I'm a tech guy but i have a 2017 MacBook air with the i7 and in teams and light gaming and it always avg at 100 degrees C and it avg 55-60 degrees on the home screen idealing i know 55-60 is normal but 100 sounds a little bit hot I never owned a mac before this is my first one so is it normal and if not what can I do to fix it
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.7
Gaming is particularly resource-intensive and 100°C is fine. Read Keep your Mac laptop within acceptable operating temperatures - Apple Support.
That's good. The fan runs as fast as it needs to run. No faster, no slower, just right for whatever you're doing.
When a Mac gets hot its CPU performance also gets throttled, resulting in reduced gaming performance — all in an effort to keep it within operating limitations managed by hardware components operating independently of the OS. You can't damage it even if you try.
100°C scalds human flesh but it's perfectly ok for silicon based life forms.
Yea I figured it was fine after it staying the same when the fan was at 6500 rpm and 3000 rpm it stayed the same temp
2017 macbook air avg at 100 degrees C
