How to check Mac temperature? How to cool down your Mac Summer is here, and Mac notebooks sometimes run hot. Regarding the heat dissipation of Mac notebooks, different people have different opinions. But we are also curious about the temperature of the CPU and battery.
I am also curious about the temperature of the CPU and battery.
Some friends may use iStat Menus, which is an App that can check the temperature of your Mac, and its functions are much more than that.
But if we just want to check the temperature of the Mac, it is not practical. macOS itself cannot check the temperature, we can check it by installing iStats through the Ruby gem of the terminal .
Open the "Terminal" app, enter the following text and press Enter:
sudo gem install iStatsIf you find that your "terminal" looks different from the picture below, don't panic, I just changed the style.
If Password is displayed, enter the power-on password of the Mac. The password will not be displayed when inputting, just press Enter after inputting.
Wait for the final display as above, it means the installation is complete.
Next time you want to check the temperature of your Mac, you just need to open the terminal, type in istats and press Enter .
You can see that the terminal interface will display the Mac's CPU and battery temperature, fan speed, battery status, etc.
You can also view only part of the information, such as input istats cpu to view the CPU temperature, and input istats fan to view the fan status.
If there is a temperature or the fan is too high, the status display will turn red and flash.
How to cool down your Mac
The magnesium-aluminum alloy shell of Mac notebooks is actually more conducive to heat dissipation, and it also meets all the temperature limits stipulated in national and international safety standards. As long as it is not a constant high temperature, don't worry too much. If the CPU temperature continues to exceed 80ºC, you can consider the following methods to cool down your Mac.
1. Open the "Activity Monitor" to see which software continues to occupy too high CPU. If this software does not need to run temporarily, turn it off.
2. Keep near the vents. Generally, try not to use your Mac in an environment where the vents are easily blocked, such as a bed. The vents of Mac notebooks are generally located on the back or on both sides.
3. The keyboard membrane is not conducive to heat dissipation, so don't use it as much as possible.
4. You can buy a heat dissipation bracket in summer, and it doesn't need to be too expensive.
5. The Flash plug-in may be the culprit that causes the Mac to overheat frequently. You can watch the video in HTML 5 mode, or download the Mac client.
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