"Apparently for heat and CPU reasons you should always try to plus the RIGHT side into power, not left"

[anjanesh]

According to this :

https://twitter.com/x/status/1265500373646807050

- Apparently for heat and CPU reasons you should always try to plus the RIGHT side into power, not left.

1. Is this true ?
2. which one is right side ? Sitting while facing the laptop or the other way ?

 

[New_Mac_Smell]

Fascinating. Not quite sure what the logic is here, but I think it's fair to say you should just ignore anything you see on social media that begins with "Apparently".

 

[elkrebso]

Idk if you‘re allowed to post links here, but it was a thread on stackexchange. Here you go:

How to find cause of high kernel_task cpu usage?

Occasionally my machine will have a kernel_task instance max out the CPU: This can last from minutes to sometimes hours. The machine is effectively unusable in this state. Restarting doesn't help;...

apple.stackexchange.com

 

[MrGunnyPT]

Well I always connect my eGPU and whatever is charging on the right side ever since people been discussing thermals on the forum.

 

[donawalt]

For years I have connected a series of different MacBook Pro's from the left side just because of where the outlet is, and I have never had any unusual fan performance issues, or heat issues.