When I was doing a lot of consulting, one of the most common things I used to run into with any Mac with a built-in cooling fan was overheating due to an accumulation of dust and pet hair. That’s enough to cause permanent damage to some batteries, and it can even loosen the components in sealed laptops by melting the adhesives used to keep things in place.Īnother killer of Macs is dust and pet hair. If the outside temperature is around 100☏ and the car is parked in direct sunlight, the interior can quickly reach temperatures exceeding 170☏. One other place where sunlight can damage a Mac? In your car! Sure, you might have the computer located under a tonneau cover so it’s not receiving direct sunlight, but that car can heat up and damage your Mac. Our solution was simple and retained the view of the mountains - we simply moved the desk that the iMac sat on back about 18 inches, which kept it from receiving direct sunlight while the Sun was at its highest. The issue hadn’t started until late spring when the computer was receiving a few more hours of sunlight each day.
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Sure enough, the back of the iMac was close enough to the south-facing window that it was receiving the full brunt of the Sun’s light during the day and gradually heating up to the point that not only did the fan kick in to try to cool the computer off, but it would eventually shut down to prevent damage. When I asked if there were any symptoms that he saw or heard, he mentioned that the iMac fan was blowing loudly, even when he wasn’t rendering video. He loves the view so much that he put his new iMac right next to the window so he could simply glance out at any time to see the weather, watch deer and elk (and the occasional bear) wander by, and otherwise decompress while he was working.Ī few months after he got the iMac, the client called me to complain that the machine would shut down unexpectedly often about the same time of day. One of my consulting clients who lives in the mountains west of Denver has a beautiful view from his home office from a south-facing floor-to-ceiling window. The Sun may be 93 million miles away, but it can cause damage to your Mac due to heat. This MacBook isn’t sunburned… it’s just Rose Gold.)
Today we’ll take a look at 10 of these potential threats, with some real-life examples from my years as a Mac professional. You might not know that there are very common things that can put your Mac at risk of not being there for you when you need it most. For many people, buying a Mac is making a significant investment and we want that investment to be productive for as long as possible.
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