Our friends at OWC/Macsales have published an article on the importance of what port to use when charging a new MacBook Pro. If you own a MacBook Pro that has USB-C / Thunderbolt 3 ports on both sides then it seems which side you charge it on is important.
Many are now using MacBook Pro laptops in the studio, but one thing that concerns users is the fan noise created when the machine gets hot. It seems there may be a way to reduce this simply by plugging in the power on the right side.
In the article they write;
On StackExchange and other sites, MacBook Pro users documented situations where charging using the left side USB-C ports caused unusually high CPU usage. The result? The machine would slow down while the fans on the device went into high gear.
The cause of this sudden quirk? Adam, a user on StackExchange, came up with a way to test what was happening and fully documented his results.
He discovered that if you’re charging your MBP using the left-hand ports and have other accessories plugged into that side, the computer heats up so much that a sensor — Thunderbolt Left Proximity — is alerted and a macOS process named kernel_task appears. Suddenly the fans spin up on the MacBook Pro and CPU usage is maxed out.
You can read the full article along with the link to the tests in the original article on the Mac Sales blog ‘Rocket Yard.’ It will certainly be a help for those MacBook Pro owners who use it as their main machine in the studio, anything that can reduce heat will mean the fans run less often or at a reduced speed, this will help keep ambient noise down in the room.
It’s easy to remember which side to plug your power adaptor into your MacBook Pro, always use the right side, not the wrong one.
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