How to Warm Up a Cold MacBook Using a Simple Terminal Command
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kristianp
Soggy bottom. Skim the top, leave the rest on the tray.
Summary
A short, humorous tech tip explaining how to quickly warm up a cold MacBook by running the terminal command "yes > /dev/null" to peg the CPU at 100%, generating heat through intensive processing. The article is a brief, practical trick for users dealing with cold metal laptops after outdoor commutes.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledYou rest your palms on the keyboard to begin typing your password, and recoil in pain from the sudden cold of the metal sucking the heat from your skin.
How do you quickly warm up a laptop? Make it do a lot of work.
Here's a one-line, built-in command that will peg your CPU to 100%: yes > /dev/null
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