Anyone know why my Mac is running hotter than usual??

I just had it professionally cleaned of dust since its an older model a couple months ago. It isn't running any unusual programs but the fan is kicking into hyperdrive after like 5 minutes now and the bottom is hot to the touch. The hot air is coming up through my keyboard too. I am very concerned since this is super unusual for it.

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in10RjFox · M

You need to isolate the problem .. if it's charging and battery or cpu .. there is activity monitor in your tools that you can watch for mysterious activities.. it could be your browser that causes it.

So first charge the battery with machine off. Then start the comp on battery.. then start activity monitor. There is also cpu temperature that you can monitor on toolbar .. then start chrome ..

Do each step very slowly with a gap of 5 minutes to see when exactly it heats up.

Then connect power.