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Macbook air easily gets heat.

I always have issue with my macbook air for it always easily gets heat. It gets heat even just a couple of minutes ago. Please help me enlighten me with this if it's normal or not.

Thank you.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 15, 2020 9:40 AM

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Posted on Feb 15, 2020 12:10 PM

It may or may not be abnormal. Please read Keep your Mac notebook within acceptable operating temperature including all the "tips." They're important.


Also: See how apps affect Mac performance, battery runtime ...

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Feb 15, 2020 10:25 AM in response to RonaldRJ

Reset  SMC:   How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support   Choose the appropriate method.


If this doesn’t help, download EtreCheck, https://etrecheck.com/ and post the report here.

      Click  “Free download” button,

      Open Downloads folder, click on it to open, and then select ”Open”.

      “Choose a problem” from the popup menu box, and then “Start EtreCheck” in the dialog.

      Click “Share Report” button in the toolbar, select “Copy report” .

      Paste the report when you reply.

Macbook air easily gets heat.

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