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Any process using about 10% or greater of your cycles is suspect. To get an accurate reading, use the computer normally for several hours (this won't be effective immediately after a restart) and then close any apps you've opened to put the computer basically 'at idle' before using AM. That will reveal the background processes that most commonly cause overheating. Go to AM's 'View' menu and select 'All Processes' from the pull-down: In Mavericks, AM changed where to set the processes observed. IMPORTANT! When using activity Monitor, it defaults to looking at only the processes unique to your account and that does not give a true picture of other things running in the background. However, also use his suggestion of using Activity Monitor to check for other processes that might be out of control. I think Nicos' advice to let everything finish updating is sound. How much RAM do you have? Many of that model shipped with only 2GB RAM, making Virtual Memory work harder and potentially contribute to heating. After five years, your MBP has surely inhaled its fair share of environmental particulates and that can run up temps. One thing that could be at play but is hard for the average user to fix is dirt/dust inside the case and on the fan blades. Make sure the slot on the back is unobstructed by anything on the workstation that is the air exhaust port on that model. Use a laptop stand with active cooling or simply put little spacers about 1/2-inch (12mm) thick (I use plastic building blocks I snitched from the grandkids toy box) close to the 'feet' to allow more flow. The case bottom acts as a heat sink so you need to have room for air to get underneath. You can make sure the MBP is getting plenty of air. If Mavericks makes my MBP run hotter, then I am going straight back to Mountain Lion. The thing with my MBP is that it suffered from the NVIDIA graphics card problem a few years back and even though Apple repaired it for free, I am pretty aware that it cannot withstand very high CPU/GPU temperatures. I will give it a couple of days to see if the system settles to a 'quieter' state CPU-wise and if the average temperature goes down to what I am used at. Perhaps someone else can offer some insight on these advanced features and their impact on the CPU and the average operating temperature. I am really not an expert but the memory compression might be adding an extra load on the CPU, which might in turn cause the operating temperature up somewhat. I am also a bit apprehensive about the new features in Mavericks, i.e. If you have very high CPU utilisation for a prolonged period of time, this will ramp up your temperature and you sense your MBP feeling hotter at its bottom side. You can look in your Activity Monitor app to see what is happenning with you CPU. This process is Spotlight's metadata process and it appears that it still has some work to do on my system. In the activity monitor, I've observed that the mds process is still taking a good chunk of my CPU (c.

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I am over those two activities by now and I am still running pretty hot (CPU temperature on average around 67✬ with fans at full speed, just as a precaution).

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In those 2 hrs, I've noticed that Spotlight indexed all my files (I guess that is pretty intensive, also judging from the CPU utilisation) and I also fired up my Mail which took a good 1hr to update (don't know why but it had to download absolutely everything from all my mail accounts). I am about 2hrs in and my MBP (mid-2007) runs a lot hotter than before.

Under 'Control' click 'Custom' and you can then use a slider to change the fan control on your Mac'.I have just upgraded to Maverics as well (from Mountain Lion).

Launch the app and you will then have access to the fans and be able to see the temperatures of the components inside your Mac.

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Download and install Macs Fan Control from MacUpdate.

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Note: Custom profiles are available in the Pro version of the app.

Compatible with OS X 10.14 Mojave or later (version for OS X 10.6, 10.7-10.13 is available separately ).

Real-time monitoring of Mac's fans speed and temperature sensors including 3rd party HDD/SSD (using S.M.A.R.T.).

Control fan speed in relation to a temperature sensor (e.g., 3rd party HDD).

Set any constant value to any fan (e.g., minimum).

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Software solution to noise problems such as those caused by iMac HDD replacement, or overheating problems like those found on a MacBook Pro.

Macs Fan Control allows you to monitor and control almost any aspect of your computer's fans, with support for controlling fan speed, temperature sensors pane, menu-bar icon, and autostart with system option.