![]() Even with the door close it was like a fighter jet getting ready to take off, and it reminded me of how noisy fans can be. Just yesterday, I had to switch on one of my archive drives that sits in my drive cupboard. But not for long and nothing that has been enough to disrupt the work. It's been sitting on a stand on my desk to optimise cooling for the last few weeks, and the fans have kicked in a handful of times when I've been pushing it. Take that from someone who is paranoid about noise in the studio. So a month on what have I learnt?įirstly, my concerns about noise from the fans were mostly ill-founded. I've documented the set-up along with hardware and software here, so I won't repeat myself. I can't print the entire thread here, but thankfully not a single person trotted out the mind-numbingly boring trope of 'Buy a PC' or 'build a Hackintosh.' To summarise, the idea got an overwhelming thumbs up from people I respect, so we were off to the races. The answers (some 110) I got were fantastic and helped a great deal. Do any of you use a MacBook Pro as your main machine rather than a desktop? I've just got a new fully pimped 16" MBP and am considering just using that to simplify life." Before I leapt I posted a question on my personal Facebook wall, not a public forum I'm not insane! If you want to know my thoughts on asking questions in public forums then read my article ‘ If You Think Information Is Power Then You've Not Joined A Facebook Audio Group.’ Have Apple laptops come of age enough to be able to offer the power and flexibility to a modern studio? What about heat and noise? So the adventure began. The reason? I wanted to rationalise my set-up and try and move away from the two machine studio and mobile machine scenario. Swap my full spec Mac Pro 6,1 Trash can for a brand new MacBook Pro 16" i9. Turbo Boost Switcher can help you make the switch without dealing with complex tools.If you missed the original article, about a month ago, I decided to try an experiment. To conclude, if you are performing CPU demanding task but you do not want to overheat your Mac, disabling the Turbo Boost function can make a real difference. In the Turbo Boost Switcher settings panel add the applications for which the Turbo Boost function has to be disabled, and the utility will automatically make the change if at least one of those apps are running. The option completely eliminates the need for user interaction. Turbo Boost Switcher also integrates an automatic function that must be configured by the user. ![]() Automatically disable the Turbo Boost when running specific processes Via the Turbo Boost Switcher menulet you get to view real time information about the CPU heat and the fan speed.Īt the same time, the Turbo Boost Switcher status bar menu allows you to see if the function is on or off without expanding the list. However, the technical details are kept in the background, and you only have to interact with the app’s status bar menu. To be able to change the Turbo Boost state, Turbo Boost Switcher installs a kernel extension that will modify the Turbo Boost MSR register. Toggle the status of the Turbo Boost function without dealing with the command line Turbo Boost Switcher is a minimalist macOS application based on a kernel extension that resides in your status bar and allows you to disable and re-enable the Turbo Boost function with minimal effort. The Mac computers that come with support for the Turbo Boost function have it enabled by default, which means that if you are performing some demanding tasks, the CPU tends to overheat.Īt the same time, using Turbo Boost while parallel processing can reduce the computer’s performance on top of raising the CPU heat.
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