![]() ![]() Step 7: Here you will get a dialog box asking you whether you want to check for updates on startup. Step 6: Just type in your Password (if you have one) and click on the OK button: Step 5: You might see a dialog box coming up like the one below, just click on the Open button: Step 4: Go to your Application folder and double click on smcFanControl: Step 3: Drag the smcFanControl to your Application folder: Step 2: Open up the folder and you will see: Step 1: Double click on the zip file you have just downloaded and you will see a folder appear on your desktop shortly. Step 0: Download the SMC Fan Control (its a zip file) from: and put it on your Desktop. Official Website (also contains the download link): Īpart from using this software to keep my MacBook cool, I also put two erasers at the back of my MacBook so that there is bit of air circulation under the notebook.īelow is a step by step guide on how to install and configure the SMC Fan Control application: So you can increase your minimum fan speed to make your Intel Mac run cooler. Here are some details about the software:ĭescription: smcFanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans. My friend Chaks, who also owns a MacBook, recommended a software to me (thanks Chaks) 😀 Its called SMC Fan Control (SMC stand for System Management Controller). After I got my MacBook…I’ve noticed that the default fan speed is a little too low…thus the CPU could get quite warm when you open up quite a few apps. but I think we can get this thing hammered out.Īside from the places you've already posted I don't think there are any more tech inclined support forums.Before I got my MacBook, I’ve heard people complaining that their MacBook / MacBook Pros are getting a little too warm at times. you can essentially create a clean install by deleting ~/ and using some sleuthing and a couple programs I can direct you to if you choose to go this route)įinally, all that said, an install with some unwanted files that won't impact performance seems to be the lesser of two evils for you so it may just be where we have to go if that external clone resolve the issue. it's not like Windows and doesn't need a registry clean or anything like that. That being said, it's not really necessary to have a "clean" install of OS X. If it works this should tell us whether the issue is OS X or if it's the SMC (it's firmware that loads, if I remember correctly, after EFI but before OS X) You can plug it in, hold option, and boot from it as if it was installed ![]() is it source to put into an Xcode project or what kind of source is it? I can likely get you in the correct direction if you still have that code and think it will resolve your issue and you're just hung up on compiling itĪlso, you have a clone of your old system The code you found is no longer available. I googled your issue because, unfortunately, I haven't used SMC fan control for a few years now so I can't go and fiddle with it nor do I remember the ins and outs of it I found a compiled version of "Apple System Management Controller tool" (the latest version of which is called SMC_util3) but when I run it, I get the list of commands and then "logout, process completed" and no chance to actually do anything.Īssuming the SMC reset caused this, would that tool let me write the correct values back to the SMC? ![]() (I may have done that incorrectly though.) When I enter 6200 manually into SMC Fan Control it says it's not a supported value. I have also made a MacBookPro8,3 entry as it was not specifically listed in ist and that didn't change anything either. I have already tried opening package contents in SMC Fan Control/Resources/ist and replaced every instance of "5500" with "6200" and no luck. Would this have anything to do with having done an SMC and PRAM reset alongside the reinstall? Unfortunately I did everything at once so I can't actually pin-point which step caused this problem. Now SMC Fan Control will only let me take the fans up to 5500rpm, not 6200rpm as was possible on my previous install. ![]() I just reformatted and reinstalled 10.8.5 and all my software. ![]()
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