However, other reports suggested that the throttling issues were more widespread and all new MacBook Pro was found to be running so hot during intensive operations, that they were being throttled down to below the base speed.Īpple released a fix for the throttling issue on Tuesday 25 July. Lee was using an i9 equipped MacBook with Adobe Premiere – leading to some hope that only that processor and program was affected. YouTuber Dave Lee was the first to highlight the issue when he published his video below, claiming that the Core i9 MacBook Pro chassis and cooling systems were not enough to maintain the Core i9’s clock speed. With the arrival of the new MacBook Pro came reports that the new laptops were experiencing performance hits during heavy processing.

Thermal issues and performance throttling Initially, it was thought that the issue only occurred in Boot Camp, but it appeared that the problem was more widespread than that. Back in 2016 shortly after the launch of that year’s MacBook Pro, reports of loud crackling and popping noises through the speakers started to appear on community forums.

This isn’t the first time a MacBook Pro has suffered from this issue.

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