macs-fan-control
Control fans on Apple computers (by crystalidea)
smcFanControl
Control the fans of every Intel Mac to make it run cooler (by hholtmann)
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| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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macs-fan-control
Posts with mentions or reviews of macs-fan-control.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-08.
- Fan speed control for Apple Silicon Macs
- iMac late 2009 SSD upgrade
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Fan Control apps on Apple Silicone
Maybe Macs Fan Control is close enough https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control
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Recommendation on how to make diablo 4 run cooler on M1 Max?
You can make device cooler by manually turning on the fan and tinkering with the RPM of fan to make it run cooler when running games. Macboook by default does not turn on the Fans until its over 90 degree. You can use this free Fan control software. I have been using it and my mac runs cooler when gaming and such. https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control
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CPU/system fans stopped on wake
install Macs Fan Control or TG Pro and see if you can get the fans to start up again after wake.
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Must-have add-ons/accessories for MBP
Get Macs fan control, the built in temperature for when the fans kicks in is very high. https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control
- Is there any way to turn one of the fans off
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Is it time for a new computer or are my issues fixable?
Knowing how one might reproduce an issue doesn’t mean the cause is failing hardware. Apple Diagnostics may be able to tell you more, and Macs Fan Control can tell you if the fans are in working order and you can make them spin faster if you want.
- WHY ARE FANS SO LOUD?
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Would a refurbished 2017 MacBook Pro be any good for video editing today? (Premiere/DaVinci)
However if do have your heart set on the macbook make sure they have at least cleaned it out and repasted the CPU. It should take care of the overheating problem some what you can use like Mac's fan control to get a bit more cooling out of it https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control It's what I use on my 2012 mac book bro which is way older.
smcFanControl
Posts with mentions or reviews of smcFanControl.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.
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Notoriously hot: is there anything I can do to help this 2008 non-unibody MBP keep cool?
smcFanControl
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ELI5: Why do computers get so enragingly slow after just a few years?
Use a tool like smFanControl, Macs Fan Control, or Stats to manually set your fan speed to 100%. This is noisy and reduces the lifetime of the part, but it means you can force your device to cool down, even when the OS doesn't want to.
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MacBook almost overheated.
There are fan controllers that will speed up your fans, good to use! Someone downthread it seems found a bad one that impacted his CPU utilization. I use smcFanControl and have never noticed any cpu utilization. Simple to use. Works on intel macs, maybe not M1/M2 arm macs. https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl
- List of Low Spec games for Mac (Updated 2022)
- Fan issue on macos ventura on 2019 16 inch macbook pro
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Programmatic way to set mac fan speeds
Take a look at opened PR https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl/pull/108 It allows set fan speed on newer Macs
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Fan control app for MacBook M1
You can use either smcFanControl (Free/OpenSource) or MacsFanControl (Paid/Free, Closed Source). Probably there are other options as well, but I’ve used these with success in the past.
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2020 Imac Annoying Fan Noise
It's good to know that it works, but I'm still puzzled as to why you need to run those commands with sudo. Do you have version 2.6 of smcFanControl.app? I've noticed there is also a beta version at https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl/releases, so maybe you've installed that 2.6.1 instead? That would explain why we are seeing different results on exactly the same machine (I also have the i7 model).
Thanks for the update. I was getting the same error as you when using a different argument to -k, and after reading https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl/issues/89 I found out that only F0Md works on Macs having the T2 chip (like our 2020 iMac). I never used (or thought of using) sudo when running the smc binary on the command line.
The error led me here https://github.com/hholtmann/smcFanControl/issues/36 which led me to try sudo in the first place.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing macs-fan-control and smcFanControl you can also consider the following projects:
AlDente-Charge-Limiter - macOS menubar tool to set Charge Limits and prolong battery lifespan
cool - Never let the heat slow your pre-2018 Mac down again.
HomeBrew - 🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)
stats - macOS system monitor in your menu bar
Hot - Hot is macOS menu bar application that displays the CPU speed limit due to thermal issues.
display-drivers-uninstaller - Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) a driver removal utility / cleaner utility
charge-limiter - macOS app to set battery charge limit for Intel MacBooks
shoebill - A Macintosh II emulator that runs A/UX
iTerm2 - iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.
BetterDisplay - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
macs-fan-control vs AlDente-Charge-Limiter
smcFanControl vs cool
macs-fan-control vs HomeBrew
macs-fan-control vs stats
macs-fan-control vs Hot
macs-fan-control vs display-drivers-uninstaller
macs-fan-control vs charge-limiter
macs-fan-control vs cool
macs-fan-control vs shoebill
macs-fan-control vs iTerm2
macs-fan-control vs BetterDisplay
macs-fan-control vs alt-tab-macos