Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

I have to second the Click to Flash recommendation, and you can get it here. http://hoyois.github.io/safariextensions/clicktoplugin/ robin On 12/08/2013, at 8:07 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 09/08/2013, at 12:13 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: > >> Hi Neil, >> >> >> I have Adblock on Safari

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

On 09/08/2013, at 12:13 PM, Brian Risbey wrote: > Hi Neil, > > > I have Adblock on Safari, and believe Flashblock is available. Used it for a > while and had issues, so I disabled it. > So, have a quick look for them and then maybe you can use Safari more often > and not rely on Firefox. >

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Hi Chris, You mentioned earlier you only have 80GB Free Space on your 750GB Hard Drive. Until you can free up a lot more Free Space on your Hard Drive, I would "again" suggest you Quit Applications that aren't currently in use (try to run fewer applications at once)! > "The number in the 'Page

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Hi Neil, Brian and Ronni Thankyou all very much for this very informative info on the use of Flash and how to disable it: I had no idea about all this! I have been using Activity Monitor to see what is happening as i progressively reduced both the number of open Firefox windows and also tabs w

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Hi Chris, Flash is on the way out and you probably know about Apple's aversion to Adobe's Flash Player Plugin. Steve Jobs went on record to say that it is a dying technology and Apple actively prevents Flash in any form from appearing on any iOS-based devices. HTML5 is the new technology. In M

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Hi Neil, I have Adblock on Safari, and believe Flashblock is available. Used it for a while and had issues, so I disabled it. So, have a quick look for them and then maybe you can use Safari more often and not rely on Firefox. I do use Firefox for some recalcitrant sites, as required. Brian

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

I forgot, if you want to know more about Flashblock: I like Firefox because of various extensions I use with it ­ particularly Adblock and Flashblock which cuts out a lot of the visual advertorial pollution on many sites. With Flashblock you just get an icon ever

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

I like Firefox because of various extensions I use with it ­ particularly Adblock and Flashblock which cuts out a lot of the visual advertorial pollution on many sites. With Flashblock you just get an icon everywhere there would be flash content and if you actually want to see the flash content (s

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Thanks Robin I guess other browsers will also use Flash in their addons? Is it necessary to run video or other animations etc on web sites? Is there an alternative that is not so resource hungry? I have closed a number of Firefox windows and reduced tabs in the remaining couple so will see how

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

The problem is almost certainly related to Firefox running Flash. Flash is bad on may fronts, not the least is its excessive CPU usage. Closing Firefox will fix it, if you can't close it try too minimise the number of tabbed windows you have open in Firefox at one time. robin On 09/08/2013, a

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Hey Ronni Thanks heaps for your description on the Activity monitor; it does look quite complicated and I havnt really taken time to understand everything in the displays. The number in the 'Page Outs' is 34mb, and has remained so for the past hour while I have been doing various things. (I ca

Re: MBPro rapidly heating up

Hi Chris, Yes, any application using 100% CPU will heat up you computer! Running at 100% Sheezs... Not good! As well as overheating your computer, heavy CPU (the computer's brains) use will slow your computer down. Quit Firefox and any other application that is using a lot of CPU. Quit Appli

MBPro rapidly heating up

Hi Muggers Things just keep happening for no apparent reason and I just cant work it out! My MBP has been heating up quite fast of late, the past week I would say. It has coincided with me doing work with Lr4 and Preview: I have been sorting through loads of travel images. However at the same