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For a while I've been having trouble streaming videos on my MacBook Air. Regardless of what browser I use, after 10 or 15 minutes, the video begins to lag. I have 15GB of hard drive left (out of 80) and 2GB of RAM. When I've looked at the activity monitor, the flash player or Silverlight uses up all of the CPU. Is there anything I can do to help the problem?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
This is a common problem on earlier models of the Macbook Air. The system overheats and then slows the CPU down to keep it cool making flash video playback slow.
It's mostly a design flaw but there are some apps that correct it and give you better performance. Best one so far is coolbook ($10 licence). This app lowers the voltage of the processor a bit in order to cool it down whithout sacrificing speed, I tried it on my old air when I experienced the problem and it made a huge difference.
If you decide to try on coolbook just let me know and I'll explain how to configure it, it's a one time job and you don't have to run the app ever again once you've done.
Hi ChrisAr155,
I know I posted about my Macbook Air lagging several months ago, but I've finally decided that my video is getting bad enough that I want to try Coolbook. Would you mind sending me another message telling me how I should configure it? Thanks!
Video lags on MacBook Air
