You can check to see if you have any system-intensive applications by opening up Activity Monitor and looking for anything that's consuming a lot of CPU time (anything over 80 percent in the % CPU column). After all, without them, your Mac would quickly wither and die. If you are running a resource-heavy application such as Photoshop, or have a browser with loads of tabs open, then the fans might very well be just doing their job. See also: Five Apple products that are headed for the scrapheapįirst of all, it may just be normal. Are the fans in your Mac or MacBook roaring away at full speed, making it sound like your computer is getting ready to take off? Here are some simple things you can try that might save you a trip to the Apple Store.
