My Mac gets hot. Also, my battery lasts only 3-4 hours.

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Why do my charger and my MacBook Pro get hot and why does my battery only last a 3-4 hours?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 26, 2016 5:17 PM

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Answer 1

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The article below may help.

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Answer 2

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Thanks stedman1. I'll monitor my activity next time it happens.

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How hot is hot? Install a temperature.fan speed monitoring application.

When the MBP gets 'hot' post images of the temperature and Activity Monitor set to ALL PROCESSES and CPU set to display values from high to low.

Ciao.

Addendum: Reset the SMC:

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