I've never had this experience before. I had a 2013 MBA for 7 years and upgraded to a 16" in spring 2020 to deal with Zoom University (I had the best Lenovo Yoga laptop for 2 years between this but the screen hinge broke :'(). I have been having consistent problems with my MBP heating up to unacceptably hot temperatures even while using in front of the AC unit and/or the fan on the table. Not once have the fans kicked in to cool it off and I would have to stop using it every hour to let it cool down. I use the Touch Bar frequently in my typing for text shortcuts and the space between the Touch Bar and monitor would nearly burn my fingers.
I'm currently backing up my Google account to my new MBP after months of putting it off. Finally, this morning, I spent an hour(!!) looking into why my MBP is so dang hot. I've never heard the fans kick on before I manually forced them to using a program such as iStat. Now, instead of 150+F temperatures, it's hovering around 115-120F and continuing to get cooler.
Most of the articles and forum posts I found were regarding external monitors. I do not use one. I've run diagnostics monthly and there are no errors. I don't use Chrome very often (perhaps only 10 hours per week while in classes) and I usually spend my time on Zoom in meetings or on Word writing papers and reports.
The worst area is between the Touch Bar and monitor. It used to get absurdly hot. I have a stand to keep the MBP elevated that is uncomfortable to type on but keeps it cool. Moderate trade off.
Now that I can manually kick on the fans, there is a noticeable difference in both my MBP performance and how hot it feels. It has definitely cooled down significantly just in the 15 minutes or so that I've been running this program.
My main point in writing this is to save some other poor, fed up, possibly sleep-deprived soul an hour long goose chase on the internet running through all the different diagnostics and tips and tricks if you are NOT using an external monitor or using Chrome or have a million tabs open. Download an app that allows you to manually turn on the fans and you will see an IMMEDIATE difference if there are no errors running diagnostics. My biggest gripe now is that the one I found requires you to pay after a trial but the $10 will be worth finally being able to use my MBP for longer periods of time.
Thanks for having me.
I'm currently backing up my Google account to my new MBP after months of putting it off. Finally, this morning, I spent an hour(!!) looking into why my MBP is so dang hot. I've never heard the fans kick on before I manually forced them to using a program such as iStat. Now, instead of 150+F temperatures, it's hovering around 115-120F and continuing to get cooler.
Most of the articles and forum posts I found were regarding external monitors. I do not use one. I've run diagnostics monthly and there are no errors. I don't use Chrome very often (perhaps only 10 hours per week while in classes) and I usually spend my time on Zoom in meetings or on Word writing papers and reports.
The worst area is between the Touch Bar and monitor. It used to get absurdly hot. I have a stand to keep the MBP elevated that is uncomfortable to type on but keeps it cool. Moderate trade off.
Now that I can manually kick on the fans, there is a noticeable difference in both my MBP performance and how hot it feels. It has definitely cooled down significantly just in the 15 minutes or so that I've been running this program.
My main point in writing this is to save some other poor, fed up, possibly sleep-deprived soul an hour long goose chase on the internet running through all the different diagnostics and tips and tricks if you are NOT using an external monitor or using Chrome or have a million tabs open. Download an app that allows you to manually turn on the fans and you will see an IMMEDIATE difference if there are no errors running diagnostics. My biggest gripe now is that the one I found requires you to pay after a trial but the $10 will be worth finally being able to use my MBP for longer periods of time.
Thanks for having me.