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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. 2012-04-10 Mac mini Core i5 2.3 GHz 2.30 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 5400 N/A 10.7 75 °C 57 °C 92 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk jokwon None 0 [x]

2. 2011-07-29 MacBook Air 13-inch Core 2 Duo 1.4 GHz 1.40 GHz 2.0 GB 128 / 0 N/A 10.6 25 °C 30 °C 70 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk jang None 0 [x]

3. 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]

4. 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]

5. 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]

6. 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]

7. 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]

8. 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]

9. 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]

10. 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]

11. 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]

12. 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]

13. 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]

14. 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]

15. 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]

16. 2009-01-14 iMac 24-inch 2.8 GHz 2.80 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8814 10.5 0 °C 20 °C 44 °C 55 °C Unk / Unk alien None 0 [x]

17. 2008-12-13 iMac 20-inch 2.66 GHz 2.66 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 W8814 10.5 17 °C 42 °C 57 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk VolanteDB9... None 0 [x]

18. 2008-03-03 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.5.2 20 °C 57 °C 78 °C 0 °C No / No wildwobby.... Fans onl... 0 [x]

19. 2010-09-16 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.6.4 25 °C 55 °C 92 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk dnk None 0 [x]

20. 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]

21. 2011-12-20 MacBook Pro 17-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 0 W8831 10.6.8 0 °C 34 °C 70 °C 43 °C Unk / Unk BGroos note sin... 0 [x]

22. 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]

23. 2010-02-19 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.50 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.6.2 23 °C 47 °C 81 °C 35 °C Unk / Unk stone None 0 [x]

24. 2008-07-10 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.5GHz 2.60 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 3R807 10.5 20 °C 49 °C 86 °C 39 °C No / No brightstor... keyboard... 0 [x]

25. 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]

26. 2008-06-10 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch C2D 2.4GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 7200 W8820 10.5 20 °C 40 °C 74 °C 31 °C Unk / Unk Lionel None 0 [x]

27. 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]

28. 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]

29. 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]

30. 2011-03-04 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz Black 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 64 / 5400 N/A 10.6.6 18 °C 59 °C 80 °C 18 °C No / No aiisko None 0 [x]

31. 2008-05-23 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz Black 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.5 20 °C 47 °C 76 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Penryn45 None 0 [x]

32. 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]

33. 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]

34. 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]

35. 2008-05-30 MacBook C2D 2.4GHz White 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 MB403 10.5.3 21 °C 47 °C 68 °C 35 °C No / No Bnet None 0 [x]

36. 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]

37. 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]

38. 2007-12-09 iMac 24-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 320 / 7200 N/A 10.4.11 22 °C 43 °C 46 °C 51 °C Unk / Unk TxLongHorn... None 0 [x]

39. 2008-06-14 iMac 20-inch 2.4 GHz Alu 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 7200 W8737 10.4 28 °C 58 °C 70 °C 58 °C Unk / Unk zaralex None 0 [x]

40. 2007-09-11 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 7200 W8722 10.4.10 29 °C 57 °C 83 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk sidep None 0 [x]

41. 2007-08-09 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8725 10.5 25 °C 52 °C 86 °C 37 °C No / No runningdav... None 0 [x]

42. 2007-12-02 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8747 10.5.1 25 °C 47 °C 75 °C 37 °C Unk / Unk afterlove None 0 [x]

43. 2008-06-18 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8804 10.5.3 28 °C 48 °C 75 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk oleg1981 None 0 [x]

44. 2010-08-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 7200 W8739 10.6 21 °C 32 °C 96 °C 28 °C Unk / Unk Seantiburo... While ex... 0 [x]

45. 2008-01-01 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 7200 N/A 10.5.1 20 °C 44 °C 86 °C 36 °C No / No Dragonforc... None 0 [x]

46. 2007-10-22 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.4 18 °C 63 (48) °C 85 (59) °C 42 (30) °C No / No Kiwi None 0 [x]

47. 2008-04-29 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8742 10.4.11 20 °C 60 °C 85 °C 40 °C No / No Mugge None 0 [x]

48. 2010-02-03 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 5400 W8812 10.6.2 20 °C 50 °C 85 °C 47 °C Unk / Unk Alanschier... None 0 [x]

49. 2007-09-03 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8731 10.4.10 21 °C 52 °C 82 °C 36 °C No / No Jowie Full sys... 0 [x]

50. 2007-07-27 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8724 10.4.10 31 °C 54 °C 79 °C 44 °C No / No imgoka None 0 [x]

Average temperatures with the current filterbar (null not included): 25 °C 52 / 48 °C 79 / 76 °C 39 / 36 °C

Page 1 of 5 Ambient Idle / w/fix Load / w/fix Drive / w/fix Entries returned: 237
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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.