Siera MBA macbook air fan and temperature control

[georgi0]

I have a mid 2013 MBA and from the moment I installed siera the fan just won't stop turning from 2-7000 RPM.
the battery goes out in a fraction of time and the temperature is really really up

why is this happening?
does anyone else experiencing these problems?

i had to download a fan control program just to make my macbook quiet again.

 

[Rok73]

Have you checked the activity monitor if there are any CPU heavy processes running in the background? Maybe make an Etrecheck and post it here.

https://etrecheck.com/

 

[Brammy]

I have a mid 2013 MBA and from the moment I installed siera the fan just won't stop turning from 2-7000 RPM.
the battery goes out in a fraction of time and the temperature is really really up

why is this happening?
does anyone else experiencing these problems?

i had to download a fan control program just to make my macbook quiet again.

I'm having a similar problem. I'm playing an online game on my early 2014 MacBook Air and I got about 1.5 hour of battery life.

Even without running a game, I've noticed that my battery life on both my 2011 MacBook Pro and my 2014 MacBook Air are in the dumper after Sierra.

 

[georgi0]

Have you checked the activity monitor if there are any CPU heavy processes running in the background? Maybe make an Etrecheck and post it here.

https://etrecheck.com/

EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

Report generated 2016-09-30 23:01:35

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 2:08

Performance: Excellent



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Problem: No problem - just checking



Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Air

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1,7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 515


Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 5000

Color LCD 1440 x 900


System Software: ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12 (16A323) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Mac (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.40 GB (33.95 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 498.77 GB Online


USB Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Configuration files: ⓘ

/etc/sudoers, File size 1302 but expected 1563

/etc/hosts - Count: 14


Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers


Unknown Files: ⓘ

/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist

/Library/Application Support/MacBooster/AMCDaemon -load

One unknown file found. [Check files]


Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Applications/AirParrot 2.app

[loaded] com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (1.6 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-08-09) [Support]

[loaded] com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.8 - SDK 10.8 - 2016-08-09) [Support]



/Applications/DAEMON Tools Lite.app

[not loaded] com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.VirtualSCSIBus (1.0.1 - SDK 10.8 - 2013-11-28) [Support]



/Applications/DiskWarrior.app

[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (5.0 - SDK 10.5 - 2014-12-12) [Support]



/Applications/Elmedia Player.app

[not loaded] com.eltima.ElmediaPlayer.kext (1.0 - SDK 10.4 - 2013-11-28) [Support]



/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]



/Applications/Private Eye.app

[not loaded] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.PrivateEye (1.0 - SDK 10.7 - 2016-09-01) [Support]



/Applications/Toast Titanium.app

[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0 - 2016-07-09) [Support]



/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.1 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

[not loaded] com.Ralink.driver.RT2870USBWirelessDriver (1.2.4.0a - 2016-09-25) [Support]

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[not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.10 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.DontMatchAfaTech (1.1 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

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[not loaded] com.eltima.SyncMate.kext (0.2.4b9 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

[not loaded] com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv (1.0.0d1 - 2016-09-25) [Support]

[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6 - 2016-09-25) [Support]



/System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6 - 2015-03-02) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6 - 2015-03-02) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.31 - SDK 10.5 - 2015-03-02) [Support]

[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.31 - SDK 10.6 - 2015-03-02) [Support]



Startup Items: ⓘ

TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: /Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper

Startup items no longer function in OS X Yosemite or later


System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 166 Apple tasks

[running] 98 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[loaded] 161 Apple tasks

[running] 106 Apple tasks


Launch Agents: ⓘ

[running] com.bitdefender.antivirusformac.plist (2016-01-19) [Support]

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist (2016-09-30) [Support]

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist (2016-09-30) [Support]

[loaded] org.glimmerblocker.installer.plist (2016-09-22) [Support]


Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[running] com.MacRemover.Remover.DaemonServer.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.apple.aelwriter.plist (2011-11-04)

[running] com.bitdefender.AuthHelperTool.plist (2016-01-19) [Support]

[loaded] com.bitdefender.upgrade.plist (2016-01-19) [Support]

[loaded] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.corecode.UninstallPKGDeleteHelper.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[running] com.iobit.AMCDaemon.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.iwaxx.Debookee.PacketTool.plist (2014-01-27) [Support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Agent.plist (2016-08-09) [Support]

[loaded] com.prosofteng.DriveGenius.locum.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[failed] com.radiosilenceapp.nke.PrivateEye.plist (2011-10-06)

[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist (2016-08-26) [Support]

[running] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist (2016-09-30) [Support]

[loaded] org.cindori.AuthHelper.plist (2016-07-04) [Support]

[running] org.glimmerblocker.proxy.plist (2016-09-22) [Support]


User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] com.iobit.MacBoosterMini.plist (2016-07-05) [Support]

[loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac3.Scheduler.plist (2016-08-29)

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist (2016-09-11) [Support]

[not loaded] org.hola.vpn.plist (2016-08-16)

[running] org.xbmc.helper.plist (2016-09-26) [Support]


User Login Items: ⓘ

Macs Fan Control Application (/Applications/Macs Fan Control.app)

WiFi Signal Application (/Applications/WiFi Signal.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)

handyPrintUserDaemon Application (/Applications/handyPrint.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/handyPrintUserDaemon.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-09-14)

Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-09) [Support]



User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

npUplayer.1.0.2.7: mydlink services plugin_x86_64 1.0.2.7 - SDK 10.9 (2015-12-11) [Support]

Picasa: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-10-13) [Support]



Safari Extensions: ⓘ

1Password - AgileBits - https://agilebits.com/onepassword (2016-09-27)

AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2016-05-22)

Blur - Abine, the online privacy company. - https://www.abine.com (2016-09-30)

TrafficLight - Bitdefender SRL - http://trafficlight.bitdefender.com/ (2016-08-27)

VideoCatcher - Capibara - http://www.youtubehunter.com (2015-08-08)

SaveFrom.net helper - SaveFrom.net - http://savefrom.net (2016-01-16)


3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

remoting_host_prefpane (2016-08-09) [Support]

GlimmerBlocker (2016-01-10) [Support]

Perian (2011-11-02) [Support]

Tuxera NTFS (2016-08-09) [Support]

GRproofing (2015-10-01) [Support]


Time Machine: ⓘ

Time Machine not configured!



Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

59% BDLDaemon

18% kernel_task

6% WindowServer

6% cloudphotosd

5% coreaudiod


Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

782 MB kernel_task

360 MB mdworker(15)

295 MB BDLDaemon

180 MB Dropbox

172 MB mds_stores


Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

2.23 GB Free RAM

5.77 GB Used RAM (3.98 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

Sep 30, 2016, 10:58:37 PM Self test - passed

Sep 30, 2016, 10:55:46 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/BDLDaemon_2016-09-30-225546_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

/Library/Bitdefender/*/antivirus.bundle/BDLDaemon

Sep 29, 2016, 11:12:41 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2016-09-29-231241_[redacted].crash

org.videolan.vlc - /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC

Sep 29, 2016, 10:55:01 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2016-09-29-225501_[redacted].crash

com.apple.iTunes - /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes

 

[Rok73]

You have lots of absolutely unnecessary crap installed. A Mac is NOT a Windows PC! Please safely deinstall the following:

Macbooster
Diskwarrior
Elmedia Player
CleanMyMac
ToolsLite
Bitdefender

OK, I am too lazy to further check all that crap on your Mac. I am very sure that a combination of lots of unnecessary stuff stops your Mac from working properly. I'd seriously recommend to backup all your important data and make a clean install. I also recommend to change your way of thinking about macOS. It's NOT Windows. You don't need all those "helpers". Keep the system clean! What's nice about macOS is that almost everything you need for your everyday tasks is already built in.

 

[georgi0]

You have lots of absolutely unnecessary crap installed. A Mac is NOT a Windows PC! Please safely deinstall the following:

Macbooster
Diskwarrior
Elmedia Player
CleanMyMac
ToolsLite
Bitdefender

OK, I am too lazy to further check all that crap on your Mac. I am very sure that a combination of lots of unnecessary stuff stops your Mac from working properly. I'd seriously recommend to backup all your important data and make a clean install. I also recommend to change your way of thinking about macOS. It's NOT Windows. You don't need all those "helpers". Keep the system clean! What's nice about macOS is that almost everything you need for your everyday tasks is already built in.

this setup with all these "helpers" and useless according to your opinion were exactly the case in yosemite before the upgrade. therefore unless i am missing something they have absolutely nothing to do with the fan, temperature and battery issues i am having today.

also in activity monitor they don't eat much (if any) from cpu power apart from bit defender

i am more than 10 years into mac os therefore you may think you know your subject but if you cant present it with a useful manner to others it's of no use to anyone.

thanks anyway.

 

[Wackery]

this setup with all these "helpers" and useless according to your opinion were exactly the case in yosemite before the upgrade. therefore unless i am missing something they have absolutely nothing to do with the fan, temperature and battery issues i am having today.

also in activity monitor they don't eat much (if any) from cpu power apart from bit defender

i am more than 10 years into mac os therefore you may think you know your subject but if you cant present it with a useful manner to others it's of no use to anyone.

thanks anyway.

would you at least consider the suggestion, i think all the bloatware is uneeded as well, how often do you use these?

 

[Rok73]

Well, do whatever you want, it's your Mac after all. But what do you want to hear? Don't ask for help if you're resistant against it. I don't have any of those "helpers" installed and my Mac is running fast and flawless. Despite your claim that you've been using macOS for 10 years my impression is that you're not very well informed about that system.

Some of this installed bloatware digs itself quite deep into the system. I don't understand how you come to the conclusion that especially in that combination none of it has an influence on your system.

 

[georgi0]

Well, do whatever you want, it's your Mac after all. But what do you want to hear? Don't ask for help if you're resistant against it. I don't have any of those "helpers" installed and my Mac is running fast and flawless. Despite your claim that you've been using macOS for 10 years my impression is that you're not very well informed about that system.

Some of this installed bloatware digs itself quite deep into the system. I don't understand how you come to the conclusion that especially in that combination none of it has an influence on your system.

situation has improved, thanks to you and what you wrote me. when i am wrong i am wrong...

EtreCheck version: 3.0.6 (315)

Report generated 2016-10-02 14:34:40

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime 1:45

Performance: Excellent



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Problem: No problem - just checking



Hardware Information: ⓘ

MacBook Air

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

MacBook Air - model: MacBookAir6,2

1 1,7 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2-core

8 GB RAM Not upgradeable

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported

Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac

Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 517


Video Information: ⓘ

Intel HD Graphics 5000

Color LCD 1440 x 900


System Software: ⓘ

macOS Sierra 10.12 (16A323) - Time since boot: less than an hour


Disk Information: ⓘ

APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500,28 GB) (Solid State - TRIM: Yes)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB

Mac (disk1) / [Startup]: 498.40 GB (37.04 GB free)

Core Storage: disk0s2 498.77 GB Online


USB Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller


Thunderbolt Information: ⓘ

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Configuration files: ⓘ

/etc/sudoers, File size 1302 but expected 1563

/etc/hosts - Count: 14


Gatekeeper: ⓘ

Mac App Store and identified developers


Kernel Extensions: ⓘ

/Applications/DiskWarrior.app

[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (5.0 - SDK 10.5 - 2014-12-12) [Support]



/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.hypervisor (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.netbridge (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.usbconnect (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]

[not loaded] com.parallels.kext.vnic (11.0.1 31277 - SDK 10.9 - 2015-09-22) [Support]



System Launch Agents: ⓘ

[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks

[loaded] 167 Apple tasks

[running] 97 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons: ⓘ

[not loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[loaded] 161 Apple tasks

[running] 106 Apple tasks


User Launch Agents: ⓘ

[running] org.xbmc.helper.plist (2016-10-01) [Support]


User Login Items: ⓘ

WiFi Signal Application (/Applications/WiFi Signal.app)

Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)


Internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-09-14)

Silverlight: 5.1.41212.0 - SDK 10.6 (2016-08-09) [Support]



User internet Plug-ins: ⓘ

npUplayer.1.0.2.7: mydlink services plugin_x86_64 1.0.2.7 - SDK 10.9 (2015-12-11) [Support]

Picasa: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 (2015-10-13) [Support]



Safari Extensions: ⓘ

1Password - AgileBits - https://agilebits.com/onepassword (2016-09-27)

AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (2016-05-22)


3rd Party Preference Panes: ⓘ

remoting_host_prefpane (2016-08-09) [Support]

Tuxera NTFS (2016-08-09) [Support]

GRproofing (2015-10-01) [Support]


Time Machine: ⓘ

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: OFF

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Mac: Disk size: 498.40 GB Disk used: 461.36 GB

Destinations:

TC geo [Network]

Total size: 2.00 TB

Total number of backups: 0

Oldest backup: -

Last backup: -

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 2.00 TB > (Disk size 498.40 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU: ⓘ

38% kernel_task

7% diskimages-helper(2)

6% WindowServer

5% coreaudiod

2% fontd


Top Processes by Memory: ⓘ

782 MB kernel_task

352 MB mdworker(13)

213 MB Mail

205 MB Dropbox

180 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(2)


Virtual Memory Information: ⓘ

2.99 GB Free RAM

5.00 GB Used RAM (2.44 GB Cached)

0 B Swap Used


Diagnostics Information: ⓘ

Oct 2, 2016, 01:39:30 PM Self test - passed

Oct 2, 2016, 12:13:54 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Activity Monitor_2016-10-02-121354_[redacted].crash

com.apple.ActivityMonitor - /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor

Sep 29, 2016, 11:12:41 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/VLC_2016-09-29-231241_[redacted].crash

org.videolan.vlc - /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC

Sep 29, 2016, 10:55:01 PM ~/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/iTunes_2016-09-29-225501_[redacted].crash

com.apple.iTunes - /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes

 

[Rok73]

Glad to hear the situation has improved. You're welcome.