RehabMan
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I thought I'd share a little tip I just discovered. First of all, I use Chrome for web browsing. I'm sure the same issue is applicable to other browsers.
For the longest time, I've been running Chrome with AdBlock, and I didn't have tonymacx86.com whitelisted... so it was all along blocking ads. I do try to whitelist sites that I want to support, so I recently enabled ads on tonymac86.com... And then I noticed that my fan was running more... At that point, I took a quick look at Activity Monitor and discovered Shockwave Flash using a bunch of CPU. So, I disabled ads again, tested, and everything was back good. But I want to allow tonymacx86.com to serve up ads...
So, I did a little digging into Chrome's settings and discovered that I could disable Shockwave flash and make it run only on click (Settings, Advanced, Content Settings, PlugIns) and this has disabled all the animation and thus saved CPU time/heat and battery life...
For the longest time, I've been running Chrome with AdBlock, and I didn't have tonymacx86.com whitelisted... so it was all along blocking ads. I do try to whitelist sites that I want to support, so I recently enabled ads on tonymac86.com... And then I noticed that my fan was running more... At that point, I took a quick look at Activity Monitor and discovered Shockwave Flash using a bunch of CPU. So, I disabled ads again, tested, and everything was back good. But I want to allow tonymacx86.com to serve up ads...
So, I did a little digging into Chrome's settings and discovered that I could disable Shockwave flash and make it run only on click (Settings, Advanced, Content Settings, PlugIns) and this has disabled all the animation and thus saved CPU time/heat and battery life...