smcFanControl 1.2.3 review

smcFanControl will help you to cool down your Macbook(Pro) and monitor temperature! FanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans.

License: GPL OS: Mac OS X File size: 568K Developer: Hendrik Holtmann Price: $0.00 Updated: 06 Dec 2006

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smcFanControl will help you to cool down your Macbook(Pro) and monitor temperature!

FanControl lets the user set the minimum speed of the build in fans. So you can increase your minimum fan speed to make your macbook run cooler.

However in order not to damage your machine FanControl let's you not set minimum speed to a rate under Apple's defaults. To change fan-speeds you need to authenticate with valid credentials of an user-account with admin privileges.

smcFanControl includes support for the 15,4" MBP with Core2Duo processor.

Hints: If you want to auto-apply your changed settings after a restart, check the "auto apply after launch"-checkbox and add smcFanControl to your Login-Items.
In order not to loose your changed settings after standby, run smcFanControl in the background.

Note: The source code (released under GPL License) is included with this distribution. To get the source-code, click "Show Package Contents" in Finder and browse to the Content/Ressources/Sources-folder.

Disclaimer: By using this software you are changing the thermal management of your Apple notebook. This program is not supported by Apple. YOU'RE USING THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Here are some key features of "smcFanControl":
Let's you set the minimum speed for each fan individually.
Adjust fan speed until the Macbook(Pro) is finally comfortable on your legs again
Auto apply mode to set the new fan-speeds after a restart
Sourcecode included! Extend it and change it to your needs

Requirements:
MacBook 13,3" (all models)
MacBook Pro 15,4" (all models)
MacBook Pro 17"
MacMini (Intel)