Note: This script has been primary coded for my iMac 12,1 (2011, 21.5 inch) and was later updated to work as well on the following macs: MacBook 5,1 and 5,2 running Ubuntu 20.04 and Macmini 3,1 (2009 Macmini), if you have problems with this script on other Macs please open an issue
Usage:
(here you don't create the actual command, just an alias, but it's more updatable, just git pull will get the job done)
- Clone the repo in home
cd ~/ && git clone https://github.com/juampapo546/fan-control/
- Create the alias for this script
If you use bash :
echo 'alias fan="sudo sh /home/$USER/fan-control/fan.sh"' >> ~/.bashrc
If you use zsh :
echo 'alias fan="sudo sh /home/$USER/fan-control/fan.sh"' >> ~/.zshrc
If you have doubts you probably use bash, to be sure check if you have in your /home .bashrc or .zshrc
(here you create the command but you'll have to repeat the whole process every time you want to update)
- Clone the repo in home
cd ~/ && git clone https://github.com/juampapo546/fan-control/
- Move the script to /bin and make it executable
sudo mv ~/fan-control/fan.sh /bin/fan && sudo chmod +x /bin/fan
- (optional) Clean remainings of the repo
rm -rf ~/fan-control
First check what fans are available for your mac
fan
Then choose one one of the output fans and run:
sudo fan [ SELECT FAN TO CONTROL ] [SELECT THE PERCENTAGE YOU WANT THE FAN TO RUN ]
-hdd (an example) -value (nummber from 1 to 100)
-auto -auto
For example if you want cpu fan to run at it's 65% the input should be:
sudo fan cpu 65