Q: MacBook Retina 15" late-2013 Heat

It's a Heat problem. Whenever it gets hot the CPU is throttled to a lower clock speed which will slow the whole system down.

Actually Mac notebooks ARE famous for this as they have limited cooling because of the sleek slim design.

Well in my opinion the laggy ness is part due to OS X Mavericks. I have it on my Late 2011 MBP which never lagged before upgrading to Mavericks. It had Lion to start then Mt Lion and now Mavericks. Mavericks is much more resource hungry than Lion or Mt Lion was.

I also have this heating issue on my brand new 15" MacBook pro. There definitely seems to be a heating issue in regards to Mavericks. A lot of people are having this issue and I hope Apple fixes it soon. It might actually be a hardware issue, but I really hope it isn't.

I also recently got the new mac book pro 15 inch - full maxed out with the 1 tb flash, 2.6 etc. and when I'm running graphic intensive program the keyboard near the numbers and higher up gets super hot. You can touch it but it would be very uncofmrtable holding your hand there for long.

I think this gets even warmer when you are connected to the battery and doing a lot of heavy processing, photoshop, parallels etc..

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Hi guys,

I recentely bought (shipped last wednesday) a new macbook pro retina 15 late 2013 - 16 GB RAM, 512 SSD, dedicated nvidia. This is my first mac, even though I have 12+ years experience on unix systems.

I noticed the aformentioned heating problems and I'm really worried. I contacted Apple Care, but they just said: "If you think you have heating problems, go to an Apple Store or Authorized Apple Center...", "If you didn't see alarm messages, don't worry!". I don't know which are the working temperatures of my macbook. Which are? I had a peak of 99°C according to XScan, just a peak though.

How are you handling this situation guys? Do you advise to use an app for fan control? If yes, which one?

Finally, do you think I should go to an Apple Store (it's not exactly around the corner... )?

Thank you very much in advance, sorry for my long post

Cheers!

I just bought a Macbook Pro Retina 15" Haswell CoreI7 and it gets super hot when running lots of process (vmware fusion with some virtual machines, etc.) the part that gets very hot is near the keyboard numbers (between the monitor and the numbers) and its very unconfortable to keep your hands there when its too hot.

Is this something can hurt the hardware on long term? or I dont have to worry about it?

As the last reply, I agree its not Mavericks Issue, it's the processor and maybe a bad heat dissipation design.

Thanks.

Alejandro

Alex:

I have the same exact thing. More so because I have the 2.6 with the Upgraded graphics card. the keyboard area near the top gets super hot. Some points it's not possible to even put it on your lap.

Hi

I have the same problem. My Macbook Pro has recently been heating up alot. The temperature of the CPU has peaked at 70 C. I have a

15" Macbook Pro Retina

2.3-3.5  GHz Haswell i7

16GB RAM

512 SSD

I installed bootcamp in bootcamp the laptop just heats up MAD, without running anything it goes to around 50 C. The top panel and keys get warm-hot.

I have contacted apple and they said to take the laptop to a service centre.

Its not close by but i guess i have to take it considering it cost so much. I have APP so i guess it wont be that big of an issue even if i take it a little later.

What have the rest of you decided to do?

Thanks

Hi,

don't worry about the heating issues. They will eventually solve the problem. 50°C are not really that matter, though. Don't go to an Apple Store or maintenance service point, because I recentely changed my mac (replaced with an identical one) for other reasons and I have the same temperatures! It's a know problem and Apple Care really don't know what they say: they just use predefined answers. When they are not able to find anything, they say: "Go to an Apple Store".

If you still are worried regarding your mac's temperatures, try one of the following apps:

-http://www.tunabellysoftware.com/tgpro/ (you can try it for 3 days)

-http://www.eidac.de (smc Fan Control, not updated to Mavericks, but it works very well and it's open and free).

  You can adjust your fans basing on your needs, be careful!

Hope this helps

Cheers!   

Hey Macmux

Thanks for the news, makes me feel a little calm because im out of station at the moment for a while and im not keen on getting it fixed here. I guess im going to invest into a Laptop Cooling Pad till i head back to Australia.
Also does your Macbook pro ( same specs im hoping?) give heat off the top half of the keyboard? Because mine gets warm at times, like when i run videos and stuff

Thanks so much in advance for your response

Best Regards

Yes same specs and yes again it gives heat off the top half of the keyboard when I work - I'm a Software Engineer and Researcher. Lately, I also feel the heating when I play with steam

Don't worry. Everything it's ok, I reached 99°C and more

You're welcome,

cheers!