Apple has released a new software update designed to combat the emerging problem that many consumers are facing with the cooling fans inside early 2013 Retina MacBook Pro laptops. According to a growing number of users posting on the official Apple support forums and reports from other websites, the fan inside the particular MacBook Pro model increases its speed to a potential harmful level without warning, with no regard to the computer’s actual internal temperature.
One YouTube user theorized that the source of the problem may be a result of Apple’s switch from a Samsung solid-state drive (SSD) to an SSD manufactured by Sandisk—an SSD that may cause “a conflict in fan management.” Other users on the Apple Support forums, including the user who first initiated the Apple support thread, “MacBook Pro Retina Fan Issues,” echoed the theory that the cause could have “something to do with the SSD.”
Apple has not released an official statement on the cause behind the laptop fan’s behavior yet but has assured users that the new software update “includes bug fixes for . . . fan control.”
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