It updates the cursor and raises a lot of temperature on the Mac Book Pro M2

[cristiandjr]

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

All I did was install the latest version. After that, my laptop started getting extremely hot.

It’s impossible to work. Help. I’m paying for the pro plan.

Steps to Reproduce

When the cursor was updated a few days ago

Expected Behavior

that the temperature does not exceed approximately 50 degrees

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 1.5.5 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 823f58d4f60b795a6aefb9955933f3a2f0331d70
Date: 2025-08-25T17:40:25.290Z
Electron: 34.5.8
Chromium: 132.0.6834.210
Node.js: 20.19.1
V8: 13.2.152.41-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

Additional Information

argentina

Does this stop you from using Cursor

Yes - Cursor is unusable

[deanrie]

Hey, it’s possible that some process is excessively consuming your CPU/RAM resources. Could you check which processes are being used while Cursor is running?

Start by checking the built-in Activity Monitor, then use Process Explorer in Cursor itself. There’s also a chance the issue might be related to one or more extensions, so try launching with the flag cursor --disable-extensions. The issue might also be related to the specifics of the project, have you tried checking this in other projects?

It would be great if you could share the info and screenshots of the processes used.

[cristiandjr]

Good morning.

I have no idea how to open the cursor monitor.

And the temperature and CPU only increase when I use the cursor. This started happening when I updated it a few days ago.

Edit:

My MacBook Pro has 8GB of RAM and is M2.

But I haven’t had any issues in months. Plus, it’s an editor I use every day.

[deanrie]

Okay, open Process Explorer and take a screenshot. Also, have you tried running Cursor without extensions?

[cristiandjr]

[deanrie]

It seems everything is fine here. Is this with extensions disabled? Try opening your project with all extensions enabled and open the Process Explorer window.