and could still work on other page but now it became impossible after a very short time I start zoom or watch a meeting recording everything go awire WHYYYYYYYYY!

I have reset so many times SMC and NVRAM but still happening. am with sonoma 14.4.1 JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ????

APPLE TEAM PLEASE

I've never had a heating issue with my MacBook Air until I decided to use BlueTooth. I hadn't used BlueTooth on it before because my headphones were wired, not wireless. Then I got a pair of wireless BlueTooth headphones and turned on BlueTooth on the MacBook Air. It only took a few minutes until the computer was HOT! I was hoping that maybe the issue would be temporary. But so far, it consistently overheats if I use BlueTooth. I decided to go back to using my old wired headphones so I could turn off MacBook's BlueTooth and avoid overheating.

I'm working in the Amazonas region of Brasil. My MacBook Air 2020 is continuously stopping processes cause overheating. I remember one of the adventages of this model was "it needs less refrigeration cause it is more efficient" Overheating never occurred in older MacBook Air I had previously. Sometimes newer doen´t mean better.

Too bad

Have you updated in the last 48 hours? It could be that your Mac is still indexing and that the battery capacity is reduced due to that.

For the overheating, please use this link to give feedback to apple :

Product Feedback - Apple

Change away from a dynamic wallpaper, which was introduced in latest update to Sonoma.

Just sorted out overheating on my sister's MBP intel with that fix. It was overheating, fans on constantly. Literally burning up.

There is definitely something wrong with the dynamic wallpapers.

MacBook M2 Air heating issue : After updating to MacOS Sonoma, my MacBook Air m2 is getting over heat and also battery draining so fast..

manfred201 Said:

"I'm working in the Amazonas region of Brasil. My MacBook Air 2020 is continuously stopping processes cause overheating. I remember one of the adventages of this model was "it needs less refrigeration cause it is more efficient" Overheating never occurred in older MacBook Air I had previously. Sometimes newer doen´t mean better. Too bad"

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Overview all of these replies.

Hi Mithunsaha15,

I found a helpful article with steps to alleviate overheating issues on a Mac after the macOS Sonoma update. Here are some of the suggestions:

1. Close Unused Applications: Use Activity Monitor to check CPU usage and close applications and processes not in use.
2. Disable Unwanted Startup Programs: Remove unnecessary startup items to help your Mac boot quickly.
3. Close Unused Browser Tabs: Too many open tabs can cause your Mac to overheat.
4. Reset SMC (System Management Control): Resetting SMC may solve power-related problems.
5. Keep Your Mac Updated: Ensure your macOS is up to date to fix potential overheating issues​ source​.

These steps should help reduce overheating and improve battery life.

What is considered ok for cpu usage ?? Why previously I could open so many screens with each webpages and watch zoom was not an issue why lately I need to close everything to be able to be on zoom or watch a recording? Apple used to make it happen but now no more?????

and then what?

Melabee23 Said:

"Then what? How do I know what to keep and what to close?"

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Activity Monitor:

If the percentage of CPU usage is excessive, then that may be heating things up. So, end that process, or close the app.

Then what? How do I know what to keep and what to close?