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smcFanControl is perhaps the most well-known fan control app because it's been around for several years. It allows you to monitor the temperature of the CPU, GPU, and boot disk in the Mac's menu bar, and you can set temperatures for each fan on your Mac individually. There are three presets available, one for when your Mac is running on battery power, one for when it's running on mains power, and one for when it's charging. That way, you can ensure the fans don't drain the battery but also keep your Mac as cool as possible when it's plugged in.

The good news is that TG Pro supports macOS Monterey and Apple Silicon and is notarized by Apple. It gives you full sight of temperature sensors for CPU, GPU, logic board, battery, and boot disk. And you can control fans manually or set custom rules to determine when the fans kick in. Worried about your Mac overheating? Have the fans start at a lower temperature. Need to keep your Mac quiet? Set the temperature a little higher.

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There is no confirm message with SMC reset, however, if you go through post checks on the processes it controls you can get an indication of whether it has worked or not (more here). In your case (fans), run the MacBook in the finder (no overt applications running like Firefox) and listen to the fans - if they are running high then SMC reset was likely unsuccessful.

I run a couple of MacBooks including a Pro Quad i7 2012 17" with the 1 GB graphics card. I can have Photoshop, Indesign and Illustrator open at once without high fans - although it slows to a crawl and fans rage if I run more than 3 or 4 Firefox windows and launch another browser (for website checking) which is a pain. Flash / Ad blockers help control this but its also worth looking at what is running in the background with Activity Monitor. For example, I installed a programme to force clean Ram memory which will fracture over a few hours of work... ironically when it decides to clean, the programme hogs 95% of the processor and the Mac goes into overdrive for 3 or 4 minutes, so I deleted it.

Generally you have to work more efficiently on a Mac Notebook and high fans / spinning ball are more common than on an iMac or MacPro. Clean the OS, run Onyx regularly (GUI management for the unix maintenance and cleaning scripts on your Mac) and consider Chrome (or other light) web browser. Also look out for anything running Akamai in the background and Updaters such as Adobe Application Manager - they tend to launch at startup and sit there all day talking to your web connection 'just in case' there is an update. Take control with an IP manager like Little Snitch and make these updates manually once a week.

You press the power button on your Mac, and nothing happens. There's no power light, no sound, and a completely black screen. Instead of panicking, try these steps one at a time to diagnose the problem:

Once you power on your Mac, a sequence of booting events occurs until the login screen or desktop appears. But if the startup process gets stuck, no matter how long you wait, you'll see only a plain gray screen or one with symbols.

Sometimes an app requires a great deal of processing power to complete its task. In such cases, your fans will run heavily and make noise. This is perfectly normal, and you shouldn't worry about it. But when your fan runs constantly even though it isn't experiencing heavy usage, that's a red flag.

You're working on your Mac, and then it suddenly turns off for no obvious reason. MacBooks can randomly power off despite having an internal battery. This unpredictable issue results in the loss of unsaved work. Worse, it might damage your hardware and macOS.

Every Mac includes an integrated circuit (IC) or microcontroller chip responsible for all of the power-management functions of the computer. Depending on when your Mac was built, the power-management chip is known by one of the following names:

Most of the AppleCare Knowledge Base documents linked in the table below directly address resetting the power-management chip for a specific Mac model. However, some of the documents include that information as part of other troubleshooting or repair activities covered by the article. Read the relevant document throroughly before proceeding.

The sticky power button is caused by the dirt accumulated inside the button. iMac power button replacement is a time-consuming task even for a Mac repair professional. You need to remove the iMac screen, the power supply and logic board before you can get access to the power button. Luckily, most of the time, a failed iMac power button is caused by dirt, not the electrical contact failure inside the power button. You can easily remove the dirt without replacing the button by following this procedure:

It is a common misunderstanding that the iMac power button is operated at the main power voltage (110V AC or 220-240V AC). In fact, the iMac power button is operated at 3.3V DC and this voltage is pretty safe for human beings. Also, the WD-40 lubricant is electrical friendly and non-conductive. Therefore the entire procedure is absolutely safe.

The System Management Controller (SMC) is responsible for receiving power button signals, then starts and manages the entire power-on process. You may consider the SMC as a tiny computer running a tiny operating system and the software sometimes could go wrong. If this happens to your iMac, you need to reset the SMC. Apple integrated the SMC chip into the Apple T2 Security chip starting from 2018.

If your iMac gets stuck in the Sleep state for some reasons, your iMac will not respond to normal wake-up signals such as pressing the keyboard keys or clicking the mouse button. You need to force the iMac back to the off state by performing a power cycle.

Unplug the power cord from the main socket and wait for 15 seconds then plug the power cable back in. Now you have forced the Mac returning to the off state. Press the power button again to see if your iMac can turn on.

Put your hand near the fan vent holes at the back of your iMac. Do you feel any air coming from the vent holes? Do you hear the fan spinning air noise, hard disk spinning noise, supper drive motor startup noise? Any of these signs indicate that your iMac has already powered on and there are other issues preventing your MacBook from working.

To get access to the power supply, you need to remove the iMac screen. In the pre-2011 iMacs, Apple uses eight screws to attach the screen to the iMac frame. In the post-2011 iMacs, Apple used double-sided sticky tapes to attach the screen to the iMac frame. Take extreme care when you remove the iMac screen as it is very easy to break the screen.

The four LED lights are diagnosis lights. It indicates the status of the iMac logic board. The first LED light indicates the logic board is in standby mode. If the power supply has no output, the iMac logic board will not enter into standby mode, so the corresponding LED light will not turn on.

Remove the iMac screen as described above and plug in the power cord to the main powerpoint. If the first LED light (standby light) is on, push the iMac power button and follow the instructions below to diagnose the logic board.

This stands for parameter random access memory. This essentially stores information about your control settings and is powered by a battery to ensure that your settings remain the same even if you turn your computer off.

The System Management Controller (SMC) is a chip on the logic board that controls all power functions for the computer. If the computer is experiencing any power issue, resetting the SMC may resolve it. The SMC controls several functions, including:

Resetting the SMC can resolve some computer issues such as not starting up, not displaying video, sleep issues, fan noise issues, and so forth. If the computer still exhibits these types of issues after you've restarted the computer, try resetting the SMC by removing AC power:

The Real Time Clock (RTC) is a chip on the logic board that controls the date and time functions of the computer. If the computer is experiencing an issue booting, resetting the RTC may resolve it. Follow these steps to reset the RTC:

Mac Pro (Early 2008) has a system reset switch on the logic board that may be used to restart the system while it is powered up. This switch can be used to determine if a computer that won't consistently boot from a cold start has power supply issues. Follow these steps to reset the system:

Then there's the rumor of ARM Macintoshes in the future, in the darkest of timelines where the modular computer is killed as SOC computing takes over. Computers are locked out of OS upgrades as quickly as a phone. In this dystopian future, Apple has its way and we're on forever hardware upgrades, tossing working machines in landfills or worse Google has its way, relegating us to a hellscape of thin clients and subscription services and our own data held as bounty behind a paywall even as every bit is mined deeper like a Pennsylvanian quarry. Lastly, there's phoenix act where the Mac Pro 7.1 (2019?) is a triumphant return to a user serviceable, upgradable box replete with PCIe slots. The Mac Pro in this scenario becomes the vanguard of the current community of solder-iron wielding outcasts, cantankerous power users, and cranky creative professionals, people disaffected in the era of iOS. It'd be the unity of rejects who cling to past, not out of nostalgia but out of practicality, a mob completely ready to abandon their aging hardware. More than likely, we'll get a Mac Pro that's a middling mess, an attempt to appease Johnny Ive's ego over the requirements of its target audience.

A hearty thanks to all the communities and websites where Mac power users still exist: MacRumors, Netkas, XL8yourmac, TonyMacx86, EveryMac, Ars Technica, Reddit, and to The Mac Pro Upgrade group on FB (users Martin L, Jay V, Gianluca M, Jean-Paul R. John C, Brennan F, Peter K, Antonio A, Adam S and many others) and Mac Pro Users on FB, (Eric Z.) for providing feedback, the guys who do a lot of heavy lifting in the community like Martin (h9826790), tsialex, Jay Fac and many users who've taken the time to email me to correct any errors. Even MacVidCards chimed in to correct this guide. I've learned as much as anyone writing and refining this guide. 2ff7e9595c