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2015 MacBook heat issue with Firefox.
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Computers need energy to do work. Its CPU is an information engine, like the engine in your car is a mechanical engine. In doing work they both get warm. The waste heat you feel is normal.
The computer manages its heat all by itself, much like your car. You don’t need to be concerned. It will shut down before it damages itself. About the only thing you should do is to make sure the fans are free of dust and airflow is not impeded.
The computer manages its heat all by itself, much like your car. You don’t need to be concerned. It will shut down before it damages itself. About the only thing you should do is to make sure the fans are free of dust and airflow is not impeded.
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Never heard about such a popup window either, and surprised about it as well.
Have you checked the temperature of the CPU ?
You could use an Application like iStat, if you do not have it already. Compare what you see with and without firefox.
Regarding to firefox, I found it was often using much more resources (CPU and energy) than other browsers, so I almost do not use it on laptops now. So, even if the message is weird, there may still be something about FF.
Have you checked the temperature of the CPU ?
You could use an Application like iStat, if you do not have it already. Compare what you see with and without firefox.
Regarding to firefox, I found it was often using much more resources (CPU and energy) than other browsers, so I almost do not use it on laptops now. So, even if the message is weird, there may still be something about FF.
Can you take a screenshot of that message and post it here? I've never seen anything like this, and I'm almost 100% certain that neither macOS nor Firefox itself issue warnings like these.
This happens when certain websites are using a lot of CPU. Not sure if it's the app itself or macOS but you will get a message saying that if you shut this page down, it will save energy.
This happens mainly with dicey websites. For example, some of them use your browsers to mine cryptocurrencies without your permission.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...natives-a-guide-to-ldquo-cryptojacking-rdquo/
If this is happening, the easy solution is not to use those websites. Or if you must use them, you can use a mining blocker.
Those I am familiar with. What I am not familiar with is the following:
Never seen that before.
Like I said before this does not look like it's coming from either Firefox or macOS itself.
Do you have some sort of temperature monitoring software installed? Any tuneup tools that promise to make your system 150% faster for a nominal fee?
Do you have some sort of temperature monitoring software installed? Any tuneup tools that promise to make your system 150% faster for a nominal fee?