Claire Rodgers
Level 1
(5 points)
Q: Macbook Pro Overheating?
My Macbook Pro gets very hot and it seems to be doing it more and more. I cannot use it on my knee for too long as the heat is unbearable. It is the same whether it is plugged into the power or not. The internal fan is whizzing round so I assume is working. I am not using it for gaming only for searching the web using Safari, Word & Excel.
Please can someone help me to stop it getting so hot?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Still learning how to use a Mac!
D.Cohen
Level 6
(8,424 points)
Try restarting your Mac.
Try Safe Boot:
- Shut down your Mac
- Wait until your computer turns off and after that press the Power button
- Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key
- Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign
- After your Mac boots up, restart it as you usually do.
If this doesn't help, follow the instructions below:
- Shut down your Mac
- Wait until your computer turns off and after that press the Power button
- Right after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift key
- Release the Shift key when you see a grey Apple sign and the progress bar below this sign
- Once you see Desktop, start a Disk Utility scan to detect and repair file system errors (don't forget to choose your main hard drive)
- Click on Verify Disk and then, if asked to fix problems, on Repair Disk
- After this, click on Verify Disk Permissions and then on Repair Disk Permissions
- After the process is finished, shut down your Mac and turn it back on after about 30 seconds
Apart from that, take a look at this Apple article and follow the instructions on Resetting NVRAM shown there: How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
Try resetting the System Management Controller: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Contact Apple:
https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro/contact/
Hope this helps!
