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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. 2008-07-25 iMac 17-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 512.0 MB 160 / 7200 N/A 10.5 29 °C 44 °C 61 °C 50 °C No / No Macintosh1... None 0 [x]
2. 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]
3. 2010-06-02 iMac 24-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8808 10.6.3 28 °C 46 °C 65 °C 59 °C No / No don Blews None 0 [x]
4. 2008-03-21 Mac mini 1.5 GHz 2.00 GHz 999.9 MB 250 / 5400 VM616 10.5.2 43 °C 67 (51) °C 98 (86) °C 41 (40) °C No / No jmacmini None 0 [x]
5. 2007-05-10 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.66 GHz 512.0 MB 80 / 5400 G8618 10.4.9 21 °C 57 °C 97 °C 38 °C No / No JetPilot Core 2 r... 0 [x]
6. 2007-06-10 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 YM705 10.4.9 20 °C 58 °C 96 °C 39 °C No / No honglong19... Upgraded... 0 [x]
7. 2008-06-10 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 4H627 10.4.11 21 °C 53 °C 83 °C 0 °C No / No BluSubaru Temperat... 0 [x]
8. 2006-06-18 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 512.0 MB 60 / 5400 N/A 10.4.6 21 °C 57 °C 73 °C 0 °C No / Yes tommyr None 0 [x]
9. 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]
10. 2006-08-02 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 512.0 MB 60 / 5400 4H621 10.4.7 30 °C 65 °C 92 °C 35 °C No / Yes kaylah None 0 [x]
11. 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]
12. 2006-05-26 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H620 10.4.6 24 °C 57 °C 84 °C 32 °C No / Yes Chazmo None 0 [x]
13. 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]
14. 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]
15. 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]
16. 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]
17. 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]
18. 2006-10-21 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 4H624 10.4.8 20 °C 53 °C 90 °C 38 °C No / No zennman None 0 [x]
19. 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]
20. 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]
21. 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]
22. 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]
23. 2010-10-18 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz Black 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8814 10.6.4 19 °C 46 °C 90 °C 30 °C No / No Helder None 0 [x]
24. 2009-11-25 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz 2.53 GHz 4.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8922 10.6.2 26 °C 50 °C 97 °C 30 °C No / No Aaron Fan stay... 0 [x]
25. 2016-04-15 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.3 GHz 2.30 GHz 8.0 GB 500 / 5400 C17G5 10.11.5 26 °C 49 °C 91 °C 33 °C No / No Wolverinev... Just cle... 0 [x]
26. 2011-02-03 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 5400 W8041 10.6.6 23 °C 43 (42) °C 90 (65) °C 50 (35) °C No / No Sir Martin... Cooling ... 0 [x]
27. 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]
28. 2019-06-21 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 C1MNH 10.14.5 37 °C 45 °C 99 °C 31 °C No / No HP I feel u... 0 [x]
29. 2018-02-22 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i5 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz 6.0 GB 240 / 0 C1MPN 10.13.3 25 °C 61 °C 96 °C 0 °C No / No chacality None 0 [x]
30. 2018-08-24 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i7 2.9 GHz 2.90 GHz 16.0 GB 500 / 4200 C1MKG 10.13.6 25 °C 42 °C 80 °C 0 °C No / No emcquaid None 0 [x]
31. 2018-04-07 MacBook Pro 13-inch Core i7 2.9 GHz 2.90 GHz 4.0 GB 275 / 5400 C02J2 10.12.6 22 °C 68 °C 104 °C 0 °C No / No JC None 1 [x]
32. 2011-11-03 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz 8.0 GB 1000 / 5200 W8928 10.7.2 21 °C 78 °C 96 °C 35 °C No / No TheStich None 0 [x]
33. 2020-11-12 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz 2.53 GHz 8.0 GB 256 / 0 W8948 10.14.6 30 °C 65 (56) °C 90 (80) °C 48 (48) °C No / No kuoshen Applied ... 0 [x]
34. 2010-03-28 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8924 10.6.2 21 °C 66 °C 105 °C 38 °C No / No mcanty5 If you r... 0 [x]
35. 2010-03-26 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 4.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8925 10.6.2 23 °C 65 °C 101 °C 37 °C No / No Zaico None 0 [x]
36. 2012-05-14 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 48.0 GB 750 / 5400 C02FT 10.6.8 24 °C 42 °C 92 °C 37 °C No / No frost None 0 [x]
37. 2010-09-14 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 5400 W8033 10.6.4 26 °C 57 °C 75 °C 38 °C No / No Phuqit ****SERI... 0 [x]
38. 2015-03-26 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 4.0 GB 320 / 5400 W8016 10.6.3 20 °C 57 °C 100 °C 128 °C No / No MacAllah I have i... 0 [x]
39. 2019-11-26 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i5 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 8.0 GB 320 / 5400 C02HC 10.13.6 33 °C 38 °C 92 °C 28 °C No / No JoeCool This is ... 0 [x]
40. 2019-05-10 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.3 GHz 2.30 GHz 16.0 GB 512 / 0 C02LM 10.13.6 20 °C 54 (43) °C 108 (93) °C 34 (33) °C No / No ElliottLiu... Purchase... 0 [x]
41. 2019-09-12 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.3 GHz 2.30 GHz 8.0 GB 500 / 5400 C02F9 10.13.6 56 °C 51 °C 90 °C 34 °C No / No JoeCool This is ... 0 [x]
42. 2019-11-22 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.5 GHz 2.50 GHz 8.0 GB 750 / 7200 C02HL 10.13.6 33 °C 38 °C 92 °C 37 °C No / No JoeCool This is ... 0 [x]
43. 2020-03-22 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.5 GHz 2.90 GHz 32.0 GB 1000 / 0 C02X8 10.15.3 19 °C 45 °C 96 °C 22 °C No / No Christoph 15 inch,... 0 [x]
44. 2020-05-04 MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 2.6 GHz 2.60 GHz 16.0 GB 1024 / 0 C2QKR 10.14.6 24 °C 70 °C 102 °C 42 °C No / No JohnnyEngl... Bought f... 0 [x]
45. 2013-05-08 MacBook Pro 15-inch Retina Core i7 2.3 GHz 2.30 GHz 8.0 GB 256 / 0 N/A 10.8.3 22 °C 33 °C 97 °C 37 °C No / No giby None 0 [x]
46. 2015-06-29 MacBook Pro 15-inch Retina Core i7 2.6 GHz 2.60 GHz 8.0 GB 512 / 5400 877GJ 10.8 20 °C 85 °C 90 °C 37 °C No / Unk John This bad... 1 [x]
47. 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]
48. 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]
49. 2006-06-13 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8609 10.4.6 23 °C 65 °C 84 °C 39 °C No / No FranServ None 0 [x]
50. 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]
Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included):  24 °C 54 / 47 °C 90 / 82 °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.
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.