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Fix Thermal Throttling on Your Mac?!

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Last week’s video addressed thermal throttling that some of Apple’s computers suffer from. Inadequate cooling has hampered the performance of MacBook Pro and even iMac. Snazzy Labs’ Quinn Nelson takes on the task of cooling down his MacBook Pro to keep the fans quiet, temperatures low, and CPU performance high.

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  4. Hello! thanks for all your videos! I have an Imac late 2013 and for some reason its going to sleep after 10 seconds by itself even though sleep its switched to never in the energy settings. any thoughts ? thanks for everything

  5. Honestly dude I almost NEVER comment on videos. I stumbled upon this video, and loved it. So I had to let you know.. oh and btw I nothing about computer repair lol. Very informative, easy to follow, use of every-day words, and a cheesy sense of humour but at least its honest 👍
    Question:
    I DJ for fun, and use a 2017 Mac pro.
    Now thats summer (Super Hot), I spin out doors during the day pretty often.
    Computer connected to my turn tables/controllers/speakers, etc
    The thing gets toooo hot it effects my computer and so it effects the sound (add static thru the speakers).
    Sorry for the sob story ^^
    You have any recommendations ?
    -OZZY

  6. Hi Guyz!
    Love your videos. So I've got a mid 2015 MBP and it was working fine for a while until it hasn't. Lately it has been going into a volcano mode with heat and poor performance. I've changed a battery from iFixit and it helped a bit but then it started again. I've change the thermal paste and even bough the thermal pads but without any improvements! Any ideas? I was reading about the issue about 2nd monitor and MPB's going into whatever shit mode they are but even disconnecting the monitor the situation is similar.

  13. This clown doesn’t know half of what he’s doing just graduated from YouTube university. They are the same dumb fucks who immediately install a cold air intake after getting a new car to get extra 100hp.

  14. I think it's worth it if you already have your tools, time + patience. I literally bought the same exact model and I'll certainly give it a go. Granted, I'll also upgrade the storage to an mvme so I'll partially have it open already. Thx for the hint?

  18. I love watching these videos, a fool and his money are soon parted and Apple's whole business model is this… edit: well that and their customer like shiny modern objects and a paperweight can still impart status even when after it's burnt cpu goes braindead when seen by other cult members

  19. Good point. I recently found my Macbook Pro (Early 2013) heating up even on normal computing use. It would shutdown automatically after only 1 or 2 sec of Youtube video. So I cleaned the dust off the fans and around other components (most were on the two fan areas) and reapplied the thermal paste using a good quality product (one I think that has the highest density of highly thermal conductive metal particles, and therefore heat conduction). The results are amazing – I haven't tried 4K or 1080p video editing yet, but I can now watch Youtube videos for hours.

    It's like I now have a new Macbook Pro; or a rejuvenated one at least. I'm one very happy soul. 🙂

  22. Grizzly Kryonaut worked well on my MBPr 15" Mid 2015 where the lowest temp was 48C where prior to that it was at 61C. However, it didn't work well with my MBPr 13" Early 2015. What works though was the Arctic MX-4. The lowest temp that the book is getting now is 46C and prior to that, it was at 70C.

    And yes, changing the thermal paste on a MBPr 15" is not an easy feat compared to the MBPr 13".

  28. My 13" 2019/2017 Macbook Pro used to throttle and fans would kick in when browsing the news online. I went ahead and repasted it. Paste wasn't the worst application I've ever seen but it was a little crusty already. Now the fans rarely come on.