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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. 2006-10-21 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]
2. 2006-06-26 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8607 10.4.6 22 °C 65 °C 90 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk ZBoT re-appli... 0 [x]
3. 2006-06-25 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 W8621 10.4.6 20 °C 51 °C 83 °C 0 °C No / No zaxxon Applied ... 0 [x]
4. 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]
5. 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]
6. 2007-07-05 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 N/A 10.4.9 24 °C 48 °C 77 °C 43 °C No / No xserve None 0 [x]
7. 2008-05-29 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 N/A 10.5.2 24 °C 0 (49) °C 0 (100) °C 0 (42) °C Unk / Unk xserve None 0 [x]
8. 2007-09-08 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 500 / 7200 QP712 10.4.10 24 °C 44 °C 61 °C 47 °C Unk / Unk Woochifer Prior to... 2 [x]
9. 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]
10. 2006-08-30 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8630 10.4 23 °C 58 °C 81 °C 43 °C No / No WiRaCoChA None 0 [x]
11. 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]
12. 2008-03-23 MacBook C2D 2.16GHz White 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 W8733 10.5.2 24 °C 51 °C 89 °C 32 °C Unk / Unk Willievon None 0 [x]
13. 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]
14. 2006-06-22 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 93 / 5400 QP612 10.4.6 23 °C 62 °C 78 °C 0 °C Unk / No wibblefoo Temperat... 0 [x]
15. 2007-04-02 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8637 10.4.9 20 °C 56 °C 70 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk Wai Yuan None 0 [x]
16. 2007-07-28 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 W8644 10.4.10 26 °C 53 °C 77 °C 40 °C Yes / No vt C2D but ... 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. 2006-08-10 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 N/A 10.4 25 °C 58 °C 66 °C 41 °C No / No Vishnu None 0 [x]
19. 2008-05-26 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 4H636 10.4.11 27 °C 62 °C 81 °C 37 °C No / No Vincent No exter... 1 [x]
20. 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]
21. 2006-05-29 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz White 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 4H620 10.4 24 °C 0 (54) °C 0 (85) °C 0 (33) °C Unk / Unk ventivent Replaced... 0 [x]
22. 2009-06-13 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 5400 4H641 10.4.11 60 °C 57 °C 81 °C 30 °C No / No vasilios None 0 [x]
23. 2008-03-25 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 200 / 7200 W8620 10.5.2 24 °C 62 °C 87 °C 40 °C Unk / Unk vallembreu... None 0 [x]
24. 2006-08-16 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8616 10.4.7 21 °C 40 °C 82 °C 30 °C Unk / Unk valkraider... None 0 [x]
25. 2007-09-26 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.4 32 °C 39 °C 78 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk URFLiX Elevatin... 0 [x]
26. 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]
27. 2006-07-11 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.4 21 °C 73 °C 76 °C 0 °C Yes / Unk tuck None 0 [x]
28. 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]
29. 2006-06-01 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8606 10.4 25 °C 34 °C 56 °C 42 °C No / No trommheim None 0 [x]
30. 2006-05-20 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8618 10.4.6 22 °C 42 °C 67 °C 43 °C No / Unk Transeau Update -... 0 [x]
31. 2007-04-07 MacBook Pro 17-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.4.8 20 °C 60 °C 90 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Tony Husto... Renderin... 0 [x]
32. 2006-12-30 iMac 20-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 N/A 10.4.8 25 °C 38 °C 54 °C 36 °C Unk / Unk tom None 0 [x]
33. 2007-07-01 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8723 10.4.10 23 °C 48 °C 57 °C 41 °C No / No TkRo My MacBo... 2 [x]
34. 2006-05-27 iMac 20-inch 2.0 GHz 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 250 / 7200 W8606 10.4.6 21 °C 45 °C 60 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk tiziocast None 0 [x]
35. 2006-05-23 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 1.66 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 YM613 10.4 20 °C 48 °C 83 °C 45 °C No / Unk The Pie Ma... I use an... 0 [x]
36. 2006-05-27 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 7200 W8611 10.4.6 0 °C 51 °C 83 °C 34 °C Yes / No The Jackal... None 0 [x]
37. 2006-06-21 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 4H618 10.4.6 25 °C 60 °C 85 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Tannen None 0 [x]
38. 2007-07-04 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8725 10.4.10 23 °C 48 °C 82 °C 39 °C No / No Talez None 0 [x]
39. 2008-05-12 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.0 GHz 2.40 GHz 2.0 GB 160 / 5400 N/A 10.5.2 19 °C 40 °C 74 °C 41 °C No / No stu3 None 0 [x]
40. 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]
41. 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]
42. 2006-06-19 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.16 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 100 / 5400 W8621 10.4.6 23 °C 50 °C 83 °C 35 °C Yes / No Stefanhj None 0 [x]
43. 2006-06-26 MacBook 13-inch 1.83 GHz White 1.83 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 N/A 10.4 21 °C 50 °C 83 °C 43 °C No / No St3phan None 0 [x]
44. 2008-01-02 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.2 GHz 2.20 GHz 2.0 GB 120 / 5400 W8743 10.4 22 °C 62 °C 84 °C 0 °C Unk / Unk Spongeh None 0 [x]
45. 2006-06-16 MacBook 13-inch 2.0 GHz Black 2.00 GHz 2.0 GB 80 / 5400 4H622 10.4 24 °C 65 °C 84 °C 0 °C Yes / Yes SomeDharma... Moo'ing.... 0 [x]
46. 2010-03-21 MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 2.33 GHz 2.33 GHz 2.0 GB 150 / 0 N/A 10.4.11 26 °C 51 °C 87 °C 40 °C Yes / No Solitary None 0 [x]
47. 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]
48. 2006-09-22 Mac mini 1.66 GHz 2.16 GHz 2.0 GB 60 / 5400 VM637 10.4.7 22 °C 51 °C 89 °C 47 °C Unk / Unk skyo MEROM T7... 0 [x]
49. 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]
50. 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]
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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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.