
Overheating is dangerous as it’s essentially a downward spiral - your CPU and RAM get hot because they can’t process the workload, which makes them even worse at processing the workload. But when you start hearing the MacBook Air fan noise all the time, your machine might overheat, which could happen either because what the tasks you’re throwing at it are too hard for your CPU and RAM to handle or because your MacBook fan control system is not working properly. One of those is using some hardware resources, like CPU, RAM, and SSD, to efficiently solve the tasks at hand and then using your MacBook Air fan to cool those hardware resources down, since they tend to heat up from working out, just like you do while exercising.Ī bit of occasional heat is normal - your Mac is designed to handle it. Think of your Mac as a machine with lots of built-in workflows. If you notice it happening more or less regularly, you should investigate to avoid overheating your Mac. What actually perplexes us is MacBook fan noises with no apparent reasoning behind them - such as when you’re watching a movie or replying to someone in the chat and suddenly hear your MacBook fan running loudly. We can tell the work is hard by hearing our MacBook Pro fan controller springing into action and the MacBook Pro fan noise rising. For example, when it comes to web development, photo retouching, and video editing. Occasionally, our Macs need to do some heavy lifting.


Sometimes you can see 10-plus year MacBooks perfectly capable of doing lots of lightweight tasks, like checking email and browsing the web.

Even when a given Mac can’t get the latest software update because it’s too old, the underlying hardware might still chug along peacefully. Macs are well-known for being truly reliable machines. Make your Mac fast and secure with CleanMyMac X.
