Has anyone else noticed their macbook air (11-inch, Late 2010) fan running constantly?

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Has anyone else noticed their macbook air (11-inch, Late 2010) fan running constantly?

Since i updated to 10.8.4, i've noticed the fan is running almost constantly on my Macbook Air (11-inch, Late 2010) and the computer gets very hot. I looked in Activity Monitor and saw that both Safari and Finder were using CPU, but it's by no means spiked. Anyone else notice this?

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jun 12, 2013 7:22 PM

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Jun 12, 2013 7:46 PM in response to nkt00

Try resetting your system's System Management Controller (SMC) to see if that helps the problem. The SMC is responsible for managing the feedback for the fans to respond to temperature changes.

See here for how to reset it for your system: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

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Jun 12, 2013 8:59 PM in response to Topher Kessler

Actually, i found out it was third-party software related. Thanks for the link, though.

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