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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

101. 2007-01-19 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 4200 4H701 10.4.8 23 °C 57 °C 81 °C 34 °C No / No omnisphere... None 0 [x]

102. 2006-07-08 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H620 10.4.7 22 °C 72 (70) °C 98 (92) °C 0 °C No / Yes j0nkatz None 0 [x]

103. 2006-05-20 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H619 10.4.6 28 °C 64 °C 85 °C 42 °C No / Unk Kel None 0 [x]

104. 2006-06-29 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.7 20 °C 65 °C 85 °C 38 °C No / No MagicRat None 0 [x]

105. 2006-06-16 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H622 10.4 24 °C 65 °C 84 °C 0 °C Yes / Yes SomeDharma... Moo'ing.... 0 [x]

106. 2006-06-03 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H621 10.4.6 20 °C 67 °C 81 °C 36 °C No / Yes Fredrik Has fan ... 0 [x]

107. 2006-06-08 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 N/A 10.4 25 °C 66 °C 83 °C 0 °C No / No Larry Ryma... None 0 [x]

108. 2006-06-02 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H621 10.4.6 24 °C 67 °C 89 °C 37 °C No / Yes nanoblade Doesn't ... 1 [x]

109. 2006-05-26 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H620 10.4.6 22 °C 66 °C 88 °C 35 °C No / Yes jclarkv None 0 [x]

110. 2006-06-12 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 4H621 10.4.6 22 °C 64 °C 85 °C 0 °C Yes / Yes lotionF None 0 [x]

111. 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]

112. 2006-06-02 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 4H620 10.4.8 20 °C 63 °C 84 °C 39 °C Yes / No Pablo The note... 0 [x]

113. 2006-06-07 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 4H618 10.4 22 °C 65 °C 84 °C 0 °C No / No aemac This is ... 0 [x]

114. 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]

115. 2009-10-09 MacBook 13-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.6.1 21 °C 50 °C 58 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk lesley None 0 [x]

116. 2011-03-13 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 QZ041 10.6 22 °C 48 °C 96 °C 37 °C Unk / Unk jb393 laptop c... 0 [x]

117. 2011-10-19 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz Black 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8825 10.5.8 28 °C 90 °C 90 °C 28 °C Unk / Unk lucas1789 None 0 [x]

118. 2007-10-23 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.4 22 °C 54 °C 81 °C 43 °C No / Unk Debora None 0 [x]

119. 2006-05-22 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 YD608 10.4 22 °C 59 °C 83 °C 0 °C No / Unk ordu None 0 [x]

120. 2010-11-25 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8610 10.6.5 29 °C 67 °C 117 °C 42 °C No / No Jedi In 2009 ... 0 [x]

121. 2006-05-20 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8612 10.4.6 28 °C 67 °C 88 °C 44 °C Yes / Unk Peter Brad... None 0 [x]

122. 2006-05-20 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8609 10.4.6 23 °C 64 °C 81 °C 40 °C Yes / Unk daemonduck... None 0 [x]

123. 2006-05-24 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 N/A 10.4.6 20 °C 70 °C 80 °C 0 °C Yes / No n8236 None 0 [x]

124. 2006-05-27 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 8610 10.4.6 20 °C 64 °C 80 °C 45 °C Yes / Yes wintanclan... None 0 [x]

125. 2006-07-11 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.4 21 °C 73 °C 76 °C 0 °C Yes / Unk tuck None 0 [x]

126. 2006-05-23 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 7200 W8607 10.4.6 21 °C 63 °C 73 °C 42 °C No / No papaya None 0 [x]

127. 2006-06-26 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8607 10.4.6 22 °C 65 °C 90 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk ZBoT re-appli... 0 [x]

128. 2006-06-04 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8616 10.4.6 21 °C 65 °C 70 °C 41 °C No / No Kevin Jame... seems to... 0 [x]

129. 2009-04-23 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8726 10.5.6 21 °C 55 °C 66 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk dacool25 None 0 [x]

130. 2010-12-13 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8712 10.6.5 18 °C 55 °C 83 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk MrMopar I run BO... 0 [x]

131. 2008-01-09 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.5.1 16 °C 44 °C 60 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk kivuli I have h... 0 [x]

132. 2010-08-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 7200 W8739 10.6 21 °C 32 °C 96 °C 28 °C Unk / Unk Seantiburo... While ex... 0 [x]

133. 2007-10-22 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.4 18 °C 63 (48) °C 85 (59) °C 42 (30) °C No / No Kiwi None 0 [x]

134. 2009-10-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.4GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 5400 N/A 10.5.8 24 °C 65 (51) °C 84 (66) °C 45 (37) °C Unk / Unk Joked I have i... 0 [x]

135. 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]

136. 2007-07-03 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.10 20 °C 51 °C 85 °C 36 °C No / No Creator245... Using sm... 0 [x]

137. 2006-05-21 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8619 10.4.6 24 °C 65 °C 75 °C 43 °C No / Unk christian None 0 [x]

138. 2007-04-07 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.4.8 20 °C 60 °C 90 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Tony Husto... Renderin... 0 [x]

139. 2007-09-11 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 7200 W8722 10.4.10 29 °C 57 °C 83 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk sidep None 0 [x]

140. 2008-03-03 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.5.2 20 °C 57 °C 78 °C 0 °C No / No wildwobby.... Fans onl... 0 [x]

141. 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]

142. 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]

143. 2007-01-28 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 60 / 5400 4H620 10.8 26 °C 32 °C 62 °C 0 °C No / No XDViPeR None 0 [x]

144. 2006-06-30 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H624 10.4.7 24 °C 69 °C 83 °C 0 °C Yes / No mp4 None 0 [x]

145. 2006-07-05 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H622 10.4.7 25 °C 65 °C 79 °C 33 °C No / Yes mattek Moo very... 0 [x]

146. 2006-12-02 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H625 10.4 0 °C 60 °C 77 °C 0 °C Yes / Unk jbmoreland... None 0 [x]

147. 2006-12-03 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H646 10.8.4 20 °C 54 °C 69 °C 33 °C No / No Todd March... I have n... 0 [x]

148. 2006-06-02 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.4.6 24 °C 72 °C 94 °C 0 °C Yes / Yes OvenBook MacBook ... 0 [x]

149. 2006-05-23 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.4 22 °C 72 °C 93 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk blackthorn... Extremel... 0 [x]

150. 2006-05-29 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 60 / 5400 4H619 10.4.6 26 °C 65 °C 85 °C 0 °C No / No nrg3k None 0 [x]

Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included): 24 °C 62 / 52 °C 83 / 74 °C 41 / 40 °C

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Submit Temperature Entry

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.

How to correctly measure temperatures

1. Profile details:

Your name/nick:	?
Your e-mail: (for edit)	? Show e-mail address publicly
Verification code:	? - 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.