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April 9th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
This does not work on my late-’06 24″ iMac. The preferences screen causes the app to either crash, or a blank disabled window comes up.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Same situation as first post. Prefs screen does not open properly or app crashes.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Sorry…. Early 2006 iMac dual 1.8Ghz Core Duo
April 9th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Same problem as Bryan. I get only Blank Preferences Screen.
MBP Santa Rosa (Summer 2007) 2.4 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, 256MB VRAM
10.5.6 Leopard EN
April 9th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I have the same problem with 2.2 on a Mac Pro, OS X 10.5.6, 10GB… the prefs window doesn’t display the first time, and the second time I select it it’s mostly empty.
Cheers, Al
April 9th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Same problem as Bryan. On MacBook Pro (Dec. 2008) 2.53GHZ, 4GB ram, 512 Vram, Mac OS10.5.6
April 9th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
+1 for the prefs bug – can’t be opened or else it’s not drawn correctly.
April 9th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Bryan, I’m sorry to add it also doesn’t work properly on my MBP (early 2008) (no pref. display). It’s a great program and I’m looking forward to v2.3.
Thanks for your work,
Mark
April 9th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
iMac alu, late 2007 btw
April 9th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
The emptry preferences window problem is fixed in 2.2.1. You will get 2.2.1 automatically if you download now or use the autoupdate function inside the app.
Sorry to everyone who experienced this problem. It was a small mistake in the english localization file.
Best,
Hendrik
April 9th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Same as all the others – but letting you know it’s not just the iMacs and MBPs because it is also not working on a (2008) MacBook.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Preference pane seems to be good now with 2.2.1 However the app crashes if I go to Info/Check for Updates. MacBook Core Duo, 10.5.6.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Thanks for the speedy solution Hendrik!
April 9th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Ok now with 2.2.1
But the CheCk for update do not still work 🙂
April 9th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
2.2.2 just released!
I hope all bugs are nailed now:)!
April 9th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Just wanted to add that I am having the same problem as JohnM as well. I am glad the preference pane works now though.
April 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Hi Emma,
does the problem still exist for you in 2.2.2?
Best,
Hendrik
April 9th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
All OK ! 🙂
Thanks so so much Hendrik
April 9th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Hi Hendrik,
version 2.2.2 is bug free on my computer, Yay!
Thank you!
April 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Thank you, Hendrik,
All seems to be well now. I appreciate your rapid response to this.
Just out of curiosity – are you planning to make the fan adjust itself to the change in temperature (increase speed when it gets above a certain point, decrease when it gets cool enough)?
Appreciatively,
Mark
April 10th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Any reason why the default RPM on the MacBook is 2000 rpm yet SMC doesn’t go any lower than 3600 rpm??? (I have the UniBody MacBook)
This has been a problem for the past couple of releases of SMC. Its a great app and I used to use it with my old MacBook but this little issue is keeping me from using it now.
Thanks!
April 10th, 2009 at 1:24 am
Actually… just used AppZapper to uninstall SMC and then reinstalled it. Default went back to 1800rpm!
Thanks for making a great app!
April 10th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Sorry, this doesn’t work on my MacBook Pro 2.66 with 10.5.6. No fans come on at all.
I was using 1.2.? on my 2.16ghz MacBook Pro, which worked fine. Something is horked in my OS that the Apple fan control never worked at all – only SMC seemed to be able to control the fans. I just upgraded to the new 2.66 machine (moved the hard drive) but neither the older versions of SMC nor the new 2.2.2 can turn on the fans.
Happy to send whatever files might be required to take a look at why this isn’t working… let me know. My machine is slowly overheating…
JT
April 10th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
iMac5,1
ODD, 800 – 5000
HDD, 1400 – 5000
CPU, 800 – 3600
Hope this helps. 🙂
April 10th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
For a while I had SMC fancontrol and it was working great, but then I uninstalled it and wanted to try FanControl, which sucked. So I uninstalled FanControl (both the preference and the daemon) and re-installed smc 2.2.2. But now when I click on the app, in the menu bar it says “smc…” for a while and then goes away and nothing happens.
Please tell me what I’m doing wrong? I need to cool my laptop.
April 11th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Since “Upgrading” to version 2.2.2., every time I change my fan speed I have to enter my admin user ID and password. This is most annoying! Is this a Bug or a Feature? I am ready to downgrade to the previous version that worked just fine. You say in your FAQ that “You only have to enter it one time.” Not true.
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Why does smcFanControl asks for a login and password and which login/password do I have to enter?
smcFanControl needs the credentials of an admin-user to set the appropriate rights to be able to change fanspeed. You only have to enter it one time. The entered login and password are not saved by smcFanControl. They are just used for setting the appropriate rights.
April 11th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Does anyone actually have anything good to say about this app?
April 12th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Yeah I have something good to say: it works fine for me on a 2nd Gen Macbook pro, each version has been great. I only had a problem a year or so ago when I upgraded from Tiger rather than doing a clean Leopard install.
RB, I think its just the usual case of people only say something when there’s a problem. I bet there are thousands of people that are happy with this product, especially the price!
Thanks Hendrik, smcFanControl is really good!
Russell
April 13th, 2009 at 4:26 am
I downloaded and installed smcFanControl 2.2.2, but absolutely NOTHING I do will get it to launch. I does absolutely nothing. My computer is an iMac 7,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, SMC Version 1.21f4, running Mac OSX 10.5.6. As far as I am concerned, this product is a total LEMON. Has anyone with exactly the same computer as myself succeeded in getting smcFanControl 2.2.2 to launch and work correctly ?
April 14th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Working perfectly on my ’06 iMac5,1 Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.16Ghz 🙂
I’ve been suffering graphic card issues (horizontal lines of doom and many screen hangs) since some weeks ago. I’ve started using this software and the problems seems to have decreased/dissapeared ATM.
The configuration profiles are very useful but it would be great some kind of “auto-setting” based in temperature checkings… Well, it’s just an idea for future versions 😛
So, thanks for the app and good work 😀
April 15th, 2009 at 1:39 am
The new version worked great the first day, but when I started the computer the next day, I couldn’t hear the beautiful humming of 6000 rpm keeping my mbp beneath a blazing 70 degrees C.
If I open the options and close it by hitting save, the rpm will rev up to whatever the setting is, then drop back down to 1500ish rpm. I really don’t like my mbp getting above 60 degrees because i’ve had my logic board replaced three times for frying, and it’s a pain in the rear.
I’m currently using 2.2.2 on Leopard 5.6. Should I try a different version?
April 15th, 2009 at 1:42 am
I also have the same problem as Alex
Macbook pro 17″ here whenever I ramp it up to 6000rpm and push save or I select one of the presets the fans do go to 6000 but once it reaches that area it drops down to normal again.
2.2.2 user and leopard 5.6
Model Identifier: MacBookPro3,1
April 15th, 2009 at 1:43 am
HI Alex,
when your fanspeed reverts back while running smcFanControl it points to the possibility, that you have some other FanControl software running in the background, that was not properly deinstalled.
Best,
Hendrik
April 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Hi there,
Will this software work on a Power PC IMac? I’m having trouble with my display freezing, and I’m hoping this might help.
I was referred to this page from this one:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/07.....2#comments
…but it would be kinda nice if your page described in at least a bit of detail how your software works, what it does, and some advice on using it…
many thanks!
April 16th, 2009 at 2:26 am
Yeah! This is the first version of SMC Fan Control that works on this imac. I too have had many artifacts on the screen, then freezes. I think its heat related too. Anyway, this works, thanks.
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.16 GHz
ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB
screen 20″
April 16th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Every time my computer MacBookPro 2.16 OS X 10.5.6 awakes from sleep I am asked for my admin password, once it seems for each fan. Annoying. How can I circumvent this?
April 16th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
SMC Fan Control is easy to use and helps alot with my 2006 2.66 GHz Mac Pro. However, changing the the power supply fan rpm does not work. This seems to be the case for others as well… Any chance you can fix? Thank you very much.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
I can’t get the minimum fan speed below 5000 rpm after starting the fanspeed control.
even after quitting smcfanspeed control, the rpm stay high
does anyone know what i should do to fix this?
It’s on a MacBook Pro 15″, 2,6 GHz Intel Core2Duo
April 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I just installed smcFanControl 2.2.2, but it shows 000rpm and my laptop shut down twice from the heat! When I turned it on again (after a couple of minutes) the temp was 80C! Why is smcFanControl 2.2.2 not working? In the preferences min. speed is set on 2047. Am I doing something wrong?
Macbook 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, !GB 667 MHZ DDR2 SDRAM, from jan 2007.
Please help! I can’t use my macbook properly for more than 15 min!!!
April 17th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
I really use this app all the time Its great and I’ve been using since 2.0
I have this running on MacBook pro 17″,
MacBook Pro 15″, MacBook white and and older PowerBook 17″ bought around 2004.
I upgraded via the Upgrade notification asked.
FYI:
MacBook Pro 15″:
After install and many reboots I noticed I could not change the fan speed. I could select it, the section stuck, but the speed never changed.
I finally had time to take a look today and noticed the scm 2.2.2 was not running form the Applications folder but from the downloads folder.
Once I quite smc, moved the one in Downloads to Applications folder and restarted; Everything was laterally COOL again. 😉
Thanks for the Cool App!
April 19th, 2009 at 1:05 am
Since upgrading, I’m having the same problem as ETAG above.
April 19th, 2009 at 1:06 am
I should add, unlike ETAG I’m on a Mac mini. Previous generation.
April 20th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Yeah, I had got rid of a fan control widget that wasn’t working too well. Time to dive through my library folders. Joy… 😛
April 20th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
2.2.2 won’t autostart when waking up the MacBook Pro – apparently it stops running after sleep. I have to start it manually. Any ideas on how to resolve?
TY
April 21st, 2009 at 4:03 am
To those who are having issues with the speed staying high after you switch to a preset with lower fan speeds. It appears that while the fans can increase the RPM’s almost instantly, slowing down is gradual. I have noticed my fans go from 5000 RPM’s to 2500 in a few minutes or so. This might be old info, but I thought I’d share
April 21st, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Same thing here, when i go for maximum speed, it takes only 9 seconds to the fans slow down to the normal speed.Nothing to do about it.
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 am
ENDLESS log entries like this:
4/21/09 9:42:56 PM smcFanControl[2302] Error *** -[NSInsertionPointHelper objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1792f0
4/21/09 9:42:56 PM smcFanControl[2302] Warning *** NSTimer ignoring exception ‘*** -[NSInsertionPointHelper objectForKey:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x1792f0’ that raised during firing of timer with target 0x151440 and selector ‘readFanData:’
Hundreds upon hundreds of these entries in the Console logs. Reverted back to the previous version 2.2.2 from April 9th and everything is fine again. Did not have the problem with the preferences window on a last gen Mac Mini.
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 am
@Garm:
That points to a non correctly upgraded preferences file. Please delete the com.eidac.smcFanControl2.plist in your Preferences Folder. Version 2.2.2 should run fine then.