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).
You 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.
(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.)
Multithreaded:
For years at work I've been just using Cinebench as a hand warmer on various Macbooks.
How big is the risk of condensation when you bring a cold laptop inside?
All their spec sheets say they support up to x% _non-condensing_ humidity, which I’m guessing is about the dew point?
I just need to build our monorepo
I think any next.js project will do the trick
Looking forward to the follow up: How to Quickly Cool Down Your MacBook
Strap a thermopile and a peltier on that bad boy
Just do the trick in reverse, surely?
npm install
Needs 2019 in title, this is Intel MacBooks not Apple Silicon.
Won't work on M processors, (un)fortunately.
Honestly 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.
I've definitely had my m1 air get uncomfortably hot to touch - particularly right above the keyboard. (While doing developery things)
https://xkcd.com/1172/
sanest emacs user
There really is an xkcd for everything
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).
You 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.
(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.)
Another (more useful) option is to render an animation in Blender, or run a local LLM.
Honestly i prefer my macbook frosty