Comments for Mac Crazy http://maccrazy.com Mac News, Reviews & Tips Fri, 18 May 2012 19:36:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Ian http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9306 Ian Fri, 18 May 2012 19:36:39 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9306 Hi Tasman, Many, many thanks for your amazingly thoughtful and detailed reply, full of helpful suggestions! I showed your posting to our university IT people and they were highly impressed too. In fact I had already updated to 14.2.2 (and it didn't make any difference), and had earlier tried uninstalling "Office for Mac 2011" then reinstalling without SP2 (which worked until I waited for the 14.2.2 "fix" and I tried afresh!). In reply to your questions: I acquired this MacBook Pro almost 2 years ago, and I upgraded to Lion, and I did have Office 2008 previously. My email account is a standard Exchange one for this university (most people use PCs, not Mac). Today, I tried your various suggested fixes, lastly creating a completely new user account ... but the computer immediately had high CPU use, started overheating and getting noisy ... so I'm back to square one :-( ... and now I begin to think the best option is probably, as you suggest, to switch to Apple Mail and get used to it! I will try a little longer, if you think of any other possible solutions, but otherwise give up on Outlook. Many thanks again, Ian Hi Tasman,
Many, many thanks for your amazingly thoughtful and detailed reply, full of helpful suggestions! I showed your posting to our university IT people and they were highly impressed too.
In fact I had already updated to 14.2.2 (and it didn’t make any difference), and had earlier tried uninstalling “Office for Mac 2011″ then reinstalling without SP2 (which worked until I waited for the 14.2.2 “fix” and I tried afresh!). In reply to your questions: I acquired this MacBook Pro almost 2 years ago, and I upgraded to Lion, and I did have Office 2008 previously. My email account is a standard Exchange one for this university (most people use PCs, not Mac). Today, I tried your various suggested fixes, lastly creating a completely new user account … but the computer immediately had high CPU use, started overheating and getting noisy … so I’m back to square one :-( … and now I begin to think the best option is probably, as you suggest, to switch to Apple Mail and get used to it! I will try a little longer, if you think of any other possible solutions, but otherwise give up on Outlook.
Many thanks again, Ian

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9304 Tasman Hayes Fri, 18 May 2012 03:48:26 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9304 Kathy, The SMC reset may help. Try it first. If still no joy, write me again. :-) -Tas. Kathy,

The SMC reset may help. Try it first.

If still no joy, write me again. :-)

-Tas.

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Kathy http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9303 Kathy Fri, 18 May 2012 03:22:15 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9303 Hi Taz, Will the SMC reset work on my macbook pro? The fan makes a really loud noise and CPU temp jumps to 88 even when I only have 2 apps open - mac mail and chrome. I'm guessing it's the shockwave flash that's causing this. Help? Hi Taz,

Will the SMC reset work on my macbook pro? The fan makes a really loud noise and CPU temp jumps to 88 even when I only have 2 apps open – mac mail and chrome. I’m guessing it’s the shockwave flash that’s causing this. Help?

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9302 Tasman Hayes Thu, 17 May 2012 03:03:20 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9302 Hi Ian, I've put some suggestions for you in a new article: <a href="/outlook-mac-high-cpu-usage-fixes" rel="nofollow">Mac Outlook High CPU Usage</a>. -Tas. Hi Ian,

I’ve put some suggestions for you in a new article: Mac Outlook High CPU Usage.

-Tas.

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9301 Tasman Hayes Thu, 17 May 2012 01:21:14 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9301 Dan in Florida, I'm glad you MacBook Air i7 is cool again! :-) Dan in Florida, I’m glad you MacBook Air i7 is cool again! :-)

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Dan in FL http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9300 Dan in FL Thu, 17 May 2012 00:52:22 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9300 This SMC reset fixed the fan problem with my i7 Macbook Air. Thanks for the easy solution! This SMC reset fixed the fan problem with my i7 Macbook Air.

Thanks for the easy solution!

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Ian http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9299 Ian Wed, 16 May 2012 08:46:47 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9299 Thanks for really interesting and helpful postings! I wonder if I may pose a question to you too? My MacBook Pro (2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HD, OSX Lion 10.7.4) started to be very hot and noisy (fan) immediately after I installed the Microsoft Office for Mac Service Pack 2 (14.2) update specifically whenever I ran Outlook, despite no problem with Outlook prior to this. The CPU activity showed that Outlook was using approx. 90% of CPU. After 5 days I removed MS Office completely and reinstalled it without updating to SP2 and everything was fine again. Then some days later, when the fix was released for SP2 (14.2.1), I again installed it, and then the problem of excessive noise and overheating has resumed. Then, to my dismay, my MBP stopped working altogether - Apple Support advised me to return it to the dealer, who found that a cable to the hard-disk was burned out -- they replaced it within a day and I got my MBP back intact. I tried your suggestion for a SMC reset, but the CPU hyperactivity, the overheating, and the noisy fan persist whenever I try to run Outlook (not otherwise). I would be so grateful for any help -- can you advise me? Thanks for really interesting and helpful postings! I wonder if I may pose a question to you too? My MacBook Pro (2.66 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HD, OSX Lion 10.7.4) started to be very hot and noisy (fan) immediately after I installed the Microsoft Office for Mac Service Pack 2 (14.2) update specifically whenever I ran Outlook, despite no problem with Outlook prior to this. The CPU activity showed that Outlook was using approx. 90% of CPU. After 5 days I removed MS Office completely and reinstalled it without updating to SP2 and everything was fine again. Then some days later, when the fix was released for SP2 (14.2.1), I again installed it, and then the problem of excessive noise and overheating has resumed. Then, to my dismay, my MBP stopped working altogether – Apple Support advised me to return it to the dealer, who found that a cable to the hard-disk was burned out — they replaced it within a day and I got my MBP back intact. I tried your suggestion for a SMC reset, but the CPU hyperactivity, the overheating, and the noisy fan persist whenever I try to run Outlook (not otherwise). I would be so grateful for any help — can you advise me?

]]> Comment on Lion Upgrade Killed My PHP Website – and How I Fixed It by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/lion-upgrade-killed-my-php-site-and-how-i-fixed-it#comment-9298 Tasman Hayes Mon, 14 May 2012 22:49:38 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=108#comment-9298 You're welcome Sam! :-) You’re welcome Sam! :-)

]]> Comment on Lion Upgrade Killed My PHP Website – and How I Fixed It by Sam http://maccrazy.com/lion-upgrade-killed-my-php-site-and-how-i-fixed-it#comment-9297 Sam Mon, 14 May 2012 13:15:54 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=108#comment-9297 Works like magic, thank you very much! Works like magic, thank you very much!

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9295 Tasman Hayes Mon, 14 May 2012 01:08:45 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9295 Excellent Dante! :-) Excellent Dante! :-)

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by dante http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9294 dante Mon, 14 May 2012 01:03:54 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9294 wow that really worked my battery now has 8 hours left and only 63 % charged! wow that really worked my battery now has 8 hours left and only 63 % charged!

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9293 Tasman Hayes Fri, 11 May 2012 00:42:30 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9293 Kai, Thanks for taking the time to write up your solution to Citrix using 100% CPU. I'm sure it will be of help to people. Thanks, -Tas. Kai,

Thanks for taking the time to write up your solution to Citrix using 100% CPU.
I’m sure it will be of help to people.

Thanks,
-Tas.

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Kai http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9292 Kai Thu, 10 May 2012 21:04:17 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9292 My fan was going crazy too and the issue was that a process called AGAdminService was using up to 100% CPU. I found out in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191543?start=0&tstart=0 that this is a Citrix service. I did have Citrix installed but uninstalled it a while ago, so no idea why it was still there. I ran the following command in Terminal sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.citrix.agadminservice.plist which solved my issue immediately. Peace and quiet at last ... My fan was going crazy too and the issue was that a process called AGAdminService was using up to 100% CPU. I found out in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191543?start=0&tstart=0 that this is a Citrix service. I did have Citrix installed but uninstalled it a while ago, so no idea why it was still there. I ran the following command in Terminal
sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.citrix.agadminservice.plist
which solved my issue immediately. Peace and quiet at last …

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9291 Tasman Hayes Thu, 10 May 2012 04:22:35 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9291 Tasytrn, glad to help! :-) -Tas. Tasytrn, glad to help! :-) -Tas.

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9290 Tasman Hayes Thu, 10 May 2012 04:22:05 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9290 That's fantastic Vu Vo! :-) That’s fantastic Vu Vo! :-)

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 i5 vs i7 – Is the upgrade worth it? by qaisar ameen http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-2011-i5-vs-i7-is-the-upgrade-worth-it#comment-9289 qaisar ameen Wed, 09 May 2012 20:16:52 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=131#comment-9289 sir i want to parchase mac book air i7 in pakistan u can guide me about price and maximum ram support and maximum hard kindly guide me .....thnks. sir i want to parchase mac book air i7 in pakistan u can guide me about price and maximum ram support and maximum hard kindly guide me …..thnks.

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by tasytrn http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9288 tasytrn Wed, 09 May 2012 18:29:50 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9288 Thank you very much for the most useful post of the month! My CPU temperature was around 70'C and the fan RPM was around 5000, but after the SMC reset the temperature of the CPU dropped to 40'C and RPM of the fan is about 1900. A huge change! Will share to all of my MBA friends. THX Thank you very much for the most useful post of the month! My CPU temperature was around 70′C and the fan RPM was around 5000, but after the SMC reset the temperature of the CPU dropped to 40′C and RPM of the fan is about 1900. A huge change! Will share to all of my MBA friends. THX

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Vu Vo http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9287 Vu Vo Wed, 09 May 2012 15:35:32 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9287 Thanks a million. It fixed my 2012 Pro 13 fan problem. Thanks a million. It fixed my 2012 Pro 13 fan problem.

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Tasman Hayes http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9286 Tasman Hayes Wed, 09 May 2012 04:31:43 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9286 Another win! I'm glad Maria! :-) Another win! I’m glad Maria! :-)

]]> Comment on MacBook Air 2011 Heat and Fan Noise Issues SOLVED by Maria http://maccrazy.com/macbook-air-heat-fan-noise#comment-9285 Maria Tue, 08 May 2012 21:31:05 +0000 http://maccrazy.com/?p=470#comment-9285 Thanks! i went to see a Mac technician and he didn't know what was going on and I just did what you recommended and the problem stopped!! Thanks so much! Thanks! i went to see a Mac technician and he didn’t know what was going on and I just did what you recommended and the problem stopped!! Thanks so much!

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