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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. 2009-09-07 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.6 24 °C 55 °C 80 °C 50 °C No / No dnk None 0 [x]

152. 2009-11-14 MacBook Pro 17-inch Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8028 10.6 24 °C 47 °C 84 °C 37 °C Unk / Unk Francois My CPU t... 0 [x]

153. 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]

154. 2016-10-05 MacBook Pro 17-inch Core i5 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 16.0 GB 256 / 0 C02FH 10.6 0 °C 44 °C 77 °C 42 °C Yes / No spax Used CPU... 0 [x]

155. 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]

156. 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]

157. 2011-01-11 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.5.8 18 °C 56 °C 126 °C 34 °C Unk / Unk Macbook None 0 [x]

158. 2010-10-07 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 7200 W8915 10.5.8 25 °C 60 °C 85 °C 35 °C Unk / Unk gazzu None 0 [x]

159. 2010-04-14 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 320 / 5400 12345 10.5.8 50 °C 60 °C 75 °C 37 °C Unk / Unk marten None 0 [x]

160. 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]

161. 2007-04-17 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8621 10.5.8 30 °C 52 (52) °C 70 (76) °C 38 (38) °C No / No briareos Fans at ... 0 [x]

162. 2010-07-06 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8735 10.5.8 0 °C 50 °C 92 °C 44 °C No / No steve.h None 0 [x]

163. 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]

164. 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]

165. 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]

166. 2009-06-15 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 0 N/A 10.5.7 30 °C 40 °C 56 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk koCO None 0 [x]

167. 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]

168. 2009-05-26 MacBook C2D 2.00GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 320 / 7200 4H648 10.5.7 19 °C 55 °C 80 °C 34 °C No / No flopticalc... Coolbook... 0 [x]

169. 2009-06-21 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz Black 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 5400 N/A 10.5.7 22 °C 54 °C 80 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk dyskard None 0 [x]

170. 2009-07-31 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz Black 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.5.7 20 °C 54 °C 77 °C 34 °C Unk / Unk mashalla None 0 [x]

171. 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]

172. 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]

173. 2009-02-01 Mac mini C2D 2.0 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 5400 YM729 10.5.6 43 °C 48 °C 82 °C 39 °C Unk / Unk calicchio4... None 0 [x]

174. 2009-01-24 Mac Pro 2.80 GHz 12.0 GB 250 / 7200 CK802 10.5.6 23 °C 30 °C 60 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk molsar seagate ... 0 [x]

175. 2009-05-13 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 5400 4H637 10.5.6 0 °C 62 °C 90 °C 0 °C No / No Solenoid Temperat... 0 [x]

176. 2009-05-15 MacBook C2D 1.83GHz White 1.83 GHz 999.9 MB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.5.6 19 °C 59 °C 73 °C 32 °C Unk / Unk Cyris None 0 [x]

177. 2009-03-04 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz White 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.5.6 25 °C 40 °C 75 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk Freanir None 0 [x]

178. 2020-07-28 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i7 3.1 GHz 3.10 GHz 16.0 GB 1024 / 0 C02SN 10.5.6 25 °C 58 °C 105 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk Tommy None 0 [x]

179. 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]

180. 2009-04-12 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8725 10.5.6 25 °C 47 °C 84 °C 38 °C Unk / Unk Max None 0 [x]

181. 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]

182. 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]

183. 2008-10-15 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.66 GHz 999.9 MB 100 / 5400 N/A 10.5.5 0 °C 65 °C 84 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk wilp I broke ... 0 [x]

184. 2008-12-09 MacBook C2D 2.00GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 4H650 10.5.5 21 °C 62 °C 80 °C 39 °C No / No fahne my fan i... 0 [x]

185. 2008-10-30 MacBook C2D 2.00GHz White 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 80 / 5400 WQ719 10.5.5 20 °C 50 °C 75 °C 35 °C No / No tbohlsenns... Sometime... 0 [x]

186. 2008-09-21 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz Black 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8833 10.5.5 18 °C 40 °C 73 °C 27 °C No / No Skittled Fairly n... 0 [x]

187. 2008-11-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.16 GHz 4.0 GB 420 / 7200 W8715 10.5.5 21 °C 55 °C 93 °C 45 °C No / No FinnKje None 0 [x]

188. 2008-09-29 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.4GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 200 / 5400 W8833 10.5.5 20 °C 40 °C 80 °C 0 °C No / No Dragonhear... None 0 [x]

189. 2008-11-19 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.4GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 5400 W8839 10.5.5 23 °C 46 °C 72 °C 42 °C No / No XtremeARti... None 0 [x]

190. 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]

191. 2008-07-08 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 3.06 GHz 4.0 GB 750 / 7200 VM826 10.5.4 18 °C 32 °C 64 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk andychris0... None 0 [x]

192. 2008-08-12 Mac mini 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 512.0 MB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.5.4 28 °C 48 °C 78 °C 50 °C No / No TheMacUser... In it's ... 0 [x]

193. 2008-09-04 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.20 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8806 10.5.4 30 °C 52 °C 90 °C 36 °C Unk / Unk Sagie I didn't... 0 [x]

194. 2008-07-08 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz White 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8811 10.5.4 23 °C 49 °C 82 °C 35 °C No / No handtralal... None 0 [x]

195. 2008-07-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8747 10.5.4 25 °C 53 °C 75 °C 42 °C No / No Leflou None 0 [x]

196. 2008-08-03 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.60 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 7200 N/A 10.5.4 23 °C 56 °C 97 °C 53 °C No / No AN.DY All good... 0 [x]

197. 2008-08-09 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.4GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 5400 N/A 10.5.4 22 °C 42 °C 70 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk ekuseru Playing ... 0 [x]

198. 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]

199. 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]

200. 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]

Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included): 25 °C 52 / 48 °C 81 / 77 °C 39 / 39 °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.