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UPDATE: Took my MBP to my local Apple Store and left it with the Genius Bar while they ran some diagnostics. The tech told me they ran 6 iterations of some tests and the SMC/fans all checked out ok. He went on to say that not all machines have their fans kick in at the same temp and he doesn't...

One last thing: is there a chart somewhere that gives recommended fan speed values at given temperatures? I'm just trying to reproduce what I outlined above so I can take a screenshot and show to the guys at the Genius Bar, but would also like to have a chart to refer to for the future. Thanks.

Thanks, oldmanmac. I've just booked a genius bar appointment for tomorrow morning. I hope that whatever the problem is they can fix while I'm there as I can't afford to not have the use of my laptop - it's what runs my whole business! :(

UPDATE: I've currently got iTunes open updating the OS on my iPhone, Thunderbird is open, but idle and Firefox is open, but idle. MBP is on a hardwood table. I've not done anything with the computer physically for the past 15 minutes and the CPU temp is at 69-70C, fans are at 2006rpm. Seems...

Hello to all, I've just been reading mail and some web pages and found my CPU temp jumped to 72C. This seemed a bit high, so decided I'd load some more apps to see at what point the higher fan speeds should kick in. I've loaded quite a few apps and got the CPU temp to 81C, but the fans...

oldmanmac and jbarley, Thank you both for your help. It is greatly appreciated. The advice on the laptop cooler (oldmanmac) and the link to the ifixit site (jbarley) are extremely useful. Here's to hoping I don't have to take anything apart - after watching the heat sink video on ifixit I have...

Oldmanmac, Thanks for that. I appreciate it. Currently, I've had my MBP on for less than 10 minutes running Firefox and Thunderbird. My CPU temp is at 53 degrees and my fans are running at between 1996-2005. Can you give me any advice on how to clean any dust out that might have collected? I...

Colimanut, Does your stereo/cassette player support outputs to an audio interface? If so, find out what cables you'll need for your particular stereo/cassette player and audio interface and divert your stereo output to your computer audio interface (I have, for instance, an edirol UA-25)...

Hello to all, I've posted about this before, but haven't found anything definitive covering this issue as yet. I'm current working on my MBP with it sat on a tray on my lap. I'm running Firefox, Word 2008, a translation tool called OmegaT (Java-based), TexitEdit and Dictionary. The temp...

oldman and opacs, Thanks for the feedback. I try to use the fan control sparingly, so will continue to monitor things and maybe get a laptop cooler. Happy New Year to you both, Thanks

Hello to all, I sometimes use smcFanController when my MBP gets a bit too hot while using on my lap. I mentioned this to someone recently and was told that I should stop using the app because it had the potential to take over and mess up the native fan control function of the MBP. Can...

Fryke, Thanks for your time and advice.

Hi DeltaMac, Thanks again for your reply. I know my iPhone apps won't run on my MBP and is one of several reasons why I don't want them on my laptop taking up space. Thanks for the tip about where to stop the auto-sync in Prefs. I couldn't remember where to find that and was hoping that just...

Hi DeltaMac, I don't think I've explained the problem clearly: I have never downloaded any apps via the App Store on my MBP until yesterday. I have only ever installed apps directly on the iPhone itself. It was just by chance that yesterday I happened to have my iPhone plugged into my MBP and...

DeltaMac, Thanks for your reply. If I can download apps directly from the App Store on my iPhone and do not want these taking up space on my MBP, I don't see why I should have to. I don't download apps that I have to pay for (I've got all I need with free apps) and as such, should I need to...

UPDATE: Because iTunes re-creates the Mobile Applications directory under the iTunes directory every time you plug in your iPhone (if you have installed further apps), I've created a folder action to wait 5 seconds and then delete all the content from this directory. It seems to work so far...

The only solution I've found is to install all my apps again, let this useless software copy it all across to my computer again and then delete the directory that holds all the copied over apps. This really is fantastically crap. Why, after 3 months of iPhone ownership, this should suddenly...

Ok, I really need some help now. Please. After iTunes deleted all my apps, I went back and took a tick out of "Sync Apps" on my iPhone, took the tick out of "Automatically Sync New Apps", and then saved these changes. I ejected my iPhone, installed a couple of apps again, plugged my iPhone...

Called Apple and they gave me some info and said not to worry, nothing would be deleted. Wrong. Followed the steps as outlined exactly as described and iTunes has now wiped all my apps off my iPhone. Great product.

What would happen if I deauthorised the MBP? I was never asked to authorise it before (and didn't like the idea that it told me I had to authorise it or it would delete all the content on my iPhone). This really is unacceptable. Extremely frustrated and can't see how anyone would think this was...