Thermal throttling in the 2019 MacBook Air occurs when overheating forces the processor to slow down.
Thermal throttling in the 2019 MacBook Air occurs when overheating forces the processor to slow down.
I purchased a Macbook Air 2019 to swap in for my old Windows machine. At first, it worked well until I started browsing the web with Chrome, opening 20 tabs and playing videos on YouTube while 3 tabs ran at once. The CPU temperature hit 80 degrees and the fan spun at 8000 rpm. I’m not sure if this is typical behavior. If anyone has experienced something similar, please let me know.
Chrome is known for consuming a lot of resources, and this usage increases as it remains active.
It's a slim ultrabook. For top cooling, you'll want something a bit wider.
I installed a copper shim and thermal paste on my MacBook Air 2019 i5 dual core, achieving a significant boost—over 100 points on Geekbench scores.