I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro with hard drive upgraded to 500GB SSD Samsung EVO and upgraded memory to 16GB. Lately (I think) the temp sensors have been reporting larger numbers (in degrees Fahrenheit).
Here is a copy of the diagnostics copied/pasted from the app Macs Fan Control. These numbers are in celsius instead of fahrenheight. Right now at the fan level its at, I can hear a little bit, but as of late it's been very noticeable.
I am wondering:
What is a general range of average/not harmful to the computer temperatures my Macbook Pro should be running at? And,
How does one remedy excessive heat? (I'm wondering whether there is a way to tell if it comes from a specific program(s) or whether it is wise to invest in one of those laptop cooling fans that you place your laptop on cop of for cooling purposes.
Macs Fan Control 1.4.8.1 MacBookPro9,2 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz [105] GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000 macOS 10.12.5
Fans: Exhaust-min{2000}curr{5089}max{6200}mode{0}
TempSensors:
TA0P (Ambient) - 49.375, 49.375
TB0T (Battery Max) - 34.7969, 34.7969
TB1T (Battery Sensor 1) - 34.7969, 34.7969
TB2T (Battery Sensor 2) - 33.3984, 33.3984
TC0E () - 82.1016, 82.1016
TC0F () - 83.5586, 83.5586
TC0J () - 1.45703, 1.45703
TC0P (CPU Proximity) - 69, 69
TC1C (CPU Core 1) - 81, 81
TC2C (CPU Core 2) - 81, 81
TCGC (GPU PECI) - 81, 81
TCSA () - 80, 80
TCTD () - -1, 255.973
TCXC (CPU PECI) - 81.25, 81.25
TG1D () - 83.5586, 83.5586
TM0P (Memory Proximity) - 47.125, 47.125
TM0S (Memory Slot) - 58.8672, 58.8672
TPCD (Platform Controller Hub Die) - 75, 75
Th1H (Heatsink Proximity) - 57.375, 57.375
Ts0P (Palm Rest) - 32.875, 32.875
Ts0S () - 48.7656, 48.7656
Disk drives: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB - 38