Q: 13" Retina Macbook Pro heats up on flyover and satellite google maps
Hi!
I have a 13" Retina Macbook Pro
I noticed that when using google maps satellite view (no matter if in Safari or other browser) my Mac begins to heat up REALLY quickly up to 102 Celsius degrees (I use https://www.seense.com/menubarstats/ to measure CPU temp and fan speed, but even without any app you can easily feel the high temp and hear the fan blowing) The fan also begins to blow at maximum speed. When I quit the site everything comes back to normal.
Same thing happens when I view the Flyover in Maps.app. When I quit the temp drops down to normal.
I can compare the situation to my one-year-older MacBook Air and I don't have any of these problems on it. Strange as both of Mac have only integrated GPUs. Any idea what can cause the heat up? Is dealing with satellite view or 3d building so demanding for rMBP but not for older MBA? Both on the newest version of ElCap
Thanks!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on May 12, 2016 2:55 AM

