Thanks. I'll take a look. S On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Rob Lambert wrote:
> 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. I have to shut it down and not run mail or my ftp client > > >>>>>> or listen to it all day. what could be causing this? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> a very worried S > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> -- > > >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -- > > >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >>>>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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