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This site will help collect and show the temperatures of Apple Macintosh computers using the new processors by Intel. All new computers that haven't faced the trail of time will have problems and issues that can make users mad and furious. As with the new MacBook Pro machines where were, and still are, problems with heat dissipation. After scouting forums and help sites for information about what temperatures I can expect on a new MacBook, but that turned out to be harder and more scattered than I first imagined. That's the main motive behind this site and it didn't take too long to setup as I had the base code handy from another site. -

2016-05-15: The model database has been updated with the latest models up to may 2016, a few spam comments has been cleared and the site now runs exclusively on HTTPS/SSL! The site is going strong and new postings are coming in at a steady pace. If you can't find your model number in the list, please go to everymac.com and find the related sub-model.

Total entries: 840 Most popular machine:
MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White
Popular CPU freq: 2.00 GHz
Popular memory size: 2.0 GB
Popular drive size: 80 GB
Mac OS X version: 10.4
Avg. ambient temp: 24.6
Avg. drive temp: 40.5
Whine audiable: 138
Whine not audiable: 363
Moo audiable: 78
Moo not audiable: 382

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Added Base model CPU Freq. Memory Drive / RPM Serial OS X Ambient Idle / (Fix) Load / (Fix) HDD / (Fix) Whine / Moo Posted by Comment # R
51. 2009-11-26 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.53 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 7200 N/A 10.5.8 20 °C 43 °C 110 °C 32 °C No / No Hount None 0 [x]
52. 2010-04-10 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 064B 10.5 22 °C 53 (39) °C 110 (53) °C 30 (30) °C No / No x00x Using ga... 1 [x]
53. 2006-06-26 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8623 10.4 22 °C 44 °C 59 °C 36 °C No / No drewcampbe... None 0 [x]
54. 2006-08-24 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8620 10.4.7 17 °C 45 °C 96 °C 33 °C No / No DJ No fixes... 0 [x]
55. 2006-09-09 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8620 10.4.7 17 °C 44 (44) °C 96 (85) °C 33 (33) °C No / No DJ Thermal ... 0 [x]
56. 2006-07-09 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8620 10.4.7 20 °C 44 °C 90 °C 31 °C No / No DJ None 0 [x]
57. 2006-06-06 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8621 10.4.6 22 °C 53 °C 86 °C 40 °C No / No Hiro None 0 [x]
58. 2006-06-18 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8623 10.4.6 24 °C 39 °C 82 °C 0 °C No / No bparscale None 0 [x]
59. 2010-01-02 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 3.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8652 10.5.8 21 °C 41 °C 89 °C 0 °C No / No jman995x None 0 [x]
60. 2008-09-07 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 7200 W8811 10.5.4 25 °C 41 °C 72 °C 37 °C No / No NvTwist no issue... 0 [x]
61. 2009-06-29 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.60 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8747 10.5.7 22 °C 40 °C 100 °C 40 °C No / No MattyC None 0 [x]
62. 2011-05-04 MacBook Pro 17-inch Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 N/A 10.6 0 °C 15 °C 27 °C 4 °C No / No Josh Araya... None 0 [x]
63. 2020-08-06 MacBook Pro 17-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.50 GHz 16.0 GB 750 / 7200 C02GJ 10.13.6 34 °C 34 °C 97 °C 33 °C No / No JoeCool This is ... 0 [x]
64. 2006-06-14 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 4H622 10.4 19 °C 66 °C 85 °C 0 °C No / Yes JDBFreehee... None 0 [x]
65. 2006-05-31 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 4H619 10.4.6 22 °C 65 °C 82 °C 36 °C No / Yes bluelight None 0 [x]
66. 2006-06-06 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 999.9 MB 100 / 7200 W8608 10.4.6 21 °C 68 °C 85 °C 42 °C Yes / Yes Jaikaran S... ITS WAYY... 0 [x]
67. 2006-05-24 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 100 / 7200 N/A 10.4.6 21 °C 57 °C 78 °C 36 °C No / Yes BartVB SMC upda... 0 [x]
68. 2006-08-23 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 7200 N/A 10.5 19 °C 64 °C 95 °C 92 °C Yes / Yes Eric W None 0 [x]
69. 2006-05-29 iMac 17-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.5 GB 160 / 7200 W8604 10.4 27 °C 40 °C 67 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk Centrino6 None 0 [x]
70. 2008-06-05 iMac 17-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 7200 W8717 10.5.3 22 °C 43 °C 68 °C 36 °C Unk / Unk K.K None 0 [x]
71. 2008-08-03 iMac 17-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 7200 N/A 10.4 24 °C 40 °C 45 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk grecorroma... None 0 [x]
72. 2006-05-23 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8604 10.4.6 27 °C 47 °C 52 °C 0 °C No / Unk truthfind None 0 [x]
73. 2006-09-02 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 CK628 10.4 20 °C 39 °C 62 °C 44 °C Unk / Unk Enibevoli None 0 [x]
74. 2006-05-27 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8606 10.4.6 21 °C 45 °C 60 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk tiziocast None 0 [x]
75. 2006-05-29 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 512.0 MB 250 / 7200 W8603 10.4.6 24 °C 33 °C 60 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk lagger None 0 [x]
76. 2006-05-26 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.4.6 24 °C 43 °C 59 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Mac 4 Life... None 0 [x]
77. 2006-05-20 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8604 10.4.6 21 °C 32 °C 53 °C 47 °C Unk / Unk John Harki... None 0 [x]
78. 2006-05-25 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 500 / 7200 CK620 10.4.6 20 °C 32 °C 53 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk Coddy85 None 0 [x]
79. 2006-09-05 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 QP619 10.4.7 23 °C 31 °C 51 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk Kyoowashug... None 0 [x]
80. 2006-05-26 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 512.0 MB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.4 25 °C 31 °C 40 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk iHuby Average.... 0 [x]
81. 2008-10-20 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 320 / 7200 N/A 10.5 25 °C 59 °C 38 °C 44 °C Unk / Unk leo1 None 0 [x]
82. 2008-06-08 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz Alu 2.00 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8741 10.5.3 24 °C 45 (42) °C 55 (45) °C 60 (48) °C Unk / Unk opacs Using SM... 0 [x]
83. 2013-12-31 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz Alu 2.00 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.9.2 26 °C 39 °C 48 °C 41 °C Unk / Unk Marius None 0 [x]
84. 2007-09-08 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 7200 QP712 10.4.10 24 °C 44 °C 61 °C 47 °C Unk / Unk Woochifer Prior to... 2 [x]
85. 2016-05-25 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 4H63 10.4 0 °C 120 °C 134 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk verifaman None 1 [x]
86. 2006-10-28 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8633 10.4 20 °C 27 °C 42 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk PEACE None 0 [x]
87. 2009-09-04 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 3.0 GB 640 / 7200 W8640 10.5.8 31 °C 44 °C 71 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk cookswim None 0 [x]
88. 2007-06-30 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.4 28 °C 43 °C 70 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk nebirhos I think ... 1 [x]
89. 2007-06-18 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 CK640 10.4.9 25 °C 41 °C 55 °C 42 °C Unk / Unk Bomster I would ... 0 [x]
90. 2006-12-30 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.4.8 25 °C 38 °C 54 °C 36 °C Unk / Unk tom None 0 [x]
91. 2010-01-20 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.5 27 °C 57 °C 87 °C 53 °C Unk / Unk gangstag None 0 [x]
92. 2008-06-14 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8737 10.4 28 °C 58 °C 70 °C 58 °C Unk / Unk zaralex None 0 [x]
93. 2008-08-06 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 999.9 MB 320 / 7200 N/A 10.4 0 °C 40 °C 62 °C 50 °C Unk / Unk xarlos None 0 [x]
94. 2008-08-24 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8801 10.5.4 31 °C 52 °C 56 °C 56 °C Unk / Unk Raul None 0 [x]
95. 2008-12-13 iMac 20-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8814 10.5 17 °C 42 °C 57 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk VolanteDB9... None 0 [x]
96. 2014-01-01 iMac 20-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8904 10.9.1 21 °C 34 °C 57 °C 32 °C Unk / Unk zelpix None 0 [x]
97. 2016-10-29 iMac 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 N/A 10.6 30 °C 80 °C 80 °C 60 °C Unk / Unk Carlos None 0 [x]
98. 2010-07-12 iMac 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 1000 / 7200 N/A 10.6 25 °C 45 °C 60 °C 53 °C Unk / Unk Taufik Kar... my cpu t... 0 [x]
99. 2010-03-27 iMac 21.5-inch 3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 N/A 10.6 20 °C 33 °C 50 °C 42 °C Unk / Unk teryan2006... None 0 [x]
100. 2011-12-11 iMac 21.5-inch Quad-Core 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz 8.0 GB 500 / 7200 C02G3 10.7.2 31 °C 45 °C 48 °C 51 °C Unk / Unk kanawut None 0 [x]
Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included):  23 °C 47 / 46 °C 74 / 75 °C 41 / 37 °C
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IMPORTANT: Before you fill out this form and submit your information to the database, please follow some simple guidelines to make make sure the measurements are as accurate as possible. We'll have more valuable data if every entry is measured and recorded using similar practices. How to do this is described in the link below. If you need help filling out the fields, click the questionmark for some quick guidance.
1. Profile details:
Your name/nick: ?
Your e-mail: (for edit) ?
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Verification code: ? Verification - Enter code:

2. Computer details:
Select base model: ? You find this under the "About this Mac" menu!

(this will auto fill some of the fields below)
Serial number: ? (only the 5 first chars needed)

If you have upgraded a system component, correct the value below:
CPU frequency: ? (only digits, i.e 1.83, 2.0, 2.16)
Memory: ? (only digits, i.e 512, 1, 2)
Drive brand/model: ? (copy from System Report)
Drive size: ? (GB, only digits)
Hard drive RPM: ? (for SSD type -1)
Mac OS X version: ? (only digits, i.e 10.4.6)
Boot ROM version: ?
SMC firmware version: ?

Whine issue: (MacBook Pros) ?
Moo issue: (MacBooks, pre-2010) ?

3. Temperatures:
I have read the policies: ? Yes
All temperatures measured in: ? °Celsius °Fahrenheit
Ambient / room temperature: ? (only digits)

Enter the values from an NORMAL unaltered machine. If you've already done thermal fixes, leave empty and skip to the next group.
Note: This is the CPU core temperatures, not case temperatures.
Idle temperature: ? (only digits)
Load (100%) temperature: ? (only digits)
Drive temperature: ? (only digits)
Screenshot of load graph:
(500KB / JPG / PNG allowed)
?

If you have FIXED the thermal cooling system yourself, enter the temperature values below. If not, leave empty.
Idle temperature after fix: ? (only digits)
Load temperature after fix: ? (only digits)
Drive temperature after fix: ? (only digits)
Screenshot of load graph: ?

4. Closing comments or other issues:
? Comments:
(purchase date and place (Apple store, retail, etc.), problems or issues, applied fixes, normal operation, normal temp, fan action, etc.)
* Fields marked with BOLD are required.