So apparently every time I restart, iStat pops up annoyingly and tells me its now a paid program, and I don't want to pay for it. Are there any alternatives to see my CPU speeds and temperatures, also my memory usage in the top bar? I want something that I can always see.
View 5 RepliesI purchased my iMac in March and am a bit concerned about the operating temps and fan speeds. Maximums today (all in degrees C, using Temperature Monitor):
Ambient Air: 32
CPU A Heatsink: 53
CPU A Proximity: 55
CPU Core 1: 57
CPU Core 2: 59
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011)
So now that iStat is a paid app (don't get me wrong I like the app but thats not what this thread is about) I went looking for an alternative app with the same functionality, but free I came across MenuMeters and it is VERY similar, lightweight, and best of all its free.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm using iStat Pro and I'm just wondering what "too hot" is as far as temperatures go, specifically CPU, HD? I play CS Source and Warcraft 3 occasionally and it tends to get very hot. Up to about 176 degrees F.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy 2009 13" Unibody MBP will overheat if I so much as look at it, or so it seems!. The issue here is that the fan will come on really loudly and the bottom of the machine will become unbearably hot under the following conditions:
1. CPU load = 20%, temp = 76 C, browsing the web
2. CPU load = 33%, temp = 77 C, watching an online video
3. CPU load = 35%, temp = 82 C, watching a movie on lovefilm
3. The lid of the laptop is closed, and I am carrying it in a bag
4. I am charging it with the lid closed.
5. Using an external monitor I have to keep the lid open and on battery use, otherwise it overheats and the fan come on loudly. Obviously if I shut it down there is no fan noise, however it still gets hot when charging.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I've recently uninstalled Fan Control and smcFanControl from my Macbook Pro, after trying them for a minute or two. I reset my SMC by using the method on Apples website (Clicking Shift-CTRL-Option-Power Button at the same time). It haven't worked it seem, as I have tried running some games and even at 85-90C degree, its not increasing its RPM. I don't wanna go any higher as I don't wanna risk the CPU overheating.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have a recently purchased brand new 17" with no upgrades. Do you have a list of what the average temps should be? I tried searching the Apple site and using Google, but no luck.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have a 2006 blackbook. Recently i feel like it is reaching uncomfortably high temperatures, which says a lot since it always gets hot. i'm using snow leopard but i don't feel like it is due to sl. Here are the temps that istat gives me (in farenheit)
View 2 Replies View Relatedi have a 2.4 ghz alum macbook and i was wondering at what temperatures does your fans start to actually spin up. i'm at 70C right now and it still hovers at +/- 2000 rpm just wondering if this is normal i used smc fan controller for a little bit but i decided that i would just leave it to apples default and use a laptop cooler if i really need the extra disccipation.
View 5 Replies View Relatedlately my macbook has been getting a bit noisy and hot the fans seem to kick on alot 3500-4500rpm range and @idle my CPU is ranging 68-75C (iStat), right now as im typing this she's at 77-80C. Functionality aside everything is pretty stable, including playing the occasional WoW.
Anyone else have any issues like this? I've booked a Genius Bar appointment just in case.
can someone explain the CPU info on istat for me.
what is
user%
system%
nice%
idle%
Just a strange occurrence this evening: I just watched a DVD on superdrive: when it finished, I ejected it and glanced at my Finder menu bar. IStat Menus gave me a temp of 135 and rising (went as high as 140 degrees a few minutes after ejecting and shutting down DVD Player). But the fans aren't on at all--never came on, as far as I can tell--and the MBA feels cool to the touch. Now it's maybe 20 minutes later and iStat reads temps as still at 115 degrees. But my laptop feels totally cool to the touch. I restarted, hoping to reset iStat, but no change. Any idea as to what's going on?
View 3 Replies View RelatedIt is there on my older MacBook, but not my new MBP.Just wondering if anyone knows why?
View 3 Replies View RelatedThere isn't any temperature reading for my HeakSink A via iStat.And recently, my notebook's getting heaty easily. Could it be the malfunctioning of the Heatsink A that cause the abnormal temperture.Should i sent it for repair?
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MacBook Pro
this is my first iMac, so Ive this questions;
In these days it's very hot here, 32� (90F) and over, and my room is exposed at sunlight all the afternoon, and its not very big.
I hold the window closed, but its always hot in the house, 26� (79F) or more.
If I hold the iMac turn on (with minimum brightness) for 10 or more minutes he starts to be heated, and now for example, that is night and I've 24�(75F) in my room, I've these temperatures:
It's normal?
ever since i got my macbook around a month ago, my battery hasn't lasted more than 2 hours at the most. i researched and realized i should calibrate the battery, that didnt do anything. then i downloaded istat and it shows everything as fine. i think i got a messed up battery. do you think they will replace my battery if i take it in?
View 9 Replies View Relatedgot a problem, after i bought the new macbook pro 13'':
i noticed that the fan speed is always about 2000rpm... doesn't matter, whether the temperature is at 40�C or at 70�C or 80�C (my mbp doesn't get hotter)... always same rpm.
is that normal? additional info: i downloaded istat menus 3 which has the option to control the fan speed (i deactivated it... no changing... always 2000rpm). did istat crash the internal fan speed control?
I bought my first Mac a few weeks ago and so far I'm very happy with my decision to switch from Windows to Apple. But there is one thing that worries me..the temperatures. Here's a screenshot from istat pro. Are these temperatures normal (especially the temperature of the power supply)?
View 4 Replies View RelatedBecause it happened to me a few times where the cursor will skip or one time the cursor wont even move or be responsive with my finger. The weird part is that once I exit safari the trackpad seems to work again perfectly. Also not sure if its because I have sweaty hands and my fingers are too wet? But its not something excessively sweaty or nasty just a lil moisture I guess on my finger tips at times.
Update: Never mind, found out the culprit istat pro.
I purchased iStat menus for my MBP (no r) mid 2012 and it does not seem to work right. It seems to install ok without any messages popping up but once installed where I get the chosen options onto the menu bar I have a problem. When I click on say CPU or any of the others, a window shows the details but when I then click in that window, at the bottom on EDIT I get a message saying: Tried uninstalling iSta menus and reinstalling but no go.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Mid 2012
Lately I've been feeling my 24" Alu-iMac (Prev. Gen 3.06) and it's feeling really hot. I got iStats and here are my temperatures:
CPU A: 108 F
Airport: 140 F
Ambient: 75 F
GPU: 122 F
GPU Diode: 131 F
GPU Heatsink: 122 F
HD Bay 1: 136 F
Memory Controller: 117 F
Optical Drive: 120 F
Power Supply: 165 F
Macintosh HD: 135 F
Fans:
CPU: 1200 rpm
HD: 1198 rpm
Optical Drive: 698 rpm
I have an octo 2.8 which I use at 3.2 overclocked, and I have been running handbrake for 20 hours straight, utilizing all 8 cores. So the machine has been working full capacity for 20 hours, and I check CPU temperatures with Hardware Monitor, and they are 55 degrees. These CPU's are ok up to 100 degrees or so. So how can they stay that cool even at full load? I wish I could overclock them even further but RAM's can't be overclocked further so I need to stop at 3.2 Ghz.
View 24 Replies View RelatedMy iMac 27" quad-core i5 seems hot. I'm using Temperature Monitor
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What temperature range(s) are normal for this computer?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8), 12 GB RAM
I just bought a iMac 27" i5 version with the 2-TB Hitachi HDD.
Under browsing:
Fan-speeds:
ODD: 998 rpm
HDD: Always 1100 or above
CPU: 939
Temperatures:
ODD: 46C
HDD: 57C
CPU: 43C
The only thing what bothering me is the loud HDD fan. Really annoying.
So, what for iMac have you and what are the fan-speeds and temperatures of your iMac? And of-course how did you solve these high fan-speeds? (If you did)
Just wondering if anyone with a new 21.5" iMac would be so kind enough to post the system temps from a app such as iStatpro. I'm interested to see how hot/cool they run.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just had the original HD on my iMac fail suddenly. Apple was great in getting me a replacement quickly. My question concerns the normal operating temperature for the iMac's CPU before versus after the replacement of the HD.I use smcFanControl just to monitor the CPU temps. During the two years I used the original HD, the CPU temp never exceeded 140F. Within two days of running the replacement HD, the temp has been up to 152F several times.
I have great faith in the engineering that Apple put into the iMac, but on the other hand, I did just have the original HD die on me. Recognizing that this could have happened for a myriad of reasons unconnected to CPU temps, I nevertheless wonder about the correlation between HD health and CPU temp.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 27" iMac 11,1; 8Gb Ram
I noticed my computer was getting hot to the touch, and warming my computer room significantly.. So I checked my temperatures for the system and noticed everything seemed normal except for the Northbridge Chip (127 C) and Northbridge Heat Sink (62 C). I am running no applications, CPUs are basically idle.
I am concerned that this temp is WAY higher than it should be, using Google, I found that many users were concerned that 80 C was too hot for the northbridge when the 2009 Mac Pros came out. What should my course of action be?
Is there a hardware button to reset everything back to factory without reinstalling Mac OS X?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Early 2009 Mac Pro
Using both smcFanControl and istat, I cannot get a reading on my fan speeds. I can hear my exhaust fan spinning, but these programs tell me it is always at 000 rpm. Also, I don't think the fan control is working, as I don't hear an increase in fan speed when I make adjustments.
Does anyone know how I can get these apps to recognize my exhaust fan?
I find 90% of the time I watch a YouTube video (standard def, normal sized) my MacBook gets hot and the fans spin up. Most of the time they'll go to ~4200rpm. Yet the other 10% of videos, I stay at 1800rpm and 50C. How is this possible? Both times I've just had Firefox open.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy girlfriend just got a new MacBook Pro and I've been helping her transfer software and such to her computer from my MacBook Pro. When I was transferring games to a USB 2.0 flash drive (it was only 25% full and it is 2GB), it was freezing up when transferring multiple things. So, I stopped everything, and transferred everything one at a time. Well, it took between 5-10 minutes to transfer a 50MB game! When I plugged the drive into her computer it took all but 30 seconds to transfer. Is this difference accounted for by the .14 GHz processor bump from my 2.26 to her 2.4? Or should I be concerned about this slow speed? My computer is little over a year old now and I've already had the logic board replaced.
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