Thanks for all the information folks, I took a shop vac to the MBA, trying not to suck the keys off the keyboard, and it actually seems to have helped. I thought it might’ve been dust and dirt buildup amongst other things and ,fingers crossed a good vacuuming seem to help a bit.Sent from my
Hi,
I had an iMac from 2013 that could only run Catalina. That thing ran pretty
slow even after a fresh install and I just assumed it was old hardware. The
machine finally died after 10 years after a storm fried up the system. I gave
it to someone who need a system since hers was out. In
Before doing anything, I would wait and see if the fan activity ceases after a
while.
Could be that the newly installed OS is busy indexing data, and once this
process is completed, the fan activity will return to normal.
- Brad -
On Dec 29, 2023, at 16:59, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
Another
Another possibility besides more resource intenvive software, is dust or
link buildup in the venting areas. If you have a nearby Apple store, there
is a good chance, that they will take the cover off the bak and blow out
accumulated dirt in the system for free.
If not, iFixIt should have the tools
Phil:
I still use my 2013 era Mac Air. I am fully updated to Big Sur, the
lates it seems there will ever be for those older machines.
I can easily get my Air into a situations where the fans are running
almost constantly. My solution is to minimize how many applications I
keep open on the Air.
I have an older MacBook Air from 2013 that is exhibiting a heck of a lot of fan
activity these days. I upgraded to a MacBook Pro with the M3 Pro chip and I’m
very happy with it but I’m trying to put some use to the old air. Last night I
reinstalled the operating system after doing some first
