Concerning idle temperatures on macOS Ventura (Intel MacBook Pro)

[CarloC00]

Hey there, I have an intel 13" MBP (specs attacched) and since I upgraded (by doing a clean install) to macOS Ventura the Mac is really hot, it gets hot to the touch just by watching the desktop (temps readout attached), activity monitor doesn't seem to report something weird and I use as many apple apps as I can (mail instead of spark, safari instead of Chrome, iWork suite instead of the Microsoft Office suite etc...) I remember having a similar problem with Monterey last year but I managed to fix it just by doing a clean install of the OS so this year I did the same. How can I fix it? My app usage hasn't really changed and the Mac still feels as snappy as it was as new.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[bogdanw]

Have you tried Intel Power Gadget? Does it report the same temperature values?
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/tool/power-gadget.html

 

[Stefdar]

Use English as the first language, restart and see if it's fixed.

 

[CarloC00]

Have you tried Intel Power Gadget? Does it report the same temperature values?
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/tool/power-gadget.html

Here's a screenshot of Intel Power Gadget, temperatures are even worse

 

[CarloC00]

I just tried that, doesn't seem to be the fix. language settings can affect temperatures? Sounds odd to me.

 

[bogdanw]

Try to reset the SMC https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

 

[CarloC00]

Try to reset the SMC https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

Tried It now, the Mac is on and the fans are now spinning noticeably although if am I right it's pretty normal right after an SMC reset so I'll test it and report to you later

 

[bogdanw]

Apple:
About fans and fan noise in your Apple product https://support.apple.com/HT202179
Keep your Mac laptop within acceptable operating temperatures https://support.apple.com/HT201640

 

[Andrew73875]

My Intel MacBook is running hotter than usual as well (also a bit laggy, and has a decreased battery life). I think Ventura wasn't optimised properly for Intel Macs.

 

[CarloC00]

My Intel MacBook is running hotter than usual as well (also a bit laggy, and has a decreased battery life). I think Ventura wasn't optimised properly for Intel Macs.

Kinda good to now that my Mac isn't the only one affected by this problem but also kinda sad that a 3yo MBP has problems like this caused by a software update

 

[bogdanw]

I think Ventura wasn't optimised properly for Intel Macs.

Ventura wasn't optimised for anything, I reverted my MBA M1 to Monterey because Ventura was destroying the battery https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-pro-14-1-month-99-battery-health.2374843/post-31831760

 

[CarloC00]

Apple:
About fans and fan noise in your Apple product https://support.apple.com/HT202179
Keep your Mac laptop within acceptable operating temperatures https://support.apple.com/HT201640

The fan problem seems to be fixed but the temperatures are still high, I think I’ll downgrade to Monterey as I don’t really care about stage manager and iPhone as webcam

 

[CarloC00]

A little update, I don't know what happened but without doing literally anything my Mac temperatures are back to normal even with a discrete number of apps open.