Macs Fan Control adds support for Apple M3 and M4 chips

Monitor and control fans on Apple computers.

Is Macs Fan Control compatible with my Mac?

Macs Fan Control works on most Mac models using Intel and Apple Silicon chips, no matter how old your system. Macs Fan Control is compatible with macOS 12 (Monterey), 11 (Big Sur), 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8 and 10.7.

Does Macs Fan Control work with Windows?

Macs Fan Control will control the fans on Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP if it is installed via Boot Camp on a Mac computer, even on modern models equipped with the T2 chip. If your main OS is Windows you can try an alternative like SpeedFan for free.

What other features does Macs Fan Control offer?

Macs Fan Control can also read S.M.A.R.T information from your drives, show CPU usage, chipset information and also create custom fan presets, so you can quickly switch between them depending on your activity.

Why Macs Fan Control isn't offered in the App Store?

Macs Fan Control uses low level access to Mac hardware information and this is not allowed on the App Store. But you can freely (and securely) download it from here.

Features

• Real-time monitoring of fan speed and temperature sensors including 3rd party HDD/SSD (using S.M.A.R.T.).
• Set custom RPM value (revolution per minute) or control fan speed in relation to a temperature sensor (e.g. 3rd party HDD).
• Create and save custom fan presets so you can quickly switch between them depending on your activity.
• Also works on Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP installed via Boot Camp even on modern models equipped with the T2 chip.
• Simple and efficient user interface
  • Two tables layout: with list of fans and list of temperature sensors.
• Change fan speed
  • Set custom RPM value or control fan speed in relation to a temperature sensor.
• Configurable menu bar display
  • Options to display fan speed and sensor temperature (displayed in the tray icon under Windows).
• Fan control and presets
  • Fan control for your fan(s) on your Apple computer can be either
    • Auto: a fan is controlled by the system automatically (Apple's default scenario). When all fans are controlled automatically by the system the app works in monitoring-only mode.
    • Custom: a fan is controlled by the app. Can be either some constant RPM value (e.g. 1500 RPM) or sensor-based control (e.g. in relation to CPU PECI sensor).
• For convenience the app features fan presets that let you quickly put your fan(s) to either Auto or some Custom mode depending on your activity. You can read more about fan presets here.
• When Macs Fan Control quits, it always restores all fans back to Auto (Automatic preset).

What's New

• New M3 and M4 (including Pro/Max) chips temperature sensors support #786
• Improved Limited fan control warning on M3(M4) Pro/Max macbooks #785
• Improved Exclude Thunderbolt drives #735
• Improved Multi monitor setup - correctly open Macs Fan Control window #737
• Fixed eGPU connected via Thunderbolt not being detected on MacBookAir8,2 #725
• Fixed initial thread crash and as result empty window #736
• Fixed update check doesn't work on macOS 10.7 #757
• Fixed failed to connect to its helper tool warning message #709
• New MacBook Air 15" and Mac Studio 2023 support #688
• Improved Added CPU Core Average temperature sensor on MacBook Pro M2 #687
• Fixed memory leaks on Apple Silicon macs #214
• Fixed temperature display readings freeze on some older MacBookAir laptops #682
• Fixed missing Performance Core 3 on Macmini M2 #672
• Fixed Multiple small improvements and fixes

Previous release notes

We're happy to announce that the most recent version of Macs Fan Control fully supports new MacBook Pro and Mac mini 2023 with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips. Both 14" and 16" MacBook Pro feature two fans (which are not spinning on idle), Mac mini has a single fan. Macs Fan Control displays individually CPU efficiency/performance cores as well as GPU clusters temperatures. For convenience there's CPU Core Average virtual sensor that is calculated as average of all cores.

Other:

• Improved Bulgarian and Persian translations update

System Requirements:

• Microsoft Windows
  • 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP
• Apple macOS
  • 12 (Monterey), 11 (Big Sur), 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.13+

Last updated:

December 16, 2024

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