Why is my computer so hot/fan so loud?

[docgerrard]

Literally closed out of everything I could. Still, computer is warmer than it should be and fan is louder, as you can see by my fan information in the top of the screenshot.

 

[MR.BUTTON]

Omg

WOW!According to your screenshot, it seems that you fan is above 4000 rmp. That is very rare. And the interesting thing is , yourCPU temp is extremely high, 83,even you are not doing anything big at all. The normal fan rate is around 2000 and CPU temp is around 50 at this work load. So scroll down the activity monitor, check is there anything running in the background that uses large CPU horsepower.

Hope this helps

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Take it to the apple store if the situation continues

 

[tusctodd]

Try resetting your pram

 

[macdudesir]

I know it seems self explanatory, but the Macbook Airs seem to have sleep troubles...sometimes when they wake up from sleep they will get hot with no apparent cause, so try restarting if you havent already.

 

[docgerrard]

this has been happening with more and more frequency lately

also, the only thing that fixes it is restarting the computer

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Open Activity Monitor and select All Processes and then sort by CPU to show you the process(es) slowing down your Mac or speeding up your fan(s) or causing more heat.

Using Activity Monitor to show you CPU and RAM usage​

Have you tried an SMC reset yet?

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) (Apple Support Site)
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