MacBook 2014 - excessive fan noise, started suddenly. How to minimize? Have shut the Mac down & rebooted

MacBook 2014 - excessive fan noise, started suddenly. How to minimize? Have shut the Mac down & rebooted but it's just the same as it was before the cat (11 lbs) sat on it, only briefly. Very strange!!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 21, 2023 6:30 PM

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Dec 21, 2023 8:29 PM in response to MaggieMac68

Try running EtreCheck and posting the report here so we can examine it for clues.

After running EtreCheck and posting the report here, then you may want to try running the Apple Diagnostics to see if any hardware issues are detected.

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MacBook 2014 - excessive fan noise, started suddenly. How to minimize? Have shut the Mac down & rebooted

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