Yeah, look at the percentage. Quick Look Helper takes a lot of juice, which is why I always try to stop it, or hte fan will never shut off.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sheesh! Wo! I did tha tlast night but forgot to look at percentge. I was > looking at megs used not percentage. Oops? > On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Rob Lambert wrote: > > > Check your Activity Monitor. I'm having the same consistent running issue > with a process called Quick Look Helper, which runs at over 100% of the > processor's capacity. I close out this process, and it cools the system down > within a minute or two. > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I already tried that but i'll try again. > > On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > > > > > Ok, something i used to do before we cleaned mine, shut down the unit. > let the ram and processor clear out. then restart it and see if the mail > program causes the fan to run again. One of the good things and bad things > about a mac is you don't have to shut them down as often. I have gone > several days at a time with just shutting the lid when I didn't want it > running. maybe restarting it will help your problem. good luck, Max > > > On Jun 7, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > > > > >> Oh transmit never used to cause that. the problem I think started when > I mounted an ftp site to disk and tried to coppy a 7 gig folder over. since > then it has not quit and I've rebooted and it will be fine until I start > mail and or transmit and keep running even with them clossed but it will not > do this if I am running skype, pythin, clisk and nambu at the same time. Odd > eh? > > >> > > >> Now the only thing I can see here is all of my folders now are on my > imap server but I don't see that beeing the issue. > > >> > > >> Take care. > > >> > > >> S > > >> On Jun 7, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > > >> > > >>> hello; then it is still within the first 90 days. I don't think you > should be experiencing those kinds of problems yet. My ftp client, cute > ftp, doesn't cause the fan on my mac book to run like that. I don't have > protect mac any more because my trial expired, but it used to cause that. > the only other program i have that does it is max 8.0 when converting .og > files to .mp3 files. wish i could be more help. good luck, max > > >>> On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I've had it since feb. I just noticed the problem this weekend. > > >>>> > > >>>> S > > >>>> On Jun 7, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> hello; how long have you had your mac? sometimes the fan will run > more if the venting on your machine is clogged with dust and dirt. You > might want to try cleaning them with some compressed air. I did it on mine > a while back. well, had my brother do it actually. but since then mine > only runs when my anitvirus program is running a full sweep. hope that > helps, max > > >>>>> On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> I'm still trying to figure this out but I've got it down to mail > and my ftp client. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I turn them on and my fan runs hot, or shall I say my fan runs and > won't quit. 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