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just installed Yosemite (MacPro15 End 2011), the fan is working on high speed since! any solutions?

I just installed Yosemite (MacPro15 End 2011), the fan is working on high speed since!

Is there anything I can do? On Maverick the mac worked just fine and very silently, so I assume that the new system does something wrong?

Can anybody offer some help?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 8:06 AM

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Oct 17, 2014 8:12 AM in response to sbo2014

Extensive Spotlight indexing is normal after an OS X upgrade and will take some time to finish. Leave your Mac plugged in and powered on until it does. An hour or more is not unusual.


Check Activity Monitor for the presence of any obviously burdensome processes. If nothing obvious appears, the usual next step is an SMC reset. Read all the steps including the ones preceding it, which may alleviate the problem.

Before Resetting the SMC


Try each of the following steps in this order before you reset the SMC. Test the issue after completing each troubleshooting step to determine if the issue still occurs.


  1. Press Command + Option + Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
  2. Put your Mac to sleep by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
  3. Restart your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Restart.
  4. Shut down your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Shut Down.

Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own


  1. Shut down the computer.
  2. Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if it's not already connected.
  3. On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time. The power adapter indicator light may cycle off / on once.
  4. Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
  5. Press the power button to turn on the computer.

Oct 17, 2014 1:40 PM in response to sbo2014

Were you able to identify any processes burdening the CPU? To do that read Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime, affect performance, and increase heat and fan activity. Posting a screenshot with the CPU tab selected and the % CPU column sorted in descending order may help.


If you are unable to identify anything in particular please determine if the same activity occurs in "Safe Mode":

  • Safe Mode or "Safe Boot" is a troubleshooting mode that bypasses all third party system extensions and loads only required system components. Read about it: Starting up in Safe Mode
  • You must disable FileVault before you can start your Mac in Safe Mode.
  • Starting your Mac in Safe Mode will take longer than usual, graphics will not render smoothly, audio is disabled on some Macs, and some programs (iTunes for example) may not work at all.
  • Merely starting your Mac in Safe Mode is not intended to resolve the problem, it's to observe its performance without certain additional components.
  • To end Safe Mode restart your Mac normally. Shutdown will take longer as well.

Oct 17, 2014 7:16 PM in response to sbo2014

I'm experiencing this as well. I have checked activity monitor, and there is nothing taking up much CPU usage at all. Memory pressure is low. After installing Mac Fan Control, I see that the minimum RPM is 4307, which is odd but consistent with the continuous medium hum of the fans that I've had since installing Yosemite. Tried lowering it manually in MFC, but thats as low as the slider will go...

Oct 18, 2014 9:34 AM in response to bowens40

I experienced the same. I stopped apps that I don't currently need (stopped updates, etc. as well). It just sorted itself out after a few hours. It was probably just too much at once (spotlight indexing, evernote re-indexing, what have you). For what it's worth, I put the mac to sleep overnight, re-booted a few times when installing this and that, etc. I don't think a re-install is wise, as the optimization processes will just start all over again. How many hours did you give your Mac to sort this out?

Oct 20, 2014 2:09 AM in response to Andreas Schuderer

Hello,


I did not take note of the time but the mac was on for more than 6 hours without me doing anything. The process that took the most time form the cpu was "launchd" (about 78%) and the cpu had a temperature of about 93° C . I tried to reset the SMC and it seemed to change not much. But at some time after words the temperature dropped and the fan stopped. Meanwhile I think it's been some ( not identified) indexing processes.

Oct 20, 2014 8:00 AM in response to Csound1

Hello Csound1


here is the report


roblembeschreibung:

Update auf Yosemite, Lüfter läuft mit max frequenz, CPU Temperatur ca. 95 °c


EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)

Bericht vom 20. Oktober 2014 16:56:47 MESZ


Hardware-Informationen:ℹ️

MacBook Pro (15 Zoll, Ende 2011) (Verifiziert)

MacBook Pro - Modell: MacBookPro8,2

1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core

16 GB RAM Nachrüstbar

BANK 0/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

8 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Älter - Handoff/Airdrop2 nicht unterstützt

Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n


Video Informationen:ℹ️

Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 512 MB

Color LCD 1440 x 900

AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB


System-Software:ℹ️

OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Laufzeit: 0:4:24


Festplatteninformationen:ℹ️

Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB disk0 : (500,11 GB)

S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verifiziert

EFI (disk0s1) <nicht sichtbar> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <nicht sichtbar> [Erholung] : 650 MB

Macintosh HD (disk1) / [Startup] : 498.88 GB (94.91 GB frei)

Core Storage: disk0s2 499.25 GB Online


MATSHITADVD-R UJ-8A8


USB-Informationen:ℹ️

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Brother MFC-6490CW

Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver


Thunderbolt Informationen:ℹ️

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Gatekeeper:ℹ️

Mac App Store und verifizierte Entwickler


Kernel-Erweiterungen:ℹ️

/Applications/Kies.app

[nicht geladen] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.20 - SDK 10.5) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt


/Applications/Magican.app

[nicht geladen] com.magican.iokit.filemon (1 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.magican.iokit.netmon (1 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt


/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

[nicht geladen] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.parallels.kext.vnic (10.1.0 28600 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt


/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned

[geladen] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Unterstützt


/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned

[geladen] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Unterstützt


/System/Library/Extensions

[geladen] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.5 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt

[geladen] com.delantis.kext.tcpblocknke (2.2.6 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergy450 (1.1) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchCinergyXS (1.1) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchEmpia (1.1) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchVoyager (1.1) Unterstützt


/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[nicht geladen] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt


Start-Agents:ℹ️

[geladen] com.avast.userinit.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist Unterstützt


Start-Daemons:ℹ️

[geladen] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.avast.init.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.avast.uninstall.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.avast.update.plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.delantis.tcbblocknke_load_kext.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.delantis.TCPBlock.plist Unterstützt

[läuft] com.magican.castle.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist Unterstützt

[gescheitert] com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist Unterstützt


Benutzer Start-Agents:ℹ️

[geladen] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.avast.home.userinit.plist Unterstützt

[ungültig?] com.delantis.tcpblock.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Unterstützt


Anmeldeobjekte:ℹ️

GrowlHelperApp ProgrammVerdeckt (/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app)

iTunesHelper Programm (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

EyeTV Helper Programm (/Library/Application Support/EyeTV/EyeTV Helper.app)

KiesAgent ProgrammVerdeckt (/Applications/Kies.app/Contents/MacOS/KiesAgent.app)

fuspredownloader ProgrammVerdeckt (/Users/[redigiert]/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)


Internet Plug-Ins:ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

EPPEX Plugin: Version: 4.1.0.0 Unterstützt

Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe empfiehlt 15.0.0.189

AdobePDFViewer: Version: 9.5.5 Unterstützt

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.0.4.0 Release - SDK 10.6 Unterstützt

JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 7 Update 72 Version prüfen


Internet Plug-Ins des Benutzers:ℹ️

WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.5 Unterstützt


Safari Extensions:ℹ️

OpenIE

wrc

StartPage HTTPS

Ghostery

ClickToFlash

YouTube5

AdBlock

My eBay Manager


Einstellungskarten von Drittanbietern:ℹ️

Flash Player Unterstützt

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Unterstützt

Growl Unterstützt

Java Unterstützt

MacFUSE Unterstützt

NTFS-3G Unterstützt

Perian Unterstützt

TCPBlock Unterstützt


Time Machine:ℹ️

Überspringen Systemdateien: NEIN

Mobil Sicherungskopie: AUF

Aautomatisches-Sicherungskopie: JA

Sicherungsziele:

\TimeMachine\ [Network]

Gesamt Größe: 2 TB

Gesamtzahl der Sicherungskopie: 27

Älteste Sicherungskopie: 2014-09-19 12:44:24 +0000

Letzten Sicherung: 2014-10-20 13:39:04 +0000

Größe der Sicherungsplatte: Hervorragend

Größe der Sicherungsplatte 2 TB > (Disk Größe 0 B X 3)


Top Prozesse von der CPU:ℹ️

78% launchd

23% opendirectoryd

17% mds

13% syslogd

12% notifyd


Top Prozesse vom Speicher:ℹ️

120 MB mds_stores

120 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

120 MB com.avast.daemon

120 MB Mail

86 MB ocspd


Informationen zum virtuellen Speicher:ℹ️

11.67 GB Freier RAM

2.48 GB Aktive RAM

1.42 GB Inaktive RAM

1.60 GB Wired RAM

2.06 GB Seite-ins

0 B Seite-outs

Oct 20, 2014 8:26 AM in response to sbo2014

Get rid of all of these!

Kernel-Erweiterungen:ℹ️

/Applications/Magican.app

[nicht geladen] com.magican.iokit.filemon (1 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt

[nicht geladen] com.magican.iokit.netmon (1 - SDK 10.7) Unterstützt


/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/fileshield/unsigned

[geladen] com.avast.AvastFileShield (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9) Unterstützt


/Library/Application Support/Avast/components/proxy/unsigned

[geladen] com.avast.PacketForwarder (1.4 - SDK 10.9) Unterstützt


/System/Library/Extensions

[geladen] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.6.5 - SDK 10.6) Unterstützt


Start-Agents:ℹ️

[geladen] com.avast.userinit.plist Unterstützt


Start-Daemons:ℹ️

[geladen] com.avast.init.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.avast.uninstall.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.avast.update.plist Unterstützt

[läuft] com.magican.castle.plist Unterstützt


Benutzer Start-Agents:ℹ️

[ungültig?] com.avast.home.userinit.plist Unterstützt

[geladen] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Unterstützt


Anmeldeobjekte:ℹ️

GrowlHelperApp ProgrammVerdeckt (/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app)

KiesAgent ProgrammVerdeckt (/Applications/Kies.app/Contents/MacOS/KiesAgent.app)

fuspredownloader ProgrammVerdeckt (/Users/[redigiert]/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)


Einstellungskarten von Drittanbietern:ℹ️

Flash Player Unterstützt

FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Unterstützt

Growl Unterstützt

MacFUSE Unterstützt

NTFS-3G Unterstützt

TCPBlock Unterstützt

And why on earth would you have 3 NTFS file system utilities? 1 would be bad enough.

Uninstall all of these items, and do it correctly (use the vendors website for the correct instructions)

just installed Yosemite (MacPro15 End 2011), the fan is working on high speed since! any solutions?

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