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SSD Fan Control

Fixes fan noise issues with iMacs, Gives you full control, Easily configurable, Supports SMART temperature info, Totally free.

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  • Free
  • Proprietary

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  • Mac  SSD Fan Control is compatible with OSX 10.11 (El Capitan) If it fails after upgrading to OSX 10.11, please reinstall.
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  1.  Fan Speed
  2.  Hardware Monitoring

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Works for iMac (Late 2011) HDD temp fan. High Sierra 10.13.3

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What is SSD Fan Control?

iMac users who tweak their systems using 3rd party hard disks or solid state disks, are often surprised by an unpleasant aftermath: an annoyingly noisy hard disk fan. Fan management in Apple systems relies on temperatures reported by the SMC system. The SMC collects data from external sensors or by reading the internal hard disk temperature in a proprietary manner. Sometimes reusing the external sensor is not possible or, as in more recent generations of iMacs, replacing the original hard disk breaks the system’s temperature monitoring. In both cases the SMC system tends to go into frenzy and drive you mad with a loud fan.

SSD Fan Control puts you in control. It enables you to overrule the automatic fan control and manually configure the fan speed. The core of the system is a daemon that runs in the background and takes care of the fan management. Whenever the SMC system resets to its default, SSD Fan Control takes over again to make sure that your system remains quiet. Aside of this daemon, SSD Fan Control features a user-friendly application for monitoring and control.