Comments on: Control the fan speed of your Mac laptop

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:43:16 +0000

@MurphyM
From what I have read, the changes that smcFanControl makes are deeper than the operating system. Normal settings are restored when your computer is shut down or put in sleep mode. If you shut down and then boot to bootcamp, you’ll find your fan to be at normal speeds once again.

By: Brian Stark

Brian Stark — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:19:49 +0000

Asks for admin name and password which I gave and it does not recognize. Good idea, but cannot get it to work

By: Richard M

Richard M — Fri, 25 May 2007 06:52:15 +0000

awesome post thank you so much i turned my fan speed all the way up and it cooled everything of in a hurry !

By: dave

dave — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:30:20 +0000

powerbook support? none.. meh. cool idea though, would like to stop burning my legs.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:18:19 +0000

I just tried the program and it works great.

By: MurphyM

MurphyM — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:25:28 +0000

Does Fan Control work under Windows? From what I understand, smcFanControl settings carry over to Windows when you have it running and then reboot into Boot Camp.

By: Bam

Bam — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:45:18 +0000

I second Fan Control, its really quite nice.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:44:43 +0000

I rather recommend Fan Control ( http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/ ) because it’s a simple System Preference, instead of a stand-alone application. That way it takes less resources.