![]() And the lack of any sort of help or explanation for both Fan Control and smc is a little annoying. Is the 3000 range acceptable? Does it drain too much battery life? What are the exact definitions for the lower and upper thresholds? It seems like a great program, but to someone who has never had to worry about fan tweaking until now, it seems a little ambiguous. It seems to me that the fans are trying to get the temp down to 48 as much as possible, so the RPM's read at about 2800-3000. I'm assuming the lower threshold is the minimum temperature to aim for? Right now mine is set at 2400 RPM base speed with a lower of 48'C and upper of 70'C Yes I understand it is to set the minimum fan speed, but what about the lower threshold and upper threshold? As for iStat Menues you do not have to switch profiles. That may be a better choice for a laptop than Macs Fan Control, but you should try them out before deciding which you prefer. SMC Fan Control is only capable of setting the idle fan speed. The thing I really can't stand about either apps is a detailed explanation on the settings. Configuring SMC Fan Control is just as easy but is done based only on setting the base fan speed. Makes it feel like it's part of the system. 0 Replies 16862 Views Last post by waltercruz, 11:35. ![]() Quitting the app won't change anything as the application is designed to overwrite existing defaults that Apple has in place as part of the SMC operation. Sounds like you moved the default setting to 3500 RPM. etc/nf Configuration file that can be tuned to get desired working temperature. In SMC Fan Control you have the ability to force a default idle fan speed greater than 2000 RPM (up to 6200 RPM). Click Close, and you’ll see the information in your menu bar at all times. /etc/init.d/macfanctld Daemon init script. Head to the Menubar Display tab, then select a fan and/or a sensor to display in the menu bar. I decided to go with Fan Control because I really like how it goes into the System Prefs. To do this, open Mac Fan Control, then click the Preferences button in the bottom-left corner. I was using smc for my MBP's fans but I didn't like the idea of it being a program that had to be started on its own (or at log in). ![]()
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