Cornel Lazar Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hi all. I've upgraded to Sierra recently, rather unwillingly (I was trying to see if I could fix a problem with my dual Raven setup, which turned out to be a hardware issue after all). I don't necessarily mind being on Sierra, except that now the fans on my 2012 retina MBP won't stop running, and Logic has processor spikes after about 15 minutes into a session. I've had this happen so far on every session I've done on Sierra, with drummer, audio, other VIs, etc. I've searched for solutions to the fan issue, and have done all the trouble shooting suggestions I could find (reset pram, smc, safe mode, etc). I've reset caches and made sure all the updates are installed. Nothing is helping. Right now, my system is really unworkable. I'm about ready to go back to El Capitan, but I thought I'd let you guys know what I'm dealing with in hopes you might have some helpful suggestions. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 have the same laptop as you, except 2.7, recently upgraded to sierra and can't say I notice any difference whatsoever from El Cap. Runs about the same. Might be something that's incompatible from your el cap instalation, or a botched update. Try with a clean system if you have some spare time (and spare drives for backups) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skijumptoes Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Check MacOS activity monitor to see if anything is eating your CPU up, could be a background task which needs an update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornel Lazar Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Thanks for the replies. Yeah, I guess I should have done a clean install like I always do, but I was pressed for time with trying to figure out a bunch of issues. It's definitely running hotter than El Cap, even on just Logic alone with no other apps running and no external monitors attached. I checked to see if anything is eating up CPU, but nothing out of the ordinary (i.e. there isn't any one process that's maxing out or spiking the CPU at all, like you'd see with indexing or the like). I'll need to bite the bullet and do a clean reinstall. I have time machine backups, but I'm curious what other backup/imaging software you all might be using. I've had trouble with time machine issues in the past, and I have too much software and plugins installed to want to do a fresh reinstall of all of that. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redgreenblue Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 The fans are there for a reason. Don't worry about them. Logic is a heavy duty program and can get the computer working hard. Chrome is also a great application if you want to have your fans run at full speed. the computer isn't overheating, that is what the fans are for. If it were it would be shutting off. If there truly is a sudden change in the fan activity since the OS upgrade see if there are midi and/or audio drivers that need updating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I had two laptops from 2012 having issues with Sierra, taking too long to boot and HD always needing repair. Total nightmare. Went back to El Cap and everything's dandy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.