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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
    Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

    Mac CPU increases drastically and gets hot

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    • StoffbeuteluweS Offline
      Stoffbeuteluwe Project Sponsor @trividar
      last edited by

      @trividar hey, I have a mac too, when I show on my mirror some moving object like video or spinning globe or something like that the Mac goes hot too.
      When I show normal modules the Mac is warm but not hot that’s ok.
      You can use the default weathermodule and change the icon with something you like, I have done this and it looks really cool.

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        trividar @JohnBachini
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        @JohnBachini it’s definitely the animated icons, because when i deactivate them the mac runs on max. 10 % cpu.

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          trividar @Stoffbeuteluwe
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          @Stoffbeuteluwe Do you have some pics? do you use also with the default weather module animated icons?

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          • StoffbeuteluweS Offline
            Stoffbeuteluwe Project Sponsor @trividar
            last edited by

            @trividar when I am at home I send a picture…
            no animated pictures

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            • bheplerB Offline
              bhepler Module Developer @JohnBachini
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              @JohnBachini - I suspect it’s Electron. IIRC, it doesn’t support hardware acceleration for graphics. So all of the animation is done by the CPU.

              As a test, you can start your mirror in server only mode and then open the mirror interface in a web browser. Firefox, Chrome & Edge all support hardware acceleration. Chromium might. See if that affects CPU usage and your temperature.

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                Stoffbeuteluwe Project Sponsor @trividar
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                @trividar oh I forgot…Sorry
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