Dramatic Temperature Spike MB M2 Max

[straightryder]

macOS Sonoma 14.0
MacbookPro M2 Max
96GB

I was using the latest Ver. of Photoshop and Davinci Resolve and for the first time in 5 months my fans turned and and the tempatures spiked dramatically... I'm new to MacOS / Mac Computers and wondering if these temperatures are normal or is it something I should look more into?

*side note
- I had my iPhone 13Pro plugged into my MacBook via Acasis hub and 2 BT dongles attached.
- And a Dell external monitor via HDMI

Fans stayed on for about 2min, then I shut everything down and put the Mac to sleep.


am I just panicking?

 

[straightryder]

Here is another reading

 

[iMacDragon]

Normal temperature if something really pushes it, especially on the smaller 14", fans would stay on for a little while after a spike like that to get heatsink back to normal temps. Nothing to worry about, no need to shut it down.

 

[Slartibart]

this is measured in Fahrenheit?

 

[iMacDragon]

Yes, it's clearly fahrenheit, 204 degrees max = ~95C, which is normal max temperature under heavy load.

 

[straightryder]

Yes, it's clearly fahrenheit, 204 degrees max = ~95C, which is normal max temperature under heavy load.

Thanks for the info - much appreciated.

 

[straightryder]

Yes, it's clearly fahrenheit, 204 degrees max = ~95C, which is normal max temperature under heavy load.

Ahh okay, thanks - im new to Macs so just surprised how thin the body is and how it performs impresses me - im used to oversized latops that don't really look this slim with this much power.

 

[iMacDragon]

No worries, I mostly enjoy finally having a laptop I can use silently for casual daily use, but can crank up when needed.

 

[randomdude83]

This is mine (m2 max/96gb ram) in Celsius. you can switch istate to Celsius and compare.

Mine with Chrome 4k youtube videos on one screen and and logic with alot of ram (70gb+) will range from 52C to 64C. Two monitors, 34 wide and 27 via thunderbolt and hdmi. when i disconnect everything from the macbook, it'll stay around 42C. plugging all thunderbolt hubs back in gets to 52C normal operation.

 

[HDFan]

I was using the latest Ver. of Photoshop and Davinci Resolve and for the first time in 5 months my fans turned and and the tempatures spiked dramatically..

activity monitor CPU usage might give you some insights.

 

[iMacDragon]

Lightroom is known to easily push usage on all cores/gpu, and will easily reach hot temps when doing burst processing.

 

[dmccloud]

Lightroom is known to easily push usage on all cores/gpu, and will easily reach hot temps when doing burst processing.

The Adobe apps in general tend to do the same thing. I've seen it with Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, and After Effects. Their philosophy seems to be "push the hardware to its limits" regardless of any long-term effects on the hardware.

 

[iMacDragon]

Well, to be fair, if the hard utilisation is being done effectively, there's nothing per se wrong with that in bursts. Not much point in a system that can't be driven at full tilt. Whether the usage is being done effectively, no idea.