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crystalidea / macs-fan-control

Control fans on Apple computers
https://crystalidea.com/macs-fan-control
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v1.5.17 beta #721

Open kleuter opened 7 months ago

kleuter commented 7 months ago

Download: macsfancontrol.zip

diploidal commented 3 months ago

Is there any ETA for this beta to go officially live as a standard update procedure ? Are there still some things that needs to be done to release this version ? 😃

HunterAhlquist commented 3 months ago

It seems there's an issue with the auto update and auto start preferences on this beta. It keeps downgrading to 1.5.16 every time I reboot (quitting and starting it doesn't seem to trigger it.) The auto login checkbox appears to not be functional, clicking on it just keeps it unchecked. Everything else works good though!

(adding my tech info) MacBookPro20,2_tech_info.zip

au-ganymede commented 1 month ago

Does the beta still have this problem for users of M3 series processors, or is it just me who is lucky?

I'm curious if people who reported regaining control of their fans in Sonoma 14.4 still have it in 14.5? @HunterAhlquist

MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.5

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HunterAhlquist commented 1 month ago

Just want everyone to keep in mind, I'm not a dev or even a volunteer, just sharing what worked for me. I can still control my fans in 14.5 but, there's an (intentional?) issue with the current M3 SMC (fan controller) where it wont even turn on the fan until a threshold is passed hard-coded. Don't think there is any way around that unless Apple changes it.

au-ganymede commented 1 month ago

Of course, I tagged you because you reported that the beta version worked fine on your system, or at least I thought it did. And I wondered if it also worked on the latest version of the system.

HunterAhlquist commented 1 month ago

Yes it still works for me in 14.5 Remember to turn off auto-update, I had to set the settings in the current version, then upgrade to the beta. It'll downgrade back to the current version if you don't.

au-ganymede commented 1 month ago

OK, thank you for the information. Just clarifying, because I'm not sure I understood correctly. You can de facto control the speed of the fans only and only when the computer is under load? For example, the CPU/GPU temperature starts to exceed 80 degrees, the fans start up and then you can adjust their speed? If the temperature drops then the fans switch off? Or does the RPM you set still apply?

HunterAhlquist commented 1 month ago

Yeah, that's how it's been working for me.
More info on this issue: https://github.com/crystalidea/macs-fan-control/issues/716#issuecomment-1890339967

lewismacnow commented 2 weeks ago

1.5.16 was working fine for me on M3 Max Untill I updated to the MacOS 15 Beta. Fan control has been lost for me with this OS update.

kleuter commented 2 weeks ago

macOS Sequoia Preview?

lewismacnow commented 2 weeks ago

macOS Sequoia Preview?

Version 15.0 Beta (24A5264n)

This should perhaps help:

Mac15,10_tech_info.zip

lewismacnow commented 2 weeks ago

macOS Sequoia Preview?

Actually I take that back. It is working fine again. No idea what caused it to stop or re-start - the sensor temp was higher than the threshold.

Perhaps you can tell from the logs why it was not working temporarily.

HunterAhlquist commented 2 weeks ago

macOS Sequoia Preview?

Actually I take that back. It is working fine again.

No idea what caused it to stop or re-start - the sensor temp was higher than the threshold.

Perhaps you can tell from the logs why it was not working temporarily.

I'd place my bet on Apple tweaking the fan control thresholds again.