Fan Control for Mac

by Anonymous

Beware of this app! It can damage your SMC!. Seemed like a nice concept and it really kept my temperatures down on my rMBP up until I booted into Windows. Windows 8 started acting strange; menus would lag, Metro would freeze, fans wouldn't come on under gaming, and I wouldn't be able to connect to WiFi.
I couldn't figure out what the problem was, so I just tried uninstalling this app, and Windows started behaving normally again! However, even after multiple SMC resets, now smcFanControl (which I used prior to this app) doesn't change the fan speed, which makes me inclined to think that my SMC is permanently altered.
So, it's a nice concept (I really liked that you can adjust the temps vs. fan speed graph) but in practice it really doesn't work. And now, the older app I used doesn't work and the fans don't speed up as fast, so my SMC is damaged. Beware of this app... More

by Anonymous

Nice!. When I render animations in Blender, the Temp goes up to 81.5 C but the fans seemed to stay around 2000rpm. I doubted this was healthy, and thanks to your program, I've made the fans go up to 5000rpm, and it keeps the temp of my computer to about 70 C!
Pros:
I found the settings to be easy to manipulate and intuitive.
Cons:
Uninstalling does require you to fish out files and reset the System Management Controller (SMC). More

by Anonymous

Awesome. When i first downloaded this and installed it, i thought it was a virus because i couldnt find where it installed to but after i found it in the preferences and used it, i loved it. Instead of going into the 70's when i play games, it stays in the 50's (c) thank you so much for this app, it really kept me from being worried about my mac mini's temp. Oh and btw, the mac mini 2.5 ghz can run games max setting with antialiasing 16x and anisotropic filtering maxed out.
Pros:
kept my mac cool after playing some hardcore games.
Cons:
couldn't find it at first so i thought it was a virus More

by Anonymous

Did not work on powerbook g4 . Installed fine. Get this error when trying to use "Preferences Error You cannot open Fan Control preferences because it doesn't work on a PowerPC-based Mac.
Pros:
Much needed application for overheating aluminum G4 Powerbooks.
Cons:
Didn't work. More