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Review: smcFanControl

by Jamison "JAK" Kissh on December 21, 2008

I was having issues with burning my legs with my MacBook Pro when it’s plugged in. So a quick google search found me smcFanControl that from my experience so far helps significantly took the temperature from a scorching 95 degress to a more comfortable 85 degrees. The software allows configurable profiles based on charging, simply being plugged, or running off battery. I’m currently running my fans very fast for charging since I’m often attempting to use my comptuer as it’s charging. Overall I’d say snag it if you’re running an Intel mac.

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Edit: I’ve got to just express my amazement for this program, normally my computer would be cooking right now as it sits here charging but running the fans at nearly double of the normal speed really and truly helps. The case temperature is a mere 76 degrees with the fans running at 4880 RPMs.