MCP 2018 13.3' heating up for no reason

[manyelski]

Hi all, got my new MCP 18, and sometimes it heats up big time for no reason. Got the EtreCheck to run a report, and btw it required me to grant it full access, which after reading on the internet, I did. So here are the results. thanks.

EtreCheck version: 5.1 (5A022)

Report generated: 2019-01-22 23:40:52

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 2:53

Performance: Excellent


Problem: Other problem

Description:

heat up


Major Issues:

Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention.


No Time Machine backup - Time Machine backup not found.


Minor Issues:

These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems.


Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed. They appear to be legitimate but should be reviewed.

32-bit Apps - This machine has 32-bits apps that may have problems in the future.


Hardware Information:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018)

MacBook Pro Model: MacBookPro15,2

1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-8259U) CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM - Not upgradeable

BANK 0/ChannelA-DIMM0 - 4 GB LPDDR3 2133 ok

BANK 2/ChannelB-DIMM0 - 4 GB LPDDR3 2133 ok

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 5


Video Information:

Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 - VRAM: 1536 MB

Color LCD 2880 x 1800


Drives:

disk0 - APPLE SSD AP0512M 500.28 GB (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

Internal PCI-Express 8.0 GT/s x4 NVM Express

disk0s1 - EFI [EFI] 315 MB

disk0s2 [APFS Container] 499.96 GB

disk1 [APFS Virtual drive] 499.96 GB (Shared by 4 volumes)

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD (APFS) (Shared - 317.99 GB used)

disk1s2 - Preboot (APFS) [APFS Preboot] (Shared - 43 MB used)

disk1s3 - Recovery (APFS) [Recovery] (Shared - 517 MB used)

disk1s4 - VM (APFS) [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)


Mounted Volumes:

disk1s1 - Macintosh HD 499.96 GB (180.18 GB free)

APFS

Mount point: /

Encrypted


disk1s4 - VM [APFS VM] (Shared - 1.07 GB used)

APFS

Mount point: /private/var/vm

Encrypted


Network:

Interface en0: Wi-Fi

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Interface en6: Bluetooth PAN

Interface bridge0: Thunderbolt Bridge

iCloud Quota: 105.24 GB available


System Software:

macOS Mojave 10.14.2 (18C54)

Time since boot: Less than an hour


Security:

GatekeeperEnabled

System Integrity ProtectionEnabled


Unsigned Files:

Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.uninstall.player.plist

Executable: /bin/bash -c 'if [[ ! -e "/Applications/DivX Player.app" ]] ; then open "/Library/Application Support/DivX/Uninstall DivX for Mac.app"; fi'

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


Launchd: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/com.valvesoftware.steam.ipctool.plist

Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/Steam.AppBundle/Steam/Contents/MacOS/ipcserver

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.uninstall.converter.plist

Executable: /bin/bash -c 'if [[ ! -e "/Applications/DivX Converter.app" ]] ; then open "/Library/Application Support/DivX/Uninstall DivX for Mac.app"; fi'

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.update.agent.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXUpdate.app/Contents/MacOS/DivXUpdate

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.uninstall.preferences.plist

Executable: /bin/bash -c 'if [[ ! -e "/Applications/DivX/DivX Preferences.app" ]] ; then open "/Library/Application Support/DivX/Uninstall DivX for Mac.app"; fi'

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


Launchd: /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.dms.agent.plist

Executable: /Library/Application Support/DivX/DivXMediaServer.app/Contents/MacOS/DivXMediaServer

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


Launchd: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist

Executable: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/SteamApps/steamclean Public

Details: Exact match found in the whitelist - probably OK


32-bit Applications:

5 32-bit apps


System Launch Agents:

[Not Loaded] 16 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 167 Apple tasks

[Running] 116 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[Not Loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[Loaded] 182 Apple tasks

[Running] 116 Apple tasks

[Other] One Apple task


Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist (? a041d049 - installed 2018-03-13)

[Loaded] com.divx.uninstall.preferences.plist (? 1cd1d81c - installed 2018-11-30)

[Loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist (? bf9bdaf7 - installed 2018-02-06)

[Loaded] com.divx.uninstall.player.plist (? 664f994d - installed 2018-11-30)

[Loaded] com.divx.uninstall.converter.plist (? 9e90dee7 - installed 2018-11-30)


Launch Daemons:

[Loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (Microsoft Corporation - installed 2018-12-09)


User Launch Agents:

[Loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2018-12-15)

[Loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (? 0 - installed 2019-01-22)

[Loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-12-21)


User Login Items:

Dropbox.app (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2019-01-10)

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

DivX Web Player: 3.8.9.507 (installed 2018-09-19)

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-11-30)


Safari Extensions:

Grammarly for Safari.safariextz - Grammarly - https://www.grammarly.com (installed 2018-12-22)


Time Machine:

Time Machine Not Configured!


Performance:

System Load: 2.41 (1 min ago) 2.20 (5 min ago) 1.83 (15 min ago)

Nominal I/O speed: 4.56 MB/s

File system: 16.74 seconds

Write speed: 1835 MB/s

Read speed: 3097 MB/s


CPU Usage:

Type Overall

System 8 %

User 10 %

Idle 82 %


Top Processes by CPU:

Process (count) CPU (Source - Location)

launchservicesd 83.08 % (Apple)

Elmedia Video Player 38.76 % (App Store)

EtreCheckPro 3.94 % (Etresoft, Inc.)

kernel_task 3.77 % (Apple)

WindowServer 2.80 % (Apple)


Top Processes by Memory:

Process (count) RAM usage (Source - Location)

com.apple.WebKit.WebContent 732 MB (Apple)

EtreCheckPro 544 MB (Etresoft, Inc.)

kernel_task 362 MB (Apple)

Elmedia Video Player 349 MB (App Store)

Safari 221 MB (Apple)


Top Processes by Network Use:

Process Input / Output (Source - Location)

corespeechd 3 KB / 3 MB (Apple)

com.apple.WebKit.Networking 3 MB / 130 KB (Apple)

Dropbox 82 KB / 66 KB (Dropbox, Inc.)

mDNSResponder 81 KB / 63 KB (Apple)

biometrickitd 102 KB / 15 KB (Apple)


Virtual Memory Information:

Available RAM 2.68 GB

Free RAM 825 MB

Used RAM 5.32 GB

Cached files 1.87 GB

Swap Used 0 B


Software Installs (past 30 days):

Install Date Name (Version)

2019-01-11 Elmedia Video Player (7.1.1)

2019-01-16 DivX (0.0.0.0)


Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

2019-01-20 23:23:41 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent CPU (3 times)

/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent



End of report

 

[SDColorado]

I had that issue with a 2018 15". I ended up returning it for another because Apple didn't seem to have any answers beyond their usual diagnostics. Are you still within your return/exchange period where you are able to swap it out?

 

[Howard2k]

Do you have a handheld temperature sensor to measure the external heat?

 

[TheRealAlex]

Yeah that’s a bad sign of warping, head spreader heats up warps and flexes which causes loss of contact which cause even worse heating up and freezes or slowdowns. Clearly the guy at Foxxcon in China did tighten or glue down something properly.

 

[SDColorado]

Yeah that’s a bad sign of warping, head spreader heats up warps and flexes which causes loss of contact which cause even worse heating up and freezes or slowdowns. Clearly the guy at Foxxcon in China did tighten or glue down something properly.

Mine would ramp up at random time for no apparent reason and would bounce off 100C until I shut it down or reboot. Apple went through their SMC/PRAM stuff online and set me up an appointment at the Genius Bar, they ran a diagnostic and it came back OK, but then it did it for them as well and they couldn't figure out why. So they swapped it out.

If they didn't know what was wrong it with I sure wasn't going to figure it out

 

[TheRealAlex]

Mine would ramp up at random time for no apparent reason and would bounce off 100C until I shut it down or reboot. Apple went through their SMC/PRAM stuff online and set me up an appointment at the Genius Bar, they ran a diagnostic and it came back OK, but then it did it for them as well and they couldn't figure out why. So they swapped it out.

If they didn't know what was wrong it with I sure wasn't going to figure it out

Yeah those diagnostics are pretty worthless. If I have a issue than can be duplicated I just show them. My old MAcBook Air would freeze and half the display would work. They insisted on running a Diiagnostic which said everything was fine.

 

[SDColorado]

Agreed. It checks the overall health of some basic components, but beyond that... it isn't even all that useful to them

 

[csurfr]

The only heat related thing I've noticed on my 2018 15" is that it is warm sometimes in the AM when it has been asleep all evening. It has to be something with the USB-C displays and not sleeping correctly. When I have it plugged into the apple supplied charger it's always cold in the am.

 

[manyelski]

So I purchased the Apple+ care for 3 years. But if I am outside of the US, like Europe or Australia would they still take care of that?

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

My wife is about to test Apples customer service this morning as her 4 day old 2018 MacBook Pro she has for work has an extremely loud fan that sounds like the laptop is about to take off! She bought one for personal use with her business and it’s been fine but her works machine which cost around £2700 is clearly faulty.

As it was custom spec’d it’ll be interesting to see if Apple can fix in store. If they can’t then it’s going to be a problem as she can’t be without a computer with her job. Not sure what the policy is for handling faults on Macs as it’s not like an iPhone that can be swapped like for like?

 

[Newtons Apple]

My wife is about to test Apples customer service this morning as her 4 day old 2018 MacBook Pro she has for work has an extremely loud fan that sounds like the laptop is about to take off! She bought one for personal use with her business and it’s been fine but her works machine which cost around £2700 is clearly faulty.

As it was custom spec’d it’ll be interesting to see if Apple can fix in store. If they can’t then it’s going to be a problem as she can’t be without a computer with her job. Not sure what the policy is for handling faults on Macs as it’s not like an iPhone that can be swapped like for like?

Apple does not give out loaners.

If it is only 4 days old she is within her right to demand a refund giving her a choice of buying another of going elsewhere.

I know my fan did run a bit when I first started my 2018 MBPro 15. Was not that loud and after months is now near silent unless I do something to stress it.

 

[The-Real-Deal82]

Apple does not give out loaners.

If it is only 4 days old she is within her right to demand a refund giving her a choice of buying another of going elsewhere.

I know my fan did run a bit when I first started my 2018 MBPro 15. Was not that loud and after months is now near silent unless I do something to stress it.

Apple were unable to diagnose the problem after an hour running diagnostics. They agreed the fan sound didn’t sound healthy but the activity logs didn’t pin point a fault. My wife has been advised to go back if the sound does not calm down or go away. The guy was apparently very thorough and helpful but she has come away unhappy that she got to put up with the noise. At least it’s not her personal laptop I suppose lol.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Apple were unable to diagnose the problem after an hour running diagnostics. They agreed the fan sound didn’t sound healthy but the activity logs didn’t pin point a fault. My wife has been advised to go back if the sound does not calm down or go away. The guy was apparently very thorough and helpful but she has come away unhappy that she got to put up with the noise. At least it’s not her personal laptop I suppose lol.

Keep us posted.

 

[BurningGenius]

Hello,

I hope you already fixed your problem. But if not, then I'm pretty sure the heating up is caused by the grammarly extenstion you got on your safari. Hope this helps!