macOS 15 Sequoia

[SkyrilHD]

Same as last year, the newest beta boots on my E7250. However, due to the lack of GPU acceleration, it is quite unusable.

[SkyrilHD]

Now with the early preview of OCLP, we finally have GPU acceleration working.

[reggie1852]

I appreciate all the work you have done on the E7x50 platforms. A question. My E7250 fans will run constantly for some of the later operating systems (Sonoma and Sequoia). Is this something your laptops experience as well? Any good solution (CPUFriend?), although I suspect Broadwell CPUs will struggle.

[SkyrilHD]

My guess is that newer macOS operating systems are more demanding on the CPU. At the same time, the CPU is getting older. You may want to try applying a new thermal paste. It has been 9 years since the laptop was released.

I cannot speak from personal experience, as I switched to an Apple Silicon MacBook Pro two years ago. I can barely hear the fan at all :P