Roberta Posted September 12, 2019 Posted September 12, 2019 Hello there, Lately I have been having an issue that I can't resolve. My Macbook Pro starts to overheat like crazy when I use pressure-sensitive brushes (even the simplest). It has never done it before and I can't figure out why. The only change I can think of is that I had to install adobe CC and dropbox for work but when I use Affinity they are both inactive. I mainly use Affinity for illustration and I have uploaded a short video showing 2 different performance settings that both lead to overheat in seconds (and you can also see the lag on the line). Video: Can anyone shine a light on this issue? Thanks! Quote
Staff MEB Posted September 16, 2019 Staff Posted September 16, 2019 Hi Roberta, If you set the Display to Metal, untick Use only integrated GPU and tick Enable Metal compute acceleration does it still lag/overheat? Roberta 1 Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Roberta Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 2 hours ago, MEB said: Hi Roberta, If you set the Display to Metal, untick Use only integrated GPU and tick Enable Metal compute acceleration does it still lag/overheat? Hi MEB, Thanks for replying, I am getting a bit frustrated/sad because of this issue. I will try what you suggested and let you know. In the meantime I also reinstalled the old tablet drivers and for some reason it gets a bit less crazy overheating.. The weird thing is that Affinity makes my Mac overheat only if I use the tablet.. Thanks again! Quote
Staff MEB Posted September 16, 2019 Staff Posted September 16, 2019 Hi Roberta, What's you tablet brand/model and what driver version are you using/running? Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software
Roberta Posted September 16, 2019 Author Posted September 16, 2019 58 minutes ago, MEB said: Hi Roberta, What's you tablet brand/model and what driver version are you using/running? Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch Like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Intuos-Touch-Tablet-Version/dp/B00EN27U9U Quote
Roberta Posted September 17, 2019 Author Posted September 17, 2019 Hi MEB, I tried with the setting you suggested but with no improvement unfortunately.. I also tried downloading and installing old drivers for the tablet (from before the issue) and it still overheats. Just for a comparison I tried the tablet with photoshop and the same happens so I guess I have an issue with my tablet... So I guess I need to ask for support from Wacom Thanks for the help anyway!! Quote
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