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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
1. 2006-05-28 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8620 10.4 17 °C 25 (25) °C 54 (51) °C 50 (49) °C No / No evan Apple ha... 0 [x]
2. 2010-11-10 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 3.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8726 10.6.4 23 °C 48 (45) °C 92 (89) °C 44 (41) °C No / No honzikd None 0 [x]
3. 2010-07-16 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8762 10.6.3 27 °C 55 (46) °C 91 (87) °C 38 (35) °C No / No honzikd Iapplied... 0 [x]
4. 2006-06-05 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8619 10.4.6 28 °C 0 (44) °C 0 (79) °C 0 (36) °C Yes / No steve Whine on... 0 [x]
5. 2006-06-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8614 10.4.6 23 °C 0 (47) °C 0 (64) °C 0 °C No / No d Before f... 0 [x]
6. 2008-02-07 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.11 22 °C 48 (40) °C 81 (62) °C 42 (39) °C No / No mysterymx I use sm... 0 [x]
7. 2006-07-10 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 88974 10.4.7 28 °C 55 (30) °C 75 (46) °C 50 (40) °C No / No Canne None 0 [x]
8. 2007-05-31 Mac mini 1.5 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.9 20 °C 59 °C 80 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Gaga None 0 [x]
9. 2006-05-27 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.66 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 G8615 10.4.6 27 °C 45 °C 77 °C 49 °C Unk / Unk RLD None 0 [x]
10. 2007-09-16 Mac mini C2D 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.10 20 °C 83 °C 90 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk hank New last... 0 [x]
11. 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]
12. 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]
13. 2007-02-14 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 120 / 5400 4H645 10.4.8 17 °C 52 °C 87 °C 31 °C No / No iceblox CPU seem... 0 [x]
14. 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]
15. 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]
16. 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]
17. 2007-03-15 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H620 10.4 23 °C 62 °C 99 °C 0 °C Yes / Yes masae None 0 [x]
18. 2006-05-25 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 120 / 5400 4H620 10.4 16 °C 65 °C 90 °C 0 °C No / No sockonafis... None 2 [x]
19. 2008-02-20 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H623 10.5.2 27 °C 60 °C 89 °C 36 °C Unk / Unk nakao None 0 [x]
20. 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]
21. 2006-06-05 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H620 10.4.6 67 °C 24 °C 88 °C 42 °C Yes / Yes bb Sending ... 0 [x]
22. 2006-07-01 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H621 10.4.7 26 °C 55 °C 88 °C 0 °C No / Yes MonteCrist... None 0 [x]
23. 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]
24. 2006-06-27 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 120 / 5400 4H622 10.4.6 23 °C 65 °C 81 °C 0 °C No / Unk MyMacBook None 0 [x]
25. 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]
26. 2007-07-24 MacBook C2D 2.0GHz Black 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H644 10.4.10 29 °C 60 °C 84 °C 51 °C Yes / No chunkysoup... loud fan... 1 [x]
27. 2007-05-26 MacBook C2D 2.0GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.8 22 °C 54 °C 84 °C 32 °C Yes / No MrXYZ None 0 [x]
28. 2006-12-06 MacBook C2D 2.0GHz Black 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 4H647 10.4.8 20 °C 54 °C 82 °C 0 °C No / No Jonathan Fan is h... 0 [x]
29. 2007-06-13 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8719 10.4 24 °C 54 °C 81 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Sean None 0 [x]
30. 2008-02-10 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8730 10.4.11 15 °C 55 °C 89 °C 32 °C Unk / Unk dpreciado im not s... 0 [x]
31. 2007-09-09 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4 0 °C 60 °C 80 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Zachary Wo... HD temp ... 0 [x]
32. 2007-07-26 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8723 10.4 24 °C 50 °C 75 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk ido None 0 [x]
33. 2008-01-15 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8745 10.5.1 22 °C 49 °C 94 °C 26 °C No / No Ksynnott Sounds l... 0 [x]
34. 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]
35. 2008-04-01 MacBook C2D 2.1GHz White 2.10 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8743 10.5 20 °C 34 °C 67 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk wprc4 None 0 [x]
36. 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]
37. 2015-05-02 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz 2.53 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 0 W8940 10.10.2 24 °C 58 °C 87 °C 29 °C No / No prozo Idles hi... 0 [x]
38. 2011-04-29 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 120 / 0 C2VFC 10.6.7 21 °C 36 °C 90 °C 0 °C No / No dutchflea Base mod... 0 [x]
39. 2011-10-20 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 8.0 GB 120 / 0 W8050 10.7.2 23 °C 54 °C 97 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk drcavlee None 0 [x]
40. 2012-01-25 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 8.0 GB 120 / 0 N/A 10.7.2 27 °C 48 °C 95 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk fotografer... On integ... 0 [x]
41. 2006-05-30 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8609 10.4 21 °C 54 °C 92 °C 43 °C No / Yes keith Dunc... Asked ap... 0 [x]
42. 2006-07-14 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 120 / 5400 W8611 10.4.6 19 °C 70 °C 100 °C 54 °C Yes / Yes Jabberwock... This is ... 0 [x]
43. 2006-07-14 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 120 / 5400 W8611 10.4.6 19 °C 70 °C 100 °C 54 °C Yes / Yes Jabberwock... None 0 [x]
44. 2006-06-25 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8619 10.4 0 °C 57 °C 86 °C 0 °C Yes / Unk rune Returned... 0 [x]
45. 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]
46. 2006-05-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8607 10.4.6 24 °C 53 °C 79 °C 43 °C No / Unk Andrew de ... None 0 [x]
47. 2006-05-23 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8614 10.4 20 °C 52 °C 78 °C 0 °C Yes / No John On batte... 0 [x]
48. 2006-12-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8632 10.4.8 0 °C 80 °C 87 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk lost None 0 [x]
49. 2007-05-04 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 YD610 10.4.9 29 °C 65 °C 87 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk diogomac None 0 [x]
50. 2006-06-25 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8624 10.4 24 °C 53 °C 86 °C 43 °C Yes / Unk rune Under ve... 0 [x]
Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included):  23 °C 54 / 40 °C 84 / 68 °C 41 / 40 °C
 Page 1 of 2 Ambient Idle / w/fix Load / w/fix Drive / w/fix Entries returned: 86  
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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.
1. Profile details:
Your name/nick: ?
Your e-mail: (for edit) ?
Show e-mail address publicly
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.