Fan Running Very High

[insocal]

Installed PB 4 of El Capitan yesterday, and my MacBook Pro's fan is running constantly and the MacBook is getting hot.

Nothing looks odd in Activity Monitor, that I can tell.

Anyone else experiencing this or know a fix?

Thanks!

 

[keysofanxiety]

Installed PB 4 of El Capitan yesterday, and my MacBook Pro's fan is running constantly and the MacBook is getting hot.

Nothing looks odd in Activity Monitor, that I can tell.

Anyone else experiencing this or know a fix?

Thanks!

Have you tried resetting PRAM/SMC? Sometimes that assists with fan problems.

 

[insocal]

Have you tried resetting PRAM/SMC? Sometimes that assists with fan problems.

Yeah, tried that, thanks. Didn't help, unfortunately. Bummer.

 

[h9826790]

Can you made a screen capture of the activity monitor?

If you can made another screen capture about the fan speed and temperature, that will help us to give out better solution as well.

 

[insocal]

Can you made a screen capture of the activity monitor?

If you can made another screen capture about the fan speed and temperature, that will help us to give out better solution as well.

I'm attaching the screen shot of the Activity Monitor. Not sure where to find the fan speed/temperature.

 

[!!!]

I'm attaching the screen shot of the Activity Monitor. Not sure where to find the fan speed/temperature.

Click on the CPU tab at the top, then take the screen shot.

 

[insocal]

Click on the CPU tab at the top, then take the screen shot.

 

[h9826790]

May be that PTPCamera keep running at the background and warm up the CPU, which eventually cause the high fan speed.

 

[insocal]

May be that PTPCamera keep running at the background and warm up the CPU, which eventually cause the high fan speed.

I was thinking that but, not even sure what it is. Crazy thing is that in Spotlight, it doesn't show up anywhere except INSTALL.LOG

 

[insocal]

May be that PTPCamera keep running at the background and warm up the CPU, which eventually cause the high fan speed.

It's definitely causing problems. Not sure how to get rid of it. Or if I need it.

 

[h9826790]

That belongs to the image capture app.

You may simply click that PTPCamera, and then click the cross on the top left to stop it.

 

[insocal]

That belongs to the image capture app.

You may simply click that PTPCamera, and then click the cross on the top left to stop it.

Thanks. Did that, too. Fan still running constantly. Oh well. Maybe I'll wait for the next Beta to be released, see if that fixes it.

 

[h9826790]

It takes time for the CPU to cool down.

Anyway, it's still beta, occasionally have software bug which cause high CPU usage (hot computer) is quite normal.

 

[SG-]

are you sure there's nothing in Activity Monitor showing high CPU usage? make sure it's set to show all processes, not just yours and look in the CPU section. as mentioned it takes time to cool down, especially if it's warm where you are.

 

[snarfquest]

For me PTPCamera is causing HIGH CPU / Fan usage. Killing it gets things to settle down.

 

[nutmac]

I am guess you have iPhone or iPad connected to your Mac? If so, try unplugging it. PTPCamera process should go away. And yes, it's a new bug introduced on latest beta.

 

[insocal]

I am guess you have iPhone or iPad connected to your Mac? If so, try unplugging it. PTPCamera process should go away. And yes, it's a new bug introduced on latest beta.

Thank you!