MacBook Pro :: Fan Runs When Using Large Applications
Mar 27, 2012
When using either Mail (5.2, v. 1257) or Aperture (3.2.3, Build 6010000.1) I notice that the fan seems to run all the time when either of these two applications are open. I just imported my entire iPhoto library (20,000 photos, about 80 GB hard drive storage in iPhoto) into Aperture. I was lead to believe that Aperture has better management features for larger libraries.
How do I find out why the fan is running and what can I do to monitor this situation? Is it likely to cause damage to any of the MBP's internal components?
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 13", 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, 4GB RAM
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