Yes, for a few reasons. One, when your CPU gets too hot it "throttles" itself, which means it down-clock's itself which means say you have a 2.4ghz CPU, it will down-clock itself to say 2.0ghz and then more until it reaches a point where it is not overheating. However, with overheating the computer should shut itself down when the CPU reaches its max unsafe temperature. So, I need to know if your Mac is turning itself off, or are you just noticing your CPU temp. is higher, which by the way 111 degrees fahrenheit is easily a very safe temperature for a CPU.
Which by the way, what year MacBook Pro do you have and what CPU (Core2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 etc...) do you have? Also, are you experiencing any other issues? Does your CPU stay at 111 degrees or does it fluctuate up and down due to what the load on the computer is, which is completely normal.
Once you answer these questions I should be able to tell you if your MacBook Pro is overheating or just throttling itself. Thanks!
44c is not hot for a laptop, you'll see thottling/shutting down when temps approach the 100c mark, so you're not even halfway there at this point
I have a mid-2012. I don't know how to figure out the core CPU. The only other issues I have had was very slow browser load (I only use Safari), and startup and possibly shut down. (Starting up takes longer time to take effect than shutting down.) I reset Safari last week and obviously, I am using it now.
I am having someone come over this week to make sure I am taking the right steps with my theory and the steps I want to take to correct the problem at hand. I'll let you know what happens later this week when I can.
I had a feeling from a previous posting I made that I'm going to need a new HDD or SSD. If that is the solution since I saw something that someone posted for me. I want the SSD. I'll update when I can. (Possibly this week.)
I was going to mention thermal throttling. Also, take a look at Intel Power Gadget. It will show the CPU clock speed as well as the temperature.Yes, for a few reasons. One, when your CPU gets too hot it "throttles" itself, which means it down-clock's itself which means say you have a 2.4ghz CPU, it will down-clock itself to say 2.0ghz and then more until it reaches a point where it is not overheating. However, with overheating the computer should shut itself down when the CPU reaches its max unsafe temperature. So, I need to know if your Mac is turning itself off, or are you just noticing your CPU temp. is higher, which by the way 111 degrees fahrenheit is easily a very safe temperature for a CPU.
Which by the way, what year MacBook Pro do you have and what CPU (Core2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 etc...) do you have? Also, are you experiencing any other issues? Does your CPU stay at 111 degrees or does it fluctuate up and down due to what the load on the computer is, which is completely normal.
Once you answer these questions I should be able to tell you if your MacBook Pro is overheating or just throttling itself. Thanks!
I was also advised to remove the temperature apps that measured the temperature. I always thought it was my lap, but I guess not.The processor in the MBP is rated for up to 219 F so you're quite a long ways from overheating if you are getting a reading of 90 to 100 F. When I play games on my computer (Warthunder, very intensive on the GPU and CPU) my computer typically hovers between 180 to 210 F and I have not seen any throttling, regularly hit 45 FPS after playing 2 hours. Also seen the same while playing Civilization Beyond Earth which is perhaps more CPU intensive than Warthunder (due to the AI calculations) and haven't seen any throttling after roughly 4 hours. On a typical day, the computer is running around 120 F so 100 F is pretty low in my book.As of a few minutes ago, my MBP was so slow I called Apple tech support again, and as usual, they're awesome. I had a lot to get rid of and I reset the PRAM as well. I have a new app because of my conversation with Apple. I'll give it a week to see what happens, but notice a faster safari browser speed.
