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i have a problem that is my macbook air gets overheated suddenly plz suggest me a solution...
MacBook Air, iOS 7.1.2
Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
About the fans in a Mac:
How do you know it is overheating? What are the temperatures that are being produced? What applications are you running?
Instal iStat menus:
http://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Open Activity Monitor and set it to ALL PROCESSES and set CPU to display values from high to low.
When the MBA gets 'hot', post images of both for inspection.
Ciao.
my data wouldn't be erased if i reset the smc...??
why is it important to reset the SMC....?
as i have recently bought it!
Sumbal Farooq wrote:
my data wouldn't be erased if i reset the smc...??
No data will be erased or affected with a SMC reset.
what is the activity monitor?
Open your Home Folder>Applications>Utilities>Activity Monitor:
Ciao.
Thermal Management
The System Management Controller (SMC) is responsible for many low-level functions on Intel-based Macs. These functions include:
i am so sorry though you guys have given me some suggestions but still m not getting that what m i suppose to do?
as in should i reset smc or download the istat menus?
You can do both. There is no inherent conflict to do that.
Ciao.
what should i do to prevent my new macbook air from overheating?
