My fan runs constantly on my Macbook Pro!

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My fan runs constantly on my Macbook Pro!

My fan has run constantly on my Mac for about a month now. I have done the SMC rest multiple times and I have even erased my current OS X hard drive and re downloaded it. When looking at the Activity Monitor (with just this page on my Safari open, all other apps closed) Callservicesd and sagest are running 90 plus on %CPU. At the bottom the System is at 12% and User is at 70%. I do not know what else to do to get the fan to stop running with little activity. With it running constantly, it takes forever for my battery to charge while using my mac and when its off the charger it runs out of battery quick. I have tried to kill these two on the activity monitor and tried to delete them but nothing will work. Any help?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Feb 14, 2016 9:24 AM

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Linc Davis

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Feb 14, 2016 9:29 AM in response to ryneetsu

Please open the Internet Accounts pane in System Preferences and disable any Google accounts. The data will remain on Google's servers. See whether there's an improvement.

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Feb 14, 2016 11:32 AM in response to Linc Davis

I just started up my mac and the fan started to run. I disabled them and it stopped. Hopefully this was the case. I won't be able to check email on here anymore if this is the case.

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Linc Davis

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Feb 14, 2016 11:37 AM in response to ryneetsu

Reenable the accounts and see what happens.

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ryneetsu Author

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Feb 14, 2016 11:42 AM in response to Linc Davis

Fan started up

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Linc Davis

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Feb 14, 2016 11:54 AM in response to ryneetsu

Do you use two-step authentication with your Google account? If so, are you using an application-specific password?

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ryneetsu Author

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Feb 14, 2016 11:57 AM in response to Linc Davis

Yes - when I add my email accounts to the mail app for the mac, I first put my email then I put my password. I am guessing thats what you mean by the two step authentication process?

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Duane

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Feb 14, 2016 12:16 PM in response to ryneetsu

ryneetsu wrote:

Yes - when I add my email accounts to the mail app for the mac, I first put my email then I put my password. I am guessing thats what you mean by the two step authentication process?

No, that is not two step authentication.

Read this -> https://www.google.com/landing/2step/#tab=how-it-works

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Linc Davis

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Feb 14, 2016 12:30 PM in response to ryneetsu

If you've activated 2-step verification, you need to generate an application-specific password in your Google account and enter it instead of the login password you use on the website.

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ryneetsu Author

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Feb 14, 2016 3:16 PM in response to Linc Davis

Then No I do not have a 2-step verification i just ender my email then password on the internet accounts for system preferences.

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Linc Davis

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Feb 14, 2016 3:38 PM in response to ryneetsu

If you have more than one contact account, please consolidate all contacts in one account (preferably not Google) and remove the others. If you have only one Google contact account, consider using iCloud instead.

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