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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
151. 2010-10-04 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 N/A 10.6.4 22 °C 39 °C 89 °C 41 °C No / No mav2287 None 0 [x]
152. 2009-12-10 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 5400 WQ941 10.6.2 19 °C 53 °C 86 °C 35 °C Unk / Unk rootbox None 0 [x]
153. 2013-02-09 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 0 W8944 10.8.2 21 °C 51 °C 84 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk fascik None 0 [x]
154. 2009-10-27 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8924 10.6.1 26 °C 50 °C 83 °C 37 °C No / No Chris Upgraded... 0 [x]
155. 2010-12-11 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8932 10.6.5 22 °C 55 °C 83 °C 88 °C Yes / No Wolf No alter... 0 [x]
156. 2011-11-19 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8930 10.7.2 25 °C 50 °C 80 °C 55 °C Unk / Unk Gilbert None 0 [x]
157. 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]
158. 2016-05-26 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8002 10.6 28 °C 57 °C 94 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk animesh None 0 [x]
159. 2010-02-14 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 45003 10.6.2 20 °C 35 °C 87 °C 42 °C No / No JeFFJuH None 0 [x]
160. 2019-12-29 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 6.0 GB 120 / 0 W8006 10.13.6 26 °C 49 °C 80 °C 34 °C No / No DanZDM None 0 [x]
161. 2013-06-19 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 8.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8014 10.8.4 25 °C 43 (50) °C 70 (85) °C 40 °C No / No iJo09 None 0 [x]
162. 2017-12-23 MacBook 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2.26 GHz 4.0 GB 256 / 0 N/A 10.12 21 °C 0 (57) °C 0 (80) °C 0 °C Unk / Unk JakeNTech None 0 [x]
163. 2010-05-17 iMac 27-inch 3.06 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 1000 / 7200 W8950 10.6 26 °C 42 °C 53 °C 46 °C Unk / Unk rev17 None 1 [x]
164. 2010-04-19 iMac 27-inch 3.06 GHz 2.80 GHz 8.0 GB 1000 / 7200 N/A 10.6.3 22 °C 65 °C 79 °C 66 °C Unk / Unk was2aks None 0 [x]
165. 2010-03-27 iMac 27-inch 3.06 GHz 2.80 GHz 8.0 GB 2000 / 7200 N/A 10.6.2 18 °C 40 °C 70 °C 48 °C Unk / Unk Dimec None 0 [x]
166. 2011-05-30 iMac 27-inch 3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 1000 / 7200 N/A 10.6.7 22 °C 29 °C 70 °C 50 °C Unk / Unk Dumbo None 0 [x]
167. 2010-08-23 iMac 27-inch 3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 1000 / 7200 SW894 10.6.4 23 °C 44 °C 57 °C 58 °C Unk / Unk spkersten Northbri... 0 [x]
168. 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]
169. 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]
170. 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]
171. 2013-12-31 Mac Pro 8-Core 2.26 GHz 24.0 GB 640 / 7200 CK919 10.9.1 33 °C 35 °C 83 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk Tizucumacu... None 0 [x]
172. 2010-07-02 Mac Pro 8-Core 2.26 GHz 8.0 GB 640 / 7200 YM015 10.6.4 30 °C 38 °C 54 °C 38 °C No / No iUnspoken None 0 [x]
173. 2016-04-18 Mac Pro Quad-Core 2.66 GHz 16.0 GB 640 / 7200 CK947 10.9.5 31 °C 41 °C 65 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk DB ATI Rade... 0 [x]
174. 2009-07-22 iMac 24-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 640 / 7200 N/A 10.5 31 °C 44 °C 62 °C 56 °C Unk / Unk scrappy a metal ... 0 [x]
175. 2010-04-16 iMac 24-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 640 / 7200 N/A 10.6.3 24 °C 41 °C 61 °C 55 °C Unk / Unk Romanian Memory C... 0 [x]
176. 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]
177. 2010-03-05 Mac mini C2D 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.5.8 19 °C 65 °C 81 °C 54 °C Unk / Unk honzas None 0 [x]
178. 2010-06-29 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 5400 W8920 10.6.4 32 °C 62 (51) °C 105 (76) °C 42 (42) °C Unk / Unk Ashio I follow... 0 [x]
179. 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]
180. 2009-09-29 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 5400 N/A 10.6 37 °C 47 °C 103 °C 47 °C No / No tshanks SYSTEM F... 0 [x]
181. 2009-09-04 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.66 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8921 10.6 19 °C 36 °C 98 °C 28 °C Unk / Unk iispyderii... Running ... 0 [x]
182. 2012-06-08 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.6 0 °C 40 °C 70 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Art None 0 [x]
183. 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]
184. 2017-08-28 MacBook 13-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 8.0 GB 1000 / 7200 W8905 10.13 20 °C 82 °C 92 °C 32 °C No / No Craig None 0 [x]
185. 2010-02-23 MacBook 13-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8911 10.6.2 20 °C 30 °C 60 °C 0 °C No / No dyohanan None 0 [x]
186. 2011-09-01 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Alu 2.00 GHz 4.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8916 10.6.8 24 °C 49 °C 85 °C 32 °C Unk / Unk honzikd None 0 [x]
187. 2011-06-29 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Alu 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.5 0 °C 46 °C 80 °C 34 °C No / No sea2011 None 0 [x]
188. 2016-06-19 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Alu 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 249 / 5400 W8844 10.11 20 °C 53 °C 80 °C 38 °C Unk / Unk Paddy None 0 [x]
189. 2010-08-23 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Alu 2.00 GHz 4.0 GB 160 / 5400 WQ844 10.5 24 °C 45 °C 74 °C 35 °C Unk / Unk sercasti None 0 [x]
190. 2010-10-31 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz 6.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8841 10.6.4 21 °C 60 °C 80 °C 33 °C No / No Doc None 0 [x]
191. 2009-04-30 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8842 10.5.6 20 °C 49 °C 90 °C 33 °C No / No hpspec None 0 [x]
192. 2009-07-14 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 5400 W8853 10.5.7 25 °C 51 °C 80 °C 34 °C Unk / Unk wofuer None 0 [x]
193. 2009-06-20 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 5400 W8845 10.4 28 °C 45 °C 72 °C 36 °C No / No jzachlee None 0 [x]
194. 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]
195. 2009-04-06 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8904 10.5.6 22 °C 44 °C 76 °C 35 °C No / No Schot Peaked a... 0 [x]
196. 2011-03-17 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8905 10.6.6 21 °C 65 °C 74 °C 37 °C Unk / Unk awvan None 0 [x]
197. 2008-06-13 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8801 10.5 29 °C 45 °C 49 °C 56 °C Unk / Unk Don None 0 [x]
198. 2009-06-27 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 YM830 10.5.7 23 °C 46 °C 87 °C 53 °C Unk / Unk schotman core1 2 ... 0 [x]
199. 2011-01-21 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8802 10.6.6 26 °C 45 °C 48 °C 57 °C Unk / Unk Ronnie None 0 [x]
200. 2008-08-15 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 VM827 10.5.4 24 °C 38 °C 46 °C 48 °C Unk / Unk Victor None 0 [x]
Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included):  25 °C 51 / 48 °C 79 / 79 °C 39 / 38 °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.