on this topic, i found an interesting article online about overheating... some might find it useful. MacBook Air Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED | Mac Crazy http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise
it is too long to post en total. hope it helps explain a bit more, not that the info given so far have not be great! just my "two-cents" worth. On 2/18/17, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Oops that should have been Eugene, thanks. > And thanks too to Ed. for his comments. >> On Feb 18, 2017, at 11:14 AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Ed, >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> There are no subscriptions attached to the Excite, Juno & Yahoo accounts. >> They just keep accruing spam. If I just stop logging on to them will they >> eventually be disabled after they overflow with spam and/or if I stop >> checking them? >> >> What about my bellsouth email addresses? I have two that I no longer use. >> One used to be my primary email address which I stopped using months ago >> because it received so much spam. The second was set up to use for >> subscriptions. When the primary email address began to get spam I set up a >> gmail account for subscriptions and unsubscribed everything on the second >> bellsouth email. I have disabled the two bellsouth accounts in Mail on my >> computer, iPhone, and ipad. I check them once a month through webmail on >> Yahoo. But I would really like to permanently cancel them. If I stop >> checking them will they also go away? >> >> My wife has a bellsouth email address which she uses for everything. She >> get 3-4 spam emails per day. She is reluctant to change to a me.com >> <http://me.com/> or gmail address. The thought of changing over, >> overwhelms her. >> >> BTW, when we first signed up with Bellsouth I set up my Bellsouth Email >> and my wife’s bellsouth email was a secondary email. >> >> Any words of wisdom will be appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Feb 18, 2017, at 3:10 AM, [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> To get rid of them unsubscribe from any emails that you can. Then after >>> a month just stop logging on to them. I got a virus on my Bellsouth >>> account/Yahoo account and the virus wasn’t even on my computer it was on >>> Yahoo’s server. It redirected all email on the account to a Hotmail >>> account. Trying to crack into any important email’s that came to that >>> account. I use google and apple email addresses now. >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> [mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Harry >>> Jacobson-Beyer >>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 6:49 PM >>> To: Topics Macintosh computers related to Apple and >>> Subject: Re: [MacGroup] was I hacked >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> I was using Excite, Juno, and Yahoo for short periods. I have email >>> accounts which I no longer use but don’t know how do get rid of the >>> accounts so I check them once a month to delete all the span and junk >>> emails. >>> >>> And who knows what I get when using them. >>> >>> Will the fan go off on it’s own after awhile? Is there any way to turn it >>> off after it’s been on a while and I am off those pages mentioned above? >>> >>> >>> Thanks for the info. >>> >>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 3:40 PM, B. Eric Bradley <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, there's a fan in there. Most likely you had something open that was >>> making the graphics card work harder than usual, like a web page running >>> a bunch of Flash ads or some such. Or the room you were in was warmer >>> than usual. A hacker wouldn't have any interest in turning your computer >>> fan on. >>> >>> >>> On Feb 17, 2017, at 6:11 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >>> >>> >>> I was using my MacBook Air (away from my trusted home network and on an >>> unsecured wifi) when the fan started to spin really fast and really loud >>> (is there even a fan in my computer?) I forced the computer to shut down >>> by holding the powerkey down till it shut off then started it up again. >>> >>> What gives? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ >>> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> >>> >>> <eric small.jpg> >>> >>> B. 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