You keep posting that dead link to iStat Pro (free) though. Time to update your copypasta
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Is it normal for MBA to heat up watching videos?
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You keep posting that dead link to iStat Pro (free) though. Time to update your copypasta
Yes, that link used to have information about the app. The actual download link later in my post still works. I didn't know they had changed the page and removed the info about the app. Thanks.You keep posting that dead link to iStat Pro (free) though. Time to update your copypasta
OK, I tried to download this, but once I extracted the file and clicked on the widget icon (that appears in my download file), nothing happens. I changed the security setting to "Allow Apps to be downloaded anywhere", and still nothing happens. I noticed that that app was posted in 2012, perhaps it doesn't work for the latest model that I have?
I'm using that widget on Mavericks. I haven't tried it on Yosemite, but I believe others have. Did you double-click the widget icon to install it?
Yup, I just did. It says it installed but now I can't locate it :-/
(Doesn't appear anywhere, can't even locate it on the Finder search)...
Chrome and Firefox are less efficient and use more CPU power which creates more heat.
Still, it's normal for Mac notebooks to heat up when in use. The system would shut itself off before it heated enough to cause damage which won't happen from Youtube.
Still, it's normal for Mac notebooks to heat up when in use. The system would shut itself off before it heated enough to cause damage which won't happen from Youtube.
Why does Chrome not make any significant change in heat on my MBA?
I still think there is something else going on that causes only some people's Macs to heat up while using Chrome.
It depends on what you're doing. When running Flash Chrome uses noticeably more CPU power than other browser. Check your Activity Monitor. Chrome is almost always have a higher energy impact than other browser. Part of that may be due to Chrome's architecture; there's alway 4 or so entry in AM when I run chrome.
It's not necessarily a bad thing. CPU can take heat. As long as the system isn't reaching the high 90's or 100 Celsius there is little concern. My 2011 MBP could easily hit the 80's when using Flash, the Retina versions say much cooler.
I tried that with iStat Menus the other day. I did everything that Meister said would make his CPU heat way up and make his fans go like crazy, but my CPU stayed cool and fan noise was non-existent. Other people have had the same results as mine.
So it seems as if it's not just Chrome doing it, it's Chrome exacerbating another issue on some people's computers.
Found it!
All I saw at first was the calculator and weather widgets, so I had to go to the plus sign to find it. Thanks again for the help.
Also, another thing I noticed today, I tried to upload on youtube the same video, but this time on Safari. No heat at all.
IF you can find the "Add" button on 10.10, then please point it out, as it never showed up for me.
In Notification Centre there is the option to add widgets, but they are not compatible with the old style widgets.
Completely normal, infact i would be worried if the chassis wasn't hot when the cpu is under load. The aluminium chassis works as a big heat sink drawing the heat away from the cpu itself.
The thing is, I'm not sure this is normal... I have never had my computer heat up while watching a video. Playing games? Yes. Youtube? Anime? Double no.
I think you probably have a fairly recent MBA with a Haswell. Those seem to only get somewhat warm when watching streaming video. The 2010-2011 models got pretty darn hot.
Start using Safari
Install ClickToFlash
http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/
No fan spinning for mba 2013 Haswell.
Install ClickToFlash
http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/
No fan spinning for mba 2013 Haswell.
Update: is this normal? I don't have any applications open other than a browser with one tab open, yet this is the temperature I get on my SSD (in Celsius):
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I restarted it, and now it's but to 56 degrees. Either this app is broken, or... am I missing something, because I don't think it should be this warm consider what I'm doing. Anyone else experience this type of inaccurate readings with Istat?
I restarted it, and now it's but to 56 degrees. Either this app is broken, or... am I missing something, because I don't think it should be this warm consider what I'm doing. Anyone else experience this type of inaccurate readings with Istat?
I don't know if that's an accurate temperature or not but it sounds like you don't know either. So what makes you think 56 is a wrong or bad temperature?
Well, just based on past experience. It's usually around 45-48 degrees when opening multiple tabs and having a few youtube videos loading. But today, with just opening my MBA and having one tab open, no media, for it to be that high seemed a little bit odd (plus I could feel the warmth). I was wondering what everybody else's experience was in terms of the temperature when they do normal browsing tasks.