I recently installed an app to manually activate the fans on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro as I've never been able to trigger them over the past 4+ years. Just to check whether the fans even work (they do).
replyYou must be using only lame languages like C or Go or Python that aren’t optimized for laptop warming during compilation. Try using a Real Language with a Real Compiler, like C++ or Rust or Swift, and build decent-sized projects using all cores.
reply(All joking aside, this is why I have a MacBook Pro. Compilation easily hits the Air’s thermal limits and the performance boost on the Pro with its fan is impressive.)
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replyI get them going full blast in 2 minutes from cities skylines.
replyYou could also build Chromium from source. It makes my M1 Max's fans sing.
replyI left my Mac Studio running at 100% CPU on all cores for 14 hours, and the case ended up noticeably warm to the touch. It is possible!
replyTry increasing to 10 cores. Works on my m3 pro.
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replyThere really is an xkcd for everything
replyHonestly m1 was very cool no matter what workload you threw at it but at this point m4 max does get pretty hot even with just web browsing.
replyI've definitely had my m1 air get uncomfortably hot to touch - particularly right above the keyboard. (While doing developery things)
replyCan't say I've ever thought of a word like "developery", but now that I've seen it I like it a lot :-)
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