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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. 2006-05-20 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8604 10.4.6 21 °C 32 °C 53 °C 47 °C Unk / Unk John Harki... None 0 [x]

2. 2006-05-25 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 500 / 7200 CK620 10.4.6 20 °C 32 °C 53 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk Coddy85 None 0 [x]

3. 2009-05-17 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 1.0 GB 320 / 0 N/A 10.4 25 °C 44 °C 60 °C 48 °C Unk / Unk Mcdub None 0 [x]

4. 2009-08-07 iMac 24-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 1.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8807 10.4 32 °C 37 °C 54 °C 57 °C Unk / Unk cool1986vf... None 0 [x]

5. 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]

6. 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]

7. 2006-08-30 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8615 10.4.7 19 °C 39 °C 53 °C 44 °C No / No TheVoice None 0 [x]

8. 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]

9. 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]

10. 2007-06-30 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.4 28 °C 43 °C 70 °C 45 °C Unk / Unk nebirhos I think ... 1 [x]

11. 2007-06-18 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 CK640 10.4.9 25 °C 41 °C 55 °C 42 °C Unk / Unk Bomster I would ... 0 [x]

12. 2010-01-20 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.5 27 °C 57 °C 87 °C 53 °C Unk / Unk gangstag None 0 [x]

13. 2007-01-22 iMac 24-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8636 10.4 32 °C 45 °C 49 °C 56 °C Unk / Unk dazonic Very hot... 0 [x]

14. 2007-05-12 Mac Pro 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 CK706 10.4.9 21 °C 33 °C 60 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk dan1el Memory M... 0 [x]

15. 2006-10-18 Mac Pro 2.66 GHz 1.0 GB 250 / 7200 YM63 10.4 21 °C 30 °C 60 °C 35 °C Unk / Unk eddyg None 0 [x]

16. 2006-05-25 iMac 17-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 7200 N/A 10.4.6 0 °C 37 °C 46 °C 46 °C No / No thirstyrob... None 0 [x]

17. 2006-05-26 iMac 17-inch 1.83 GHz 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 7200 W8604 10.4.6 20 °C 28 °C 35 °C 45 °C No / No paul None 0 [x]

18. 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]

19. 2008-08-03 iMac 17-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 7200 N/A 10.4 24 °C 40 °C 45 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk grecorroma... None 0 [x]

20. 2007-09-26 MacBook C2D 2.00GHz White 2.00 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.4.10 25 °C 49 °C 79 °C 34 °C No / No Johnny Van... HD at fu... 0 [x]

21. 2010-01-23 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz Black 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8765 10.6.1 30 °C 53 °C 84 °C 42 °C Unk / Unk Abhishek C... I feel i... 0 [x]

22. 2007-07-05 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz Black 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8724 10.4.10 30 °C 55 °C 77 °C 35 °C Unk / Unk MT None 0 [x]

23. 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]

24. 2007-02-03 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8651 10.4.8 0 °C 57 °C 78 °C 36 °C No / No Howard None 0 [x]

25. 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]

26. 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]

27. 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]

28. 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]

29. 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]

30. 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]

31. 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]

32. 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]

33. 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]

34. 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]

35. 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]

36. 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]

37. 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]

38. 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]

39. 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]

40. 2007-11-13 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8643 10.4.10 28 °C 50 °C 84 °C 39 °C Yes / No p00ya Using fa... 0 [x]

41. 2006-06-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8621 10.4.6 18 °C 62 °C 82 °C 39 °C Yes / Unk ink Idle tem... 0 [x]

42. 2007-02-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8704 10.4.8 20 °C 45 °C 65 °C 30 °C No / No distortion... None 0 [x]

43. 2006-09-09 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8622 10.4.7 20 °C 50 °C 93 °C 81 °C No / No Chris Perr... None 1 [x]

44. 2006-06-22 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 7200 N/A 10.4 20 °C 32 °C 80 °C 44 °C Unk / Unk nb None 0 [x]

45. 2009-12-27 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8638 10.6.2 21 °C 53 °C 99 °C 32 °C Yes / Unk Olav01 1920x120... 0 [x]

46. 2006-06-26 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8621 10.4.6 23 °C 56 °C 90 °C 34 °C Yes / No Osyrus None 0 [x]

47. 2007-03-25 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8638 10.4 22 °C 47 °C 87 °C 46 °C No / No dale76uk None 0 [x]

48. 2006-05-24 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8619 10.4.6 23 °C 34 °C 79 °C 41 °C Yes / No munkford None 0 [x]

49. 2008-06-14 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 1.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4 20 °C 30 °C 60 °C 0 °C Yes / No Brek None 0 [x]

50. 2007-01-15 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 1.0 GB 100 / 5400 4H622 10.4.8 19 °C 38 °C 69 °C 0 °C No / No burne heatsink... 0 [x]

Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included): 24 °C 52 / 44 °C 78 / 76 °C 40 / 38 °C

Page 1 of 4 Ambient Idle / w/fix Load / w/fix Drive / w/fix Entries returned: 160
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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.